Brandon Escobar (born 25 September 1990 in Long Island, New York) is a Honduran American wrestler. He largely grew up on Long Island and briefly attended Suffolk County Community College. He qualified to wrestle in the men's freestyle events at the 2012 Summer Olympics for Honduras. He was their first Olympic wrestler.[1][2] He lost to Mihran Jaburyan in the second round of the men's -55 kg freestyle division.[3]

He taught wrestling to kids and adults at the UFC Gym in Sunnyvale CA.

References

  1. ↑ Newsday
  2. ↑ "Wrestling at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Escobar Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2020-05-02.


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