VITALI ARUJAU 2021-22 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 57 kg/125 lbs. Years on Team USA: 1 (2021-22) Hometown: Syosett, N.Y. Club: Titan Mercury WC Regional Training Center: Spartan Combat WC College: Cornell High School: Syosset, N.Y. Born: June 1, 1999 Career highlights - 2019 Junior World silver medalist
- 2016 Cadet World silver medalist
- 2021 Senior Pan American champion
- 2020 Senior Nationals champion
- Second at 2021 Olympic Team Trials
- 2019 UWW Junior World Team Trials champion
- 2019 U23 World Team Trials champion
- Fourth in 2019 NCAA Championships for Cornell
- Four-time New York state high school champion
2021: Second at Olympic Team Trials… Gold at Pan American Championships… 2020: Senior Nationals champion… 2019: Silver at Junior World Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Third at Senior Nationals (Dec.)… Fourth in U.S. Open… 2018: U23 World Team Trials champion… Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials…. Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals… 2017: Second in UWW Junior World Team Trials… Second in UWW Junior Nationals… 2016: Second in Cadet World Championships… UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2014: Cadet Nationals champion (Fargo)… College: Fourth in 2019 NCAA Championships as a freshman for Cornell… Second in 2019 EIWA Championships… High School: Four-time New York state high school champion for Syosset High School… Five-time Suffolk County (Section XI) champion… Personal: His father Vougar Oruudjov was a two-time World champion and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling for the Soviet Union… Vougar is a coach at Nassau Community College on Long Island… His older brother Nick Arujau also competed for Cornell… Instagram: varujau_lgr Twitter: @vArujau
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