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Biography - Frank Molinaro, AZ

FRANK MOLINARO                                                                           
2019-20 Team USA Ranking:
No. 3 at 65 kg/143 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 5 (2014-15, 2016-20)
Residence: Norman, Okla.
Club: Titan Mercury WC/Oklahoma RTC
Personal coach: Eric Guerrero
College: Penn State
High School: Southern Regional (N.J.)
Born: Dec. 27, 1988
Height: 5’5”

Career Highlights

  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team member
  • Fifth in 2016 Olympic Games
  • 2016 World Cup champion
  • 2016 Pan American Championships champion
  • 2019Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
  • 2017 U.S. World Team Trials runner-up
  • 2018 Second in Freestyle World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
  • 2015 Grand Prix of Spain champion
  • 2012 NCAA champion for Penn State
  • Four-time NCAA All-American (2009-12)
  • Two-time Big Ten champion (2011-12)

Career Biography
2019:
Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… Silver at Intercontinental Cup… Silver at Bill Farrell International… Third at World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Fourth at U.S. Open… Fifth at Dan Kolov International… Fifth at Senior Nationals (Dec.)…
2018: Second in World Team Trials Challenge TournamentSixth at U.S. Open… Third in Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia)…
2017: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open… Guelph International champion…
2016: Fifth at the Olympic Games… Second in Grand Prix of Germany… World Cup champion… Third in 2nd World Olympic Games Qualifier (Istanbul, Turkey)… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Pan American Championships champion… Sixth in U.S. Open…
2015: Fourth in Bill Farrell International… Grand Prix of Spain champion… Fifth in U.S. Open… Guelph Open champion…
2014: Third in Pan American Championships… Fifth in Phase II U.S. World Team Trials… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth in U.S. Open… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2013: New York AC International champion…

College: 2012 NCAA champion for Penn State… Second in 2011 NCAA Championships… Fifth in 2010 NCAA Championships… Eighth in 2009 NCAA Championships… Two-time Big Ten champion (2011-12)…

High School: Three-time New Jersey State Champion at Barnegat's Southern Regional High School...placed second at High School Nationals.

Personal: Married Kera Bolen in May 2014… Has three sons, Kason and Frank… Son of Frank and Michelle… Most recently served as assistant coach at Virginia Tech…

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