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…

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