
Kash Anderson
David Taylor, nicknamed the Magic Man, is an American freestyle wrestler who currently resides and trains in State College, Pennsylvania. Taylor was crowned the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Champion at 86 kg after defeating Iran's Yazdani in the finals. Other career accolades include 2018 World Champion in Budapest, 2021 World Silver medalist in Oslo, three-time Pan-American Champion, Ivan Yarygin Champion, two-time NCAA champion at Penn State, two-time Dan Hodge award winner, and four-time Ohio State Champion. At Penn State, Taylor won four Big 10 titles from 2011-14, with his first at 157 and the other three at 165. He reached the finals of NCAA's four times as well, but only won in his sophomore and senior seasons.
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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04/12 | W | F 2-4 0:49 | S. Birch | Sandpoint Legacy Wrestling Club | Kings & Queens FS / Lakeland WC | Round 3 | 115 | |
04/12 | W | F 10-0 1:11 | P. Childers | Lionheart wrestling club | Kings & Queens FS / Lakeland WC | Round 3 | 115 | |
04/12 | W | DEC 7-6 | S. Sharma | Canada | Kings & Queens GR / Lakeland WC | Round 3 | 120 | |
04/12 | W | TF 9-0 3:35 | S. Sharma | Canada | Kings & Queens GR / Lakeland WC | Round 2 | 120 | |
04/12 | L | DEC 8-2 | S. Sharma | Canada | Kings & Queens GR / Lakeland WC | Round 1 | 120 | |
02/24 | W | MD 13-0 | M. Elliott | Mat Demon Wrestling Club | WSWA Folkstyle State | 1st Place Match | 100 | |
02/24 | W | TF 16-0 4:00 | D. Bippes | Prometheus Wrestling Club | WSWA Folkstyle State | Semifinal | 100 | |
02/23 | W | F 9-0 1:50 | A. Magnuson | Marysville Wrestling Club | WSWA Folkstyle State | Quarterfinal | 100 | |
02/23 | W | F 3-0 0:33 | A. Soto | Tri-Town Bullyz Wrestling | WSWA Folkstyle State | Champ. Round 2 | 100 | |
01/25 | W | F 3-0 1:14 | C. Dole | Deer Park Ironman Wrestling | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 2 | 106 | |
01/25 | L | TF 18-0 4:01 | M. Wright | Suples | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 3 | 106 | |
01/25 | W | F 0-6 2:56 | J. Nelson | Homedale | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 3 | 106 | |
01/25 | W | F 11-3 2:29 | M. Michaelis | Middleton Wrestling Club | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 2 | 106 | |
01/25 | W | DEC 6-3 | M. Lewis | Mat Demon | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 1 | 106 | |
01/25 | W | F 5-0 2:40 | M. Hoversten | Grangeville Wrestling Club | Legacy Duals Middle School Division | Round 1 | 106 | |
01/20 | W | F 14-0 2:50 | C. Gelvin | Mat Rats Rebooted Wrestling | Oregon Classic 8U-16U Girls, 16U Boys | 1st Place Match | 105 | |
01/19 | W | DEC 6-2 | L. Echeverria | COWA | Oregon Classic 8U-16U Girls, 16U Boys | Semifinal | 105 | |
01/19 | W | F 3-0 2:13 | K. Gilliard | Dallas Mat Club | Oregon Classic 8U-16U Girls, 16U Boys | Quarterfinal | 105 | |
01/19 | W | F 4-0 1:15 | J. Meredith | South Medford Mat Club | Oregon Classic 8U-16U Girls, 16U Boys | Champ. Round 1 | 105 | |
12/29 | L | F 3-0 0:37 | D. Gomez | Arizona Girls Wrestling | TOA - 2024 Salt Lake Slam | 1st Place Match | 100 | |
12/28 | W | F 10-0 2:24 | A. Lensegrav | Askeo International Mat Club | TOA - 2024 Salt Lake Slam | Semifinal | 100 | |
12/28 | W | DEC 7-0 | J. Thomas | Mat Demon WC | TOA - 2024 Salt Lake Slam | Quarterfinal | 100 | |
12/27 | L | F 0-0 0:54 | H. Leavitt | Utah Black | Christmas Clash Junior High Duals | Round 3 | 102 | |
12/27 | W | F 4-3 2:57 | T. Freguson | South Central Utah | Christmas Clash Junior High Duals | Champ. Round 1 | 102 | |
12/27 | L | F 8-1 1:47 | T. Warren | INWTC | Christmas Clash Junior High Duals | Round 1 | 102 | |
12/27 | L | TF 15-0 3:18 | C. Thomas | Salem Elite Wrestling | Christmas Clash Junior High Duals | Round 2 | 102 | |
12/27 | L | TF 23-5 4:17 | R. Arsenault | Warriors of Christ | Christmas Clash Junior High Duals | Quarterfinal | 102 | |
12/15 | L | MD 11-0 | L. Mccoy | Deer Park Ironman USA Wrestling Club | Battle for the North at Lakeland | 3rd Place Match | 106 | |
12/15 | W | TF 15-0 4:30 | K. Hurst | West Valley (Spokane) Wrestling Club | Battle for the North at Lakeland | Cons. Semi | 106 | |
12/15 | L | F 3-0 3:48 | M. Watson | Sandpoint Legacy Wrestling Club | Battle for the North at Lakeland | Semifinal | 106 | |
12/15 | W | F 7-0 0:41 | L. Cox | Prometheus Wrestling Club | Battle for the North at Lakeland | Quarterfinal | 106 | |
11/24 | W | F 6-0 1:33 | A. Gonzalez | Young Suns WC | TOA - 2024 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | 1st Place Match | 100 | |
11/23 | W | TF 18-1 2:52 | A. Lensegrav | Askeo International Mat Club | TOA - 2024 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Semifinal | 100 | |
11/23 | W | F 13-0 1:56 | K. Biggers | Cowboy Mat Club | TOA - 2024 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Quarterfinal | 100 | |
11/23 | W | F 10-0 2:14 | J. Cruz | Victory Wrestling-Central WA | TOA - 2024 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Champ. Round 1 | 100 |
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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05/05 | W | DEF 0-0 | P. Bennett | Team Newport Tornadoes Wrestling Club | WSWA Greco State Championship | Round 5 | 93 | |
05/05 | W | F 9-4 3:16 | A. Lensegrav | Askeo International Mat Club | WSWA Greco State Championship | Round 4 | 93 | |
05/05 | W | F 4-0 0:45 | E. Mertel | Ravens Wrestling | WSWA Greco State Championship | Round 3 | 93 | |
05/05 | W | TF 8-0 0:37 | O. Eakin | Ilwaco Youth Wrestling | WSWA Greco State Championship | Round 2 | 93 | |
05/04 | W | TF 12-2 3:24 | A. Lensegrav | Askeo International Mat Club | WSWA Freestyle State Championship | 1st Place Match | 93 | |
05/04 | W | TF 11-0 2:35 | P. Bennett | Team Newport Tornadoes Wrestling Club | WSWA Freestyle State Championship | Semifinal | 93 | |
05/04 | W | DEC 13-8 | E. Mertel | Ravens Wrestling | WSWA Freestyle State Championship | Quarterfinal | 93 | |
04/06 | W | TF 8-0 0:54 | E. Koenig | Steelclaw Wrestling Club | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup GR | Round 2 | 97 | |
04/06 | W | F 4-0 0:27 | E. Koenig | Steelclaw Wrestling Club | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup FR | Round 3 | 97 | |
04/06 | W | F 2-4 1:05 | K. Rodriguez | Victory Wrestling-Central WA | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup FR | Round 2 | 97 | |
04/06 | W | F 5-2 1:16 | E. Diaz | Cashmere Wrestling Club | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup FK | Round 3 | 90-97 | |
04/06 | W | F 5-0 1:30 | E. Koenig | Steelclaw Wrestling Club | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup FK | Round 2 | 90-97 | |
04/06 | W | F 5-0 1:30 | A. Soto | Tri-Town Bullyz Wrestling | WSWA Women`s Columbia Cup FK | Round 1 | 90-97 |
DATE | W/L | REPLAY | RESULT | OPPONENT | OPP. TEAM | EVENT | RND. | WT. |
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04/08 | W | F 7-0 2:32 | Z. Cantu | Granger Pit Pups | Jason Crawford | Placement Matches (8 Man) | 80-88 | |
04/08 | W | F 4-0 1:59 | Z. Espinoza | Mabton | Jason Crawford | Semis & 1st WB (8 Man) | 80-88 | |
04/08 | W | F 7-0 0:44 | L. Mertens | WAITSBURG | Jason Crawford | Quarterfinals (8 Man) | 80-88 | |
11/20 | L | F 6-0 2:13 | J. Hopkins | Priest River Wrestling Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | 3rd places | 78 | |
11/20 | W | F 2-0 0:30 | N. Sanchez | Cowboy Mat Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Round 5 (5 Man) | 80 | |
11/20 | W | MD 13-4 | J. Seymour | Cowboy Mat Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | consi semis | 78 | |
11/19 | W | DEC 3-2 | A. Neufeld | Inland Northwest Wrestling Training Center | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Round 4 (5 Man) | 80 | |
11/19 | L | DEC 5-0 | J. Lynch | Punisher Wrestling Company | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | semis and last consi | 78 | |
11/19 | W | DEC 14-9 | S. Tudor | Oregon | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Quarters | 78 | |
11/19 | W | F 2-0 0:27 | A. Young | Cabinet Mountain Elite Wrestling Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Round 2 (5 Man) | 80 | |
11/19 | W | F 8-1 2:43 | K. Watt | North Montana Wrestling Club | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Round 1 (16 Man) | 78 | |
11/19 | W | DEC 4-0 | J. Imke | FordDynastyWrestlingClub | TOA - 2022 Northwest Bigfoot Battle | Round 1 (5 Man) | 80 |