Former Tar Heel Ethan Ramos made history today as the first UNC wrestler to ever participate in the Olympics.
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Ethan Ramos 🇵🇷 conquistó la plaza a los Juegos Olímpicos @paris2024 en el Clasificatorio Olímpico Panamericano de Lucha Olímpica que se realizó en Acapulco🇲🇽, en el Estilo Libre, categoría 86 kg.
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Ramos competed in freestyle wrestling in the 87kg category, but lost to Greek wrestler Dauren Kurugliev 11-0 at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. Kurugliev scored seven points in the first period and four points in the second.
Ramos amassed an impressive 106-39 record at Carolina from 2013-2018. He was an ACC Champion at 174 pounds in 2016, and an All-American in 2015. Ramos was named to the All-ACC team three years in a row from 2015-2017.
He is currently an assistant wrestling coach at Duke, but everybody's gotta eat, right?
It was a tough day at the office for Ramos today, but hopefully he'll be back representing Puerto Rico and Carolina in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.