Brandon Slay

Brandon Slay (born October 14, 1975) is an America former freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Slay also helped found Dallas Dynamite wrestling club in Dallas, Texas. Slay currently is the Assistant National Freestyle Coach and National Freestyle Resident Coach for USA wrestling, stationed at the Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs.[1]

Brandon Slay
Personal information
BornOctober 14, 1975 (1975-10-14) (age 48)
Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 76 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Penn Quakers
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place1997 Cedar Falls167 lb
Silver medal – second place1998 Cleveland167 lb

High school years

He graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo, Texas, where he was a three-time state champion in wrestling.

College years

Slay studied business at the University of Pennsylvania and received a degree from the Wharton School of Business. He wrestled all four years at Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time national runner-up and All-American in the NCAA tournament at 167 pounds. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

2000 Olympic Games in Sydney

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Slay would beat defending Olympic champion Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia in his pool to advance to the knockout round. From there, he would win two more matches, making the gold medal match, where he lost to Alexander Leipold of Germany. Afterwards, Leipold would test positive for the steroid nandrolone, and the gold medal was awarded to Slay.[2]

Personal life

Slay is a devout Christian and runs Greater Gold, which does speeches and camps about Christ and wrestling.

In 2016, Slay was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]

References
  1. "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. "Slay: 'There more to life than gold'". ESPN. October 17, 2000. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  3. Brandon Slay. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 17, 2022.


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