13 things about Woodbine, Maryland native Kyle Snyder

Kyle Frederick Snyder is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He was born in Woodbine, Maryland, United States to Stephen “Steve” Snyder Sr. and Tricia Snyder.

Steve is a former collegiate football player who became a criminal investigator with the Department of Homeland Security. Tricia is a former cheerleader who became a marketing manager and a fitness instructor. 

Kyle has one sister named Megan Snyder and two brothers namely Stephen Patrick Snyder Jr. and Kevin Snyder. Their paternal grandparents are Fred Snyder and Gayle Snyder.

In 1963, Fred won the European high school wrestling championship. At the time, he was attending school at a German military base where his father was stationed.

BIOGRAPHY

In Kyle’s first three years of high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Maryland, he amassed a 179-0 record. He transferred to Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA and entered Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Kyle is 5’11” tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2013, he won a junior world championship.
2. In 2014, he graduated from Coronado High School and became the youngest two-time junior world medalist in U.S. wrestling history. 
3. In 2015, he won gold at Pan American Games, the World Wrestling Championships and the Brazil Cup.
4. In 2016, he won gold at the Wrestling World Cup, the World Wrestling Clubs Cup and at 97kg in men’s wrestling in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5. In 2017, he won gold at the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix, the Wrestling World Cup, the Pan American Wrestling Championships, the Grand Prix of Spain and the World Wrestling Championships.
6. In 2018, he won gold at the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix and the Wrestling World Cup, graduated from Ohio State University and was appointed by Donald Trump to be a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
7. In 2019, he won gold at the Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov Tournament, the Pan American Championships, the Final X: Lincoln, the Yasar Dogu Tournament and the Pan American Games.
8. In 2020, he won gold at the Pan American Championships.
9. In 2021, he won gold the Henri Deglane Grand Prix and the Pan American Championships.
10. In 2022, he won gold at the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix, the RUDIS+ Super March, the Pan American Championships, the Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series, the World Wrestling Championships and the Wrestling World Cup.
11. In 2023, he won gold at the Zagreb Open, the Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov Tournament, the Pan American Championships and the Pan American Games.
12. On November 20, 2024, he turned 29.
13. In 2025, he was arrested in Columbus.

TIMELINE

Aside from wrestling, Kyle also played baseball, basketball, football and lacrosse. He is a married to Maddie Pack Snyder, a former collegiate soccer player at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, USA.

2024

• On January 10, 2024, he defeated Tuerxunbieke Muheite, Erhan Yaylaci, Cristian Sarco Colmenarez and Kamran Ghasempour but lost to Amir Ali Azarpira at the 2024 Grand Prix Zagreb Open in Zagreb, Croatia.
• On February 24, 2024, he defeated Luis Miguel Perez, Matias Uribe and Arturo Silot at the 2024 Pan American Continental Championships in Acapulco, Mexico.
• On April 20, 2024, he defeated Isaac Trumble twice at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
• On August 10, 2024, he defeated Habila Awusayiman and Silot but lost to Akhmed Tazhudinov at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
• On August 11, 2024, he lost to Amir Ali Azarpira at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
• On November 8, 2024, he defeated Gary Traub and on November 9, 2024, he defeated Michael Macchiavello at the 2024 Bill Farrell Memorial International in New York City, New York.

2025

• On February 6, 2025, he defeated Richard Vegh, Batyrbek Tsakulov and Abolfazl Babaloo at the 2025 Zagreb Open.
• On February 25, 2025, he defeated Konstantin Pshenichnikov and Rizabek Aitmukhan at the Professional Wrestling League tournament “PWL 8” in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• On February 27, 2025, he defeated Mojtaba Goleij, Aliaksandr Hushtyn and Dato Piruzashvili but lost to Arash Yoshida at the 2025 Muhamet Malo Tournament in Tirana, Albania.
• On May 9, 2025, he was arrested at a hotel as part of a prostitution sting operation in Columbus and released from custody.
• On May 19, 2025, he will appear in court.