BRACKET After a 5-4 defeat in the Round of 16, Gilman overwhelmed his opponents in the repechage and bronze medal bouts. He beat Uzbekistan's Gulomjon Abdullaev 11-1 and then used effective ...

More: Thomas Gilman returning to the Penn State Nittany Lion Wrestling Club after one year with David Taylor at Oklahoma State After Pan-Ams, he’ll compete at the U.S. Open later this month.

Gilman was a three-time All-American for Iowa and won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. American wrestler Helen Maroulis also won bronze in Tokyo.

The rapidly-rising rivalry between Penn State wrestling and Oklahoma State has taken another turn: Welcome back, Thomas Gilman, Olympic medalist and former world champion. Gilman, 30, will, once ...

Thomas Gilman controls Daton Fix in a 57 kg semifinal bout during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at the Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, April 19, 2024.

He also hired Thomas Gilman, who wrestled at Iowa but trained with Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, as an assistant. Now, Penn State has an opening.

Gilman, an alumnus of wrestling powerhouse Iowa, was making his Olympic debut after second- and fifth-place finishes in world championships. ROC wrestler Zavur Uguev, who defeated Gilman, took gold.