Korey Jarvis

Korey Jarvis

Jarvis at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1986-10-04) October 4, 1986
Elliot Lake, Ontario
Residence Guelph, Ontario
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight 118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Club University of Guelph[2]
Coached by Doug Cox (club)
Zoltan Hunyady (club)
Gia Sissaouri (national)[2]

Korey Jarvis (born October 4, 1986)[3] is a Canadian wrestler who won a gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] He has competed and won the Canadian National Championships for three consecutive years in both freestyle and Greco-Roman styles, the only wrestler to do so. In July 2016, he was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[5][6]

Jarvis studied at the Conestoga College, and has a daughter Brynlee. He took up wrestling aged 14. Between 2010 and 2014 he moved from the 96 kg to 125 kg class to avoid cutting weight before competitions, as he normally was heavier than 100 kg.[2]

References

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  1. Korey Jarvis. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 Korey Jarvis. nbcolympics.com
  3. Korey Jarvis. Glasgow 2014 profile
  4. "Erica Wiebe, Korey Jarvis take Commonwealth wrestling gold". CBC Sports. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. Gillespie, Kerry (23 June 2016). "Canadian wrestlers keep getting up off the mat". Toronto, Canada: Toronto Star. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. "Canadian Wrestling Team Nominated for Rio 2016". www.wrestling.ca/. Wrestling Canada. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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