Stevan Mićić

Stevan Andrija Mićić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Андрија Мићић, born April 4, 1996) is a Serbian-American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Internationally, he has claimed two bronze medals at the European Championships (2018 and 2020), a silver medal at the 2019 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games while representing Serbia.[1] In college, he is a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and the '18 Big Ten Conference champion for the Michigan Wolverines.[2] As of January 26, 2021, Mićić is the #2-ranked 133-pound NCAA wrestler in the country as per The Open Mat.[3]

Stevan Mićić
Personal information
Full nameStevan Andrija Mićić
NationalitySerbian
American
Born4 April 1996 (1996-04-04) (age 24)
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
United States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
2018 Kaspiysk57 kg
2020 Roma57 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk57 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona65 kg
Representing  United States
Junior World Championships
2015 Salvador55 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Michigan Wolverines
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2018 Cleveland133 lb
2019 Pittsburgh133 lb
Big Ten Championships
2017 Bloomington133 lb
2018 East Lansing133 lb

Biography

Background

Stevan Mićić was born on April 4, 1996 in Mesa, Arizona, United States, to parents Stevan and Lori Mićić.

College career

He was a student of University of Michigan and runner-up at the NCAA national championships in 2018.[4]

At the end of 2018, he had a collegiate wrestling record 74 wins and 13 defeats. At the 2019 NCAA national championships in the quarterfinal he beat Iowa Wrestler, Austin DeSanto, in a close match by score (3-2).

For the 2019-20 season, Mićić did not compete after qualifying for the Olympics through his finish at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.[5] He is using an Olympic redshirt and plans to return in 2021 with one year of eligibility remaining.

International career

Mićić wrestled for the United States at junior levels, winning a bronze medal at 55 kg at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Salvador, Brazil.[6] From 2018, he started to represent Serbia at senior levels. Mićić holds dual citizenship and chose to compete for the birth country of his father. He participated in the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia where he lost to Zaur Uguev of Russia, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal after defeating Levan Vartanov of Spain. The bronze medal was also Serbia's first ever European medal in freestyle wrestling.[7] Later at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Mićić took another bronze medal at 65 kg. At the 2019 European Games, he won a silver medal, defeating world No.1 Süleyman Atlı of Turkey and U23 world bronze medallist Taras Markovych of Ukraine en route. [8]

References
  1. "Amine, Micic qualify weight for Olympics, the top efforts of U.S. collegians wrestling for other nations". Team USA. September 22, 2019.
  2. "Stevan Micic - Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. Smith, Earl (2021-01-26). "NCAA DI College Individual Rankings - January 26th, 2021". The Open Mat. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  4. "STEVAN MICIC - 2018-19 Wrestling Roster". University of Michigan. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. "Stevan Micic - Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  6. "Iran Takes Junior World Freestyle Title Despite Azerbaijan's Triple Gold". United World Wrestling. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. "Russia Bounces Back To Win Trio of Golds After Azerbaijan Snags Pair". United World Wrestling. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. "Russia Advances 3 to European Games Finals, World Champ Uguev Falls". United World Wrestling. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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