21 Facts About Daton Fix

Daton Duain Fix was born on March 11,1998 and is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms.

In freestyle, Fix is most notably a World Championship runner-up and U20 World champion, a Pan American Games gold medalist and a US National champion.

In folkstyle, Daton Fix was a four-time NCAA Division I National runner-up, five-time NCAA All-American and a five-time Big 12 Conference champion for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Daton Fix attended Charles Page High School in Oklahoma, where he was coached by his father Derek and Kelly Smith.

Daton Fix was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner in 2017.

Daton Fix bounced back with a win over the nationally ranked Austin Gomez and five more dual wins, including victories over third-ranked Austin DeSanto and John Erneste, to end regular season as the top-ranked 133-pounder in the United States.

At the NCAA tournament, Daton Fix downed four opponents to make the finals, including the fifth and eight seeds Luke Pletcher and John Erneste.

Daton Fix closed out the season with 34 wins and two losses.

Daton Fix was expected to compete for the Cowboys from the start of the season his USADA suspension led him unable to, and became eligible on February 10,2021, to return.

At the Big 12 Conference Championships, Daton Fix compiled four more wins to claim his second title, helping the Cowboys reach the team crown.

At the NCAA's, Daton Fix compiled three bonus points victories to make the semifinals, where he edged B1G runner-up and former All-American from Iowa Austin DeSanto to make his second final.

Daton Fix won his first two senior matches at the 2016 and 2017 Beat the Streets events, against '13 Cadet World Championship bronze medalist from Iran Heirollah Ghahremani and Joey Melendez.

At the U23 World Championships, Daton Fix was eliminated in the opening match to place nineteenth.

Daton Fix then went on to become a Final X contestant after dominantly winning the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.

At Final X: Lincoln, Daton Fix dropped two straight matches to returning World Championship runner-up Thomas Gilman, losing his chance to make his first US World Team.

Daton Fix then won the Pan American Games gold medal, with a notable victory over the heavily accomplished Cuban Reineri Andreu.

On September, it was announced that Daton Fix had been given a one-year long suspension by USADA, after failing a test for ostarine, which was retroactive to February 10,2021, because his provisional suspension started on February 10,2020.

Daton Fix made the best-of-three after a successful first day, tech'ing youngster Carter Young and NCAA champion Seth Gross, and neutralizing 2020 Pan American Champion Tyler Graff to advance.

Daton Fix repeated his 2019 feat and became a two-time US World Team Member, now at 61 kilos, by putting a clinic on NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello twice in a row.

Daton Fix had an outstanding first day, racking up 41 points to none against four opponents, including Individual World Cup medalist Georgi Vangelov and European Champion Arsen Harutyunyan, driving them to flawless technical falls.

Back from his stellar performance at the 2021 World Championships, Daton Fix quickly dismantled World Championship competitor Giusseppe Rea from Colombia on February 12, at Bout at the Ballpark.