Daton Fix
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| Full name | Daton Duain Fix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 11, 1998 Sand Springs, Oklahoma, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) 133 lb (60 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma State Cowboys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team BIG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | John Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daton Duain Fix (born March 11, 1998) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 57 kilograms, and collegiately at 133 pounds. In freestyle, he is the '19 Pan American Games champion, '19 US Open National champion (runner-up in 2018), '17 Junior World Champion (three-time bronze medalist) and '14 Youth Olympic silver medalist.[1] In folkstyle, he was the '19 NCAA DI National runner-up and the '19 Big 12 Conference champion for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He was also an undefeated four-time OSSAA state champion as a high schooler.[2] As of January 26, 2021,[update] Fix is the top-ranked 133-pound NCAA wrestler in the country as per The Open Mat.[3]
Folkstyle career
High school
Fix attended Charles Page High School in Oklahoma, where he was coached by his father Derek ('83 Cadet World Champion) and Kelly Smith.[4] There, he went undefeated throughout all of his high school career, compiling 168 wins and no losses, and racking up four state titles. Nationally, he was a multiple-time folkstyle US National champion.[5]
College
On November 2016, Fix, the number one recruit in the country pound-for-pound, committed to John Smith from the Oklahoma State University, staying in his local state of Oklahoma.[6]
2017–2018
As a redshirt athlete, Fix became the Reno Tournament champion, compiling notable victories over ninth-ranked Ronnie Bresser (who would go on to become an All-American later in the season) and eight-ranked Sean Fausz.[7]
2018–2019
During the 2018 part of the season, Fix won titles from the Oklahoma City Open and the Reno Tournament, and also went 5–0 in dual meets, compiling notable victories over returning two-time All-American and '17 NCAA runner-up Ethan Lizak and returning All-American Montorie Bridges.[8][9] To kick off 2019, Fix claimed the Southern Scuffle title and went on to win three more dual meets,[10] where he defeated returning NCAA runner-up Nick Suriano in one of them, although very controversially.[11][12] Fix's first collegiate loss came shortly after, by the hands of Micky Phillippi, in a close 1–3 decision loss.[13] He bounced back with a win over the nationally-ranked Austin Gomez[14] and five more dual wins, including victories over third-ranked Austin DeSanto and John Erneste (both would become All-Americans in the post-season),[15][16] to end regular season as the top-ranked 133-pounder in the United States.[17]
In the post-season, Fix went 4-0 at the Big 12 Conference Championships to claim the title and enter the NCAA's as the top-seed.[18] At the NCAA tournament, Fix downed four opponents to make the finals, including the fifth and eight seeds Luke Pletcher and John Erneste.[19] In the final, he faced Nick Suriano in an anticipated rematch, where after a very close match, Fix claimed runner-up honors when he was defeated after Suriano claimed two points during the second sudden victory period. He closed out the season with 34 wins and two losses.[20]
2020–2021
Fix did not compete in the NCAA in 2019–2020, as he took an Olympic redshirt to prepare for the US Olympic Team Trials.[21] He was expected to compete for the Cowboys from the start of the season, however, his USADA suspension led him unable to, but is now able to compete since February 10, 2021.[22]
Freestyle career
Age-group
As a cadet, Fix won two Cadet Pan American titles, in 2013 and 2014. That same year, he went on to place tenth at the Cadet World Championships[23] and second at the Youth Summer Olympics.[24] The following year (2015), he earned a bronze medal from the Cadet World Championships after making his second US World Team,[25] and in 2016, Fix earned another bronze, now at the Junior World Championships.[26] In 2017, Fix became a Junior World Champion, while sweeping all five opponents with a combined score of 53-1, with the lone point being surrendered at the finals, where he tech'd Russia's Ismail Gadzhiev 12-1.[27] After making his fifth age-group US World Team, the returning World Champion was defeated in the semifinals, before coming back and earning his third World Championship bronze.[28]
Senior level
2016–2017
Fix won his first two senior matches at the 2016 and 2017 Beat the Streets events, against '13 Cadet World Championship bronze medalist from Iran Heirollah Ghahremani (TF 14–3) and Joey Melendez (TF 14-1).[29][30] In October, Fix, who at this point had never wrestled an official collegiate match, became the US U23 World Team Member, with three wins on the Challenge Tournament, and two straight over NCAA DI champion and two-time All-American Nathan Tomasello in the best-of-three.[31] At the U23 World Championships, Fix was eliminated in the opening match to place nineteenth.[32]
2018
To start off the year, the incoming Cowboy placed second at the US Open National Championships, losing to '14 NCAA champion Tony Ramos by criteria in the finals.[33] He then went on to become a Final X contestant after dominantly winning the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament.[34] At Final X: Lincoln ('18), Fix dropped two straight matches to returning World Championship runner-up Thomas Gilman, losing his chance to make his first US World Team.[35]
2019
After his college freshman season was over, the '19 NCAA DI National runner-up won his first US Open National title, with wins over '18 US U23 National Champion Vito Arujau (TF 18–8) in the quarterfinals, '17 NCAA champion Darian Cruz (2–0) and Thomas Gilman in a rematch (8–4).[36] As the US National champion, Fix sat out during the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and waited for the winner to battle at Final X: Lincoln ('19).[37] Fix ended up facing his rival Thomas Gilman at Final X, and after a dominant 9-1 victory in the first match, Fix was forced to go through a third match when he was defeated 2–3 by Gilman.[38] Fix was able to drop Gilman with a 6–3 decision to make his first US World Team.[39]
Fix then won the Pan American Games gold medal, with a notable victory over the heavily accomplished Cuban Reineri Andreu.[40] At the World Championships, Fix started off dominant by tech'ing '19 European Championship bronze medalist Vladimir Egorov, but was subsequently defeated by '17 World Champion Yuki Takahashi, in a closely contested 2–4 loss.[41] In October, it was announced that Fix would be taking an Olympic Redshirt instead of participating in NCAA wrestling for 2019-20.[42]
2020
After his run at the World Championships, Fix came back on January, at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series. After two wins, he was dropped twice, by his rival Thomas Gilman and Minghu Liu respectively, to place fifth.[43]
Fix was then scheduled to compete at the '20 US Olympic Team Trials on April 4 at State College, Pennsylvania.[44] However, the event was postponed for 2021 along with the Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving all the qualifiers unable to compete.[45]
On September, it was announced that Fix had been given a one-year long suspension by USADA, after failing a test for ostarine, which was retroactive to February 10, 2021, because his provisional suspension started on February 10, 2020.[46] Fix claims that he ingested the substance when he drank from a contaminated water bottle, which his father Derek had prepared for himself and left in the refrigerator, before Daton drank it.[47]
Freestyle record
Age-group freestyle record
Junior level
Cadet level
NCAA record
Stats
References
- ^ "Daton Fix". Team USA.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Daton Fix - 2020- Wrestling". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Smith, Earl (2021-01-26). "NCAA DI College Individual Rankings - January 26th, 2021". The Open Mat. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Kirk McCracken. "CPHS wrestler Daton Fix chooses OSU". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "NCAA Wrestling: Undefeated Daton Fix upsets National Runner-Up in second collegiate dual". Sandite Pride News. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "RLR Wrestling: Daton Fix Commits to Oklahoma State". Roar Lions Roar. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Duckworth, Seth (2017-12-18). "Reno Tournament Recap: Daton Fix Wins Title in First College Tournament". Pistols Firing. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Duckworth, Seth (2018-11-29). "What We Have Learned About Daton Fix After Three Matches as a Cowboy". Pistols Firing. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "OSU dominates OU in Bedlam wrestling, 41-2". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "NCAA Wrestling: Undefeated freshman Daton Fix wins Southern Scuffle, Cowboys place 2nd". Sandite Pride News.
- ^ "Rutgers' Nick Suriano on 'fiasco' loss to Oklahoma State's Daton Fix: 'Took away from our opportunity to compete'". nj. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Fix remains undefeated as Oklahoma State tops Rutgers". InterMat. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Phillippi knocks off unbeaten wrestler in Pitt's loss to Oklahoma State". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-01-28). "No. 3 Oklahoma State fends off No. 15 Iowa State, 22-15". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Jason Elmquist. "No. 2-ranked Cowboys crush third-ranked Hawkeyes". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ N. Andrew Dent III. "Oklahoma State's Daton Fix lifts Missouri's John Erneste off the mat". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-03-08). "2019 Big 12 Wrestling Championship: 5 Oklahoma State storylines to watch". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "NCAA wrestling tournament brackets 2019: Top seeds announced for each weight class". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-03-22). "Oklahoma State's Daton Fix, Derek White reach NCAA Wrestling Championship finals". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-03-23). "Oklahoma State's Daton Fix, Derek White drop NCAA wrestling championship matches". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Daton Fix to Take an Olympic Redshirt Year". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2020-11-06). "Oklahoma State wrestling: AJ Ferrari 'likely' to start at 197 pounds for 2021 season". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ Rhett Morgan. "Sand Springs teenager travels world as wrestling whiz". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "3 Silver Medals for Youth Olympic Wrestlers". Jiujitsu Times. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Verkleeren, Steveson go for gold, D'Emilio, Fix for bronze at UWW Cadet Worlds". Team USA. August 30, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Fix wins bronze on final day of Junior World Championships". InterMat. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cox, Kyle (2017-08-02). "OSU Wrestling Commit Daton Fix Wins Gold at Junior World Championship". Pistols Firing. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "UWW Wrestling: Daton Fix takes Bronze at Junior Freestyle World Championship". Sandite Pride News. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Two-time world medalist Fix announces decision to wrestle for Oklahoma State". InterMat. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "USA dominant against Japan at Beat the Streets". InterMat. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Fix beats Tomasello to make U23 World Team". InterMat. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ tristan. "Senior U23 World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Dake, Ramos, Colon score big wins as 10 freestyle champions crowned at Marine Corps U.S. Open". Team USA. April 28, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pilcher, K. J. "Busy offseason should bolster Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling lineup". The Gazette. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody. "U.S. wrestling: Former Hawkeye Thomas Gilman sweeps Daton Fix to make second Senior world team". Hawk Central. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-04-27). "Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer, Daton Fix win 2019 U.S. Open freestyle titles". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-06-14). "Final X Lincoln: Oklahoma State's Daton Fix to wrestle Thomas Gilman for senior world team spot". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-06-15). "Oklahoma State wrestling: Daton Fix tops Thomas Gilman to make U.S. World Championship freestyle team". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ James Kratch (2019-06-16). "Daton Fix edges Thomas Gilman to win world team spot at Final X Lincoln". nj. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-08-09). "Oklahoma State wrestling: Daton Fix wins freestyle gold at 2019 Pan American Games". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2019-09-19). "Oklahoma State wrestling: Daton Fix goes 1-1 at World Championships". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "College wrestling: The 2020 Olympic redshirt factor, broken down | NCAA.com". NCAA. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Gilman, Dake and Valencia win golds, four others claim medals to close out Matteo Pellicone". Team USA. January 18, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Miller, Zach. "Wrestling: Nick Suriano punches ticket to Olympic Trials". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody. "USA Wrestling announces that 2020 Olympic Trials are postponed". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Reaction to USADA Decision on Daton Fix". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ Cain, Brandon M. (2020-09-08). "Oklahoma State wrestling: Daton Fix given 1-year suspension by USADA for failed anti-doping test". Cowboys Ride For Free. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
External links
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Sand Springs, Oklahoma
- American male sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games