Cox Claims Bronze at Grand Prix of Germany
7/2/2016 7:27:00 PM | Wrestling
Cox will wrestle on Saturday, August 20 at 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games
DORTMUND, Germany – In his final competition before wrestling at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, Mizzou wrestler J'den Cox (Columbia, Mo.) earned a bronze medal finish at the Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund, Germany on Saturday.
After a first round thrashing of Kanat Berdiev (Kazakhstan), Cox dropped a 6-2 decision to 2012 Olympic champion Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan). Repechage wins over Konstantin Volek (Germany) and Adilet Davlumbaev (Kazakhstan) earned Cox a bronze medal at 86 kg/189 lbs.
After securing a spot on Team USA at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on April 10 in Iowa City, Iowa, Cox has gone 12-2 in four international competitions.
Cox officially earned his spot in Rio with a championship at the World Games Qualifying Tournament on April 24 in Mongolia following a 5-0 performance where the hometown Tiger outscored his opponents, 36-3. Cox then defeated No. 10-ranked Meisam Mostafa Joukar (Iran), 10-5, on May 18 at Beat the Streets in New York City, N.Y. Just three weeks ago, Cox went 3-1 while helping Team USA finish fourth at the UWW Men's Freestyle World Cup in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 11-12. At the event, Cox defeated No. 3-ranked Alexander Gostiev (Azerbaijan) and No. 6-ranked Alireza Karimimachiani (Iran).
Cox will take off to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 2 and his competition at 86 kg/189 lbs. is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 20.
For all the latest on Mizzou Wrestling, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouWrestling).
Match-by-match Results
86 kg/189 lbs.
J'den Cox (Missouri Wrestling Foundation) def. Kanat Berdiev (Kazakhstan) by 10-0 technical fall
Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan) def. J'den Cox (Missouri Wrestling Foundation) by 6-2 decision
J'den Cox (Missouri Wrestling Foundation) def. Konstantin Volek (Germany) by fall
J'den Cox (Missouri Wrestling Foundation) def. Adilet Davlumbaev (Kaszkhstan) by 10-5 decision
@SuperstarW14T takes the Bronze @MizzouWrestling @WrestleMWF pic.twitter.com/uBdsAnrkQ1
— Brian Smith (@mutigerstyle) July 2, 2016
Players Mentioned
