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Ben Provisor (born June 26, 1990) is an American wrestler. He won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials at 74 kg GR, and competed at the 2012 Olympics. He also competed at the 2016 Olympics.




Personal life


Provisor is the son of musician Dennis Provisor, former keyboard player for the rock band The Grass Roots.

He was married to wrestler Leigh Jaynes.
He has one living child. Provisor attended SPASH high school in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.




Wrestling career


Provisor is a three-time U.S. Open champion (2011, 2013, and 2018).
He defeated Aaron Sieracki 2 to 1 at the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
In the 1/8 finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics Provisor was defeated by Zurab Datunashvili of Georgia (0-1, 0-6). Provisor was coached by Olympic silver-medalist and Greco-Roman world champion Dennis Hall.
At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's light-heavyweight (85 kg) division in Greco-Roman wrestling. He lost to Rustam Assakalov in the second round.
In 2021, Provisor signed to wrestle for the NAIA powerhouse Grand View Vikings.




References






External links


Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ben Provisor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
USA Today article
Ben Provisor at the International Wrestling Database
Ben Provisor at Olympedia

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