Joe Williams (wrestler)

Joe Williams
Personal information
Full nameJoseph E. Williams
Born (1974-11-16) 16 November 1974 (age 50)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle and Folkstyle
ClubHawkeye Wrestling Club
Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club
College teamIowa
CoachBill Weick
Dan Gable
Jim Zalesky
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Sofia 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Budapest 74 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 74 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Minneapolis 158 lb
Gold medal – first place 1997 Cedar Falls 158 lb
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cleveland 167 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 East Lansing 158 lb
Gold medal – first place 1998 State College 167 lb
Silver medal – second place 1997 Minneapolis 158 lb
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Iowa City 158 lb

Joe Williams (born November 26,[1] 1974) is an American former freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[2] He won ten U.S. national, three consecutive NCAA (1996–1998) and two Pan American Games titles (1999 and 2003), scored two bronze medals in the 74 and 76-kg division at the World Championships (2001 and 2005), and finished fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

A graduate of the University of Iowa, Williams has also served as a member of the wrestling squad for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and eventually worked as an assistant head coach for three consecutive seasons. In 2012, Williams launched his own youth wrestling academy in North Liberty, Iowa, where he has been currently appointed as the managing director and head coach.[3]

Career

College

Williams started his sporting career as a member of Mount Carmel High School's wrestling team under head coach Bill Weick.[4] From there, he won four-straight Illinois state wrestling titles, and finished high school with an impressive 152–1 overall record, including 95 career falls and a single violation from an illegal slam on his freshman season. He was also named 1992 and 1993 Illinois High School Athlete of the Year by Chicago Tribune.[5]

In 1994, Williams attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa on a wrestling scholarship, where he trained and competed for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program, under his coach and 1972 Olympic champion Dan Gable.[6] While wrestling for the Hawkeyes, Williams compiled a 129–9 overall record at the University of Iowa for four consecutive seasons (1994–1998).[7] In his rookie campaign, he placed seventh in the NCAA meet at 158 pounds with a 30–7 record. After redshirting during the 1995 season, Williams went on to claim the first of three NCAA wrestling titles with two coming in the 158-pound division. During his senior year, Williams dominated the field at the 1998 NCAA Championships, as he capped a perfect 34–0 season and picked up his third straight title at 167 pounds, which resulted him to being named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament and Iowa's fourteenth four-time NCAA All-American.[7][8] Additionally, he ranked tenth for the most number of triumphs recorded in Iowa, and ended his career on a 39-match winning streak.[7] At the end of 1998 season, Williams graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology and communication studies from the University of Iowa.

Freestyle wrestling

In 1999, Williams joined the U.S. world wrestling team, and eventually earned his first berth at the World Championships, where he finished fourth in the 76-kg division behind eventual bronze medalist Adem Bereket of Turkey.[9] On that same year, Williams dominated the field by edging out Cuba's Yosmany Romero for his first career gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[10]

While competing internationally, Williams achieved seven U.S. national titles (1999, 2001–2005, 2007), and obtained a World Cup series trophy in 2003.[11] He also campaigned for his men's middleweight title defense at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and then captured two bronze medals in the same category at the World Championships (2001 and 2005).[12][13]

Williams qualified for the U.S. wrestling team on his major debut in the men's 74 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he won a gold medal over Cuba's Iván Fundora at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bratislava, Slovakia, and guaranteed his spot on the U.S. team from the Olympic Trials.[14][15] Williams opened his match by thrashing Georgia's Gela Saghirashvili (5–1), and then stunned 2002 world champion Mehdi Hajizadeh of Iran with an impressive 7–5 verdict to lead the prelim pool and secure a place in the next round.[16] He lost the quarterfinal match 3–2 to Kazakhstan's Gennadiy Laliyev by just two seconds ahead of overtime, but officially finished fifth in the final standings. Williams' dazing defeat from Laliyev set up a fifth-place match against Belarus' Murad Haidarau, who was immediately disqualified by the officials for an off-mat skirmish with quarterfinal opponent and eventual Olympic champion Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia.[17][18]

Shortly after the Games, Williams compensated for his Olympic defeat with a bronze-medal effort at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and then defended his fifth straight title in the U.S. Nationals.[13][19] He missed a chance to compete for his 2006 U.S. world wrestling team, but came back with a top five finish in the 84-kg division at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, losing the bronze medal match to Iran's Reza Yazdani.[20] In early 2008, Williams announced his retirement from competitive wrestling.

Coaching

Williams initially joined his alma mater's team staff as a strength and conditioning coach in 2001, until he was immediately promoted into the position of a full-time assistant coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program. After three seasons, he left his staff position from the campus to concentrate on making the U.S. Olympic team for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

While serving as an assistant coach in 2003, Williams was accused of indecent exposure to the girlfriend of former Hawkeye wrestler Jason d'Agata inside her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa. Having denied intentionally of exposing himself, he pleaded not guilty to the Iowa District Court for his charges in 2005, before being acquitted by the jury one year later.[21]

After his sporting career ended in 2008, Williams moved back to his home state of Illinois to focus on his personal life. In 2012, Williams and his family relocated to Iowa City, Iowa, where he established and run a youth wrestling academy through the Iowa City High School. Currently, he serves as a managing director and head coach of the academy.[3] In 2017, Williams was hired to be co-head coach for the wrestling program at the new Liberty High School in North Liberty, Iowa.[22]

Personal life

Williams' brothers Steve and T.J. also shared the same sporting discipline with him, as the former competed for the Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa, where he picked up two NCAA titles (1999 and 2001), while the latter earned two junior national titles as a college wrestler.[23] On May 2, 2002, Williams' older brother Steve was visiting from Chicago, when he collapsed and died of a massive asthma attack outside the wrestler's former home in Coralville, Iowa.[24]

Williams currently resides in North Liberty, Iowa with his two sons Kaleb and Wyatt.[3][24]

References

  1. ^ "Joseph E. Williams". nwhof.org. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joe Williams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "You Can't Take Iowa out of the Wrestler". University of Iowa. January 24, 2014. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Abbott, Gary (January 28, 2007). "Bill Weick elected as Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  5. ^ Bagnato, Andrew (June 8, 1996). "Joe Williams Won Four State Wrestling Titles At Mt. Carmel And Was Tribune Athlete Of The Year, Pretty Heady Stuff To His Younger Brother, T.j." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "Williams Makes Most of a Dream". University of Iowa. September 18, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling: Four-Time All-Americans" (PDF). University of Iowa. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  8. ^ "Joe Williams is Iowa Wrestling's honorary captain versus Gophers". NorthIowa Today. January 21, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  9. ^ Abbott, Gary (October 10, 1999). "Neal wins gold, McIlravy silver, Gutches bronze; USA is 2nd at FS Worlds". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  10. ^ Abbott, Gary (July 28, 1999). "U.S. wins six Pan American Games freestyle gold medals". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "U.S. wrestlers sweep World Cup opponents". USA Today. April 7, 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  12. ^ "U.S. Women Beat Brazil, Go for Gold". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 2003. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Russian wins sixth wrestling title; U.S. nabs bronze". USA Today. September 27, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  14. ^ Abbott, Gary (July 15, 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 74 kg/163 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  15. ^ "U.S. Olympic wrestling team". ESPN. May 23, 2004. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  16. ^ Abbott, Gary (August 29, 2004). "Sanderson wins gold medal while Abas and Kelly win silver medals at Olympic freestyle wrestling competition". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  17. ^ "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 74kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 15, 2004. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  18. ^ Garcia, Marlen (August 29, 2004). "Williams' hopes end in 2 seconds". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  19. ^ "Williams pins bronze at wrestling championships". ESPN. September 27, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  20. ^ Sesker, Craig (September 20, 2007). "Joe Williams, Doug Schwab, Joe Heskett each place fifth at World Championships". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  21. ^ "Jury finds former Iowa coach not guilty of indecent exposure". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. August 17, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  22. ^ "3-time NCAA champ Joe Williams, Tom Van Dyke to lead Liberty wrestling". Iowa City Press-Citizen. May 11, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  23. ^ Huff, Rick (May 2, 2002). "Steve Williams, 1973-2002". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  24. ^ a b "Highs, lows for wrestler Joe Williams in 2002". Quad-City Times. June 20, 2002. Retrieved June 26, 2014.

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