20 Facts About Alan Fried

Alan M Fried was born on August 11,1971 and is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler.

Alan Fried was an NCAA National Champion, Espoir World Champion, three-time Ohio State Champion, and the first wrestler to win four Junior National Freestyle titles.

Alan Fried began wrestling in the 5th grade at the Longwood YMCA in Macedonia, Ohio, where a trio of coaches had a major impact on him: head coach Dave Mariola and assistants Bernie Weiskopf and Tim Rutherford.

The school was a wrestling powerhouse before Fried arrived, having won 8 Ohio High School Athletic Association "big school" state titles under legendary coach Howard E Ferguson as well as several national titles.

Alan Fried helped add two more state titles to St Edward's streak of 10 consecutive state championships.

Alan Fried was a three-time Ohio State Champion, and finished third.

Alan Fried graduated from St Edward in 1989, and is a Member of the St Edward Hall of Fame.

Alan Fried would compete in the USA Junior Freestyle Championships, where he would become the first wrestler to win four Junior National Freestyle titles, winning the Outstanding Wrestler Award in 1989.

Alan Fried finished his high school career as a 1988 and 1989 Asics Tiger 1st Team All-American, 1988 Asics Tiger National High School Wrestler of the Year, and 1989 Lee Kemp Award Winner.

Alan Fried was a three-time 1st Team Academic All-American in 1991,1992, and 1994.

Alan Fried won a pair of freestyle University National Championships in 1992 and 1993.

At the USA Wrestling Senior level, Alan Fried took third place at the 1993 and 1994 US Open, and was the National Runner-up at the 1995 US Open.

At the International level, Alan Fried represented the USA on two age level World teams and in numerous Olympic age level international competitions.

Alan Fried won the Gold Medal, beating the wrestler from the former Soviet Union in the finals and was awarded the "Best Technical Wrestler" for the championships.

In 1993 Alan Fried represented Team USA at the Senior level, winning the Gold Medal at the 1993 Pan American Championships.

Alan Fried won a Gold Medal at the 15th Maccabiah Games in 1997 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Alan Fried finished 6th in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials, both at, and missed the US Olympic Team.

Alan Fried later earned a Juris Doctor from Cleveland State University College of Law in 2002 and passed the Illinois State Bar Examination in 2003.

Alan Fried passed the Ohio Bar Examination in 2005 and practiced law in Cleveland until mid-2007, when he relocated back in Chicago, Illinois to become a Futures Trader.

Later, Alan Fried moved to Medina, Ohio, where he found the Highland Local School District Wrestling team and worked as an assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach.