Ben Provisor
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| Born | June 26, 1990 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New York AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Provisor (born June 26, 1990 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin[1]) is an American wrestler. He won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials at 74 kg GR, and competed at the 2012 Olympics. He also competed at the 2016 Olympics.
Personal life[]
He is the son of musician Dennis Provisor, former keyboard player for the rock band The Grass Roots. [2]
He is married to wrestler Leigh Jaynes.[3]
He has one child. He attended SPASH high school in Stevens Point WI.
Wrestling career[]
Provisor is a three-time U.S. Open champion (2011, 2013, and 2018).[4]
He defeated 2 to 1 at the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.[5]
In the 1/8 finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics Provisor was defeated by Zurab Datunashvili of Georgia (0-1, 0-6).[6] Provisor was coached by Olympic silver-medalist and Greco-Roman world champion Dennis Hall.
At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's light-heavyweight (85 kg) division in Greco-Roman wrestling. He lost to Rustam Assakalov in the second round.[6]
In 2021, Provisor signed to wrestle for the NAIA powerhouse Grand View Vikings.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [1]
- ^ "The story of N.J. Olympic hopeful Leigh Jaynes-Provisor will inspire you - Politi". NJ.com. 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Ben Provisor Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling: Ben Provisor, a two-time Olympian in Greco-Roman, signs to wrestle at Grand View". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ben Provisor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- USA Today article
- Ben Provisor at United World Wrestling
- Ben Provisor at Olympedia
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- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
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