Dremiel Byers
2007-08 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 8 (1999-00, 2001-08)
Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
Coach: Shon Lewis
College: North Carolina A&T
High School: Kings Mountain, N.C. (Kings Mountain)
Born: Sept. 11, 1974 in Newark, N.J.
Height: 6-2
Competition Results:
2008: U.S. Nationals champion... Second in Hungary Grand Prix... Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International...
2007: Second in Haparanda Cup... Vantaa Cup champion... New York AC Holiday International champion... Sunkist Kids International Open champion... World bronze medalist... Member of World Team Champions... Pan American Games silver medalist... U.S. World Team Trials champion... Third in U.S. Nationals... World Cup silver medalist... Dave Schultz Memorial International champion...
2006: Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open champion... Ninth in World Championships... U.S. World Team Trials champion... U.S. Nationals champion... Armed Forces Wrestling Championship champion... Turneul International champion (Romania)... Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International... Second in Cristo Lutte Championships (France).
2005: NYAC Holiday Championships champion...Sunkist Kids/ASU International champion...DNP in World Championships... CISM World Military champion (Lithuania)... U.S. World Team Trials champion... U.S. Nationals champion... Armed Forces champion... Fifth in O.Karavaev Memorial International (Belarus)... Poland Open champion... Dave Schultz Memorial International champion...