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Biography - RaVaughn Perkins, CO

2021-2022 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 77 kg/169.8 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 4 (2016-19, 2021)
Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club: New York AC
Regional Training Center: U.S. Olympic Training Center
College: Ellsworth CC
High School: Omaha North (Neb.)
Born: Aug. 7, 1992
Height: 5-11

Past Senior World Teams
2018 Senior Worlds (17th at 72 kg)

Career Highlights:
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials champion
Two-time Pan Am Championships gold medalist (2018, 2019)
Two-time Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
Two-time U.S. Open champion (2014, 2018)
2012 New York AC International champion

Career Biography:
2021: Third at Olympic Team Trials... Eighth at Matteo Pellicone (Italy)...
2020: Fifth at Matteo Pellicone (Italy)...
2019: Pan Am Championships gold medalist... U.S. Open runner-up... Third at Senior Nationals... 
2018: 17th at World Championships... Second in World Team Trials… U.S. Open champion… Pan Am Championships gold medalist... Third at Thor Masters (Denmark)
2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International champion (Jan.)… Second at 20th Dave Schultz Memorial International (Nov.)…Third at World Team Trials… Third at Grand Prix Zagreb Open…
2016: U.S. Olympic Trials champion… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… Third at 1st World Olympic Games Qualifier… Eighth at 2nd World Olympic Games Qualifier…
2014: U.S. Open champion… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2012: Second in Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup… New York AC International champion… Final Olympic Trials Qualifier champion…
2011: Third in Sunkist Kids International Open…
High School: Three-time Nebraska state champion for Omaha North… Coached by Anders Christensen, Philip Wightmen and Roger Parker… 
USA Age-group: 2010 Junior Nationals Greco-Roman champion…Fifth in 2008 Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman and freestyle… Third in 2007 Cadet Nationals in Greco-Roman… 
Personal: Brother DaVaughn was a three-time Nebraska state champion… Brother JaVaughn was a four-time Nebraska state champion…
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