Sammy Jones (wrestler)

Jones grew up in Folsom, Louisiana, where he was homeschooled.^[1] Starting his freshman year of high school, Jones focused only on the Olympic styles of wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman. While in high school, Jones built a relationship with Rob Hermann, a Greco-Roman wrestling coach at Northern Michigan University. After initially taking a year off from wrestling his freshman year of college, Jones reached back out to Hermann about wrestling Greco-Roman at Northern Michigan, and from there, was welcomed to come up and start training.^[2]

Jones won a bronze medal at the 2014 University World Championships at 59 kg, his first medal at a tournament on the Senior level.^[3]

He broke through to make his first United States Greco-Roman World Team in 2021, winning the 63 kg spot.^[4] Jones earned a spot on the United States World Team again in 2022 at 63 kg.^[5]

Other Greco-Roman wrestling accomplishments for Jones include being a two-time medalist at the Pan American Championships, winning in 2022.^[6][7]