Alec Pantaleo

Later that year, Pantaleo finished 8th in the world at the U23 World championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Pantaleo placed 5th at the USA Senior National Men's Freestyle Championships at 70 kg in Las Vegas, Nevada

Alec William Pantaleo (born July 9, 1996) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 70 kilograms.

In freestyle, he is the defending U.S. Open champion, was the 2021 Pan American Continental champion, claimed the 2021 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and the 2021 Poland Open titles, earned silver and bronze medals (2021 and 2018, respectively) at the U.S. Open, and was a 2019 U23 U.S. team member.

As a folkstyle wrestler, Pantaleo was a three-time NCAA DI All-American and a Big Ten Conference champion out of the University of Michigan.

Born and raised in Michigan, Pantaleo attended Canton High School.

While a high schooler, he became a MHSAA state champion as a sophomore and, after losing his junior season to injury, claimed runner-up honors at the state tournament as a senior, graduating with an 177–9 record and a 51–1 record in his last year.

After his high school career, Pantaleo was recruited by the University of Michigan.

In his freshman year, Pantaleo made his collegiate debut at the Michigan State Open, claiming the title.

An unseeded wrestler, he then went on to place second at the prestigious Cliff Keen Memorial Invitational and racked up an 8–4 dual record during regular season.

At the Big Ten Conference Championships, he reached the consolation semifinals before being eliminated.

At the NCAA tournament, he went 2–2.

As a sophomore, Alec achieved All-American honors by placing sixth at the NCAA Division I national championships at 149 lbs.

He pinned Drexel's fourth-seeded Matthew Cimato in 3:48 in the quarterfinal to secure his first All-American honor.

A few weeks prior, Alec took third at the B1G conference championship with a 4–1 record, avenging an earlier season loss to former NCAA national champion Jason Tsirtsis with a 8–4 decision in the third-place bout.

He also earned third place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec 4–5) with a 7–1 record.

Alec redshirted and did not compete in collegiate wrestling.

As a junior, Alec achieved All-American honors by placing fifth at the NCAA tournament at 157 lbs.

He captured the B1G conference championship with a 3–0 record.

At the conference championship, he defeated Ohio State's Micah Jordan with a 3–1 score in the final bout.

Earlier in the season, he went 5–0 to capture the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational title, including a 10–3 win over Micah Jordan in the final and a 9–3 semi-final win over Nebraska's fourth-ranked Tyler Berger.

As a fifth-year senior, Alec once again secured All-American honors by placing third at the NCAA championships.

He carried a 6–1 record at his final collegiate competition, avenging his only loss of the tournament to North Carolina State's Hayden Hidlay.

Pantaleo lost to Hidlay in the quarterfinals in overtime, but beat him in the third-place bout with a 5-3 decision.

Alec took third at the Big Ten conference championship with a notable 10–4 win over Northwestern's third-ranked Ryan Deakin in the medal match.

Alec missed much of his senior season due to a serious case of mononucleosis.

Alec has garnered many levels of success in freestyle following his first appearance to the international circuit in 2015.

Since then, Alec has finished top-eight at every United States Freestyle national-championships and represented the United States overseas in numerous notable sporting events.

Alec finished with runner up honors at the Junior National Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pantaleo fell to Wyoming's Archie Colgan in the championship bout.

Alec won the Junior National Championships at 66 kg, beating Princeton's Matthew Kolodzik in the first place-bout.

In the weeks following he made the United States Junior World team at 66 kg by beating Kolodzik two more time times in a best-of-three final bout.

Pantaleo went on to represent the United States at the Junior World Championships in Macon, France later that summer.

While overseas he posted a 1–1 record, defeating Georgi Sulava from Georgia in the opening round, but eventually falling to Viaks Vikas from India in the following preliminary match.

Pantaleo finished with a 10th-place finish at the 2016 Junior World Championships.

Pantaleo placed 3rd at 70 kg at the 2018 Senior National Men's Freestyle National Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He also placed 3rd at the 2018 Senior World Team Trials at 70 kg in Rochester, Minnesota

Alec won the 70 kg U23 National Championships in Akron, Ohio, and was bestowed the Outstanding Wrestler Award by USA wrestling following a remarkably dominant performance.

Pantaleo posted a perfect 7–0 record and outscored his opponents by a margin of 69–2.

Additionally, he secured his spot as a 2019 U23 World Team Member.