GOMEZ MATOS Franklin

Puerto Rico

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 5 Aug 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

Dominican Republic

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 74kg	16

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat A	Men's Freestyle 74kg 1/8 Final #223 PUR GOMEZ MATOS FGOMEZ MATOS Franklin 0 UZB ABDURAKHMONOV BABDURAKHMONOV Bekzod 10 VSU	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Freestyle 65kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
15	Freestyle 60kg	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 60kg	2011	Istanbul, TUR
7	Freestyle 60kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
8	Freestyle 65kg	2017	Paris, FRA
8	Freestyle 65kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
11	Freestyle 74kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
20	Freestyle 60kg	2010	Moscow, RUS
28	Freestyle 65kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
35	Freestyle 74kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 74kg	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 74kg	2020	Ottawa, ON, CAN
2	Freestyle 65kg	2017	Salvador, BRA
3	Freestyle 74kg	2019	Buenos Aires, ARG
13	Freestyle 74kg	2018	Lima, PER

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Freestyle 74kg	2021	Rome, ITA
5	Freestyle 74kg	2020	Rome, ITA
11	Freestyle 74kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Human Resources - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club name:

Nittany Lion Wrestling Club [State College, PA, USA]

Coach:

Franklin Lantigua [personal]; Arturo Yanes [personal]

Start:

He began wrestling at age 12 at Club Sparta in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (yahoo.com, 23 Sep 2011)

Reason:

"I was a kid that liked to always play, always be involved with any sport that kept me active. I was hyper and couldn't stay home. So the coach at the gym told me to check [wrestling] out. If I liked it, I could come back the next day. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't." (lansingstatejournal.com, 20 Jan 2009)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (Facebook page, 09 Jan 2021)

Award:

He was flag bearer for Puerto Rico at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (efe.com, 20 Jun 2019)

He was named the 2018 Best Male Wrestler of the Year by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee. (s-portology.com, 17 Dec 2018)

He was named the 2009 Male Athlete of the Year at Michigan State University in the United States of America. (yahoo.com, 23 Sep 2011)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to Puerto Rico with his mother at age five following the death of his father. He finished high school in Florida, United States of America, and went on to complete a degree at Michigan State University. (yahoo.com, 23 Sep 2011; lansingstatejournal.com, 20 Jan 2009)

LOYALTY
After an impressive college career with Michigan State University, he was offered the chance to join the US Olympic team. However, he decided to continue representing Puerto Rico at international level. "To tell the truth, Puerto Rico has always supported me. I could not go and compete for another country." (yahoo.com, 23 Sep 2011)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has a master's degree in business administration from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/gomezfra
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/franklin.gomez.pr/
https://instagram.com/franklingomez6/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklin-gomez-6b416b85
https://twitter.com/franklingomez74
Athlete Website: https://gomezpr.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VSU:: Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent

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