Return to Team Brute Henry Cejudo 2007-08 Team USA Ranking No. 1 at 55KG Years on Team USA: 3 (2006-09) Club: Sunkist Kids Coach: Terry Brands High School: Colorado Springs, Colo. (Coronado) Height: 5-4 2008: Olympic gold medalist. U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion. Second in U.S. Nationals. Pan American Championships gold medalist 2007 DNP in World Championships Pan American Games gold medalist U.S. World Team Trials champion Pan American Championships gold medalist U.S. Nationals champion Fifth in Kiev International Second in Takhti Cup (Iran) Third in Ivan Yarygin International (Russia) 2006 Second in Junior World Championships FILA Junior World Team Trials champion Pan American Championships gold medalist Second in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Nationals champion. 2005: NYAC Holiday Tournament champion Fifth in Sunkist Kids International Open Fifth in Junior World Championships. High School Four-time state champion (two in Arizona, two in Colorado) 2006 ASICS National High School Wrestler of the Year Two-time ASICS High School First Team member Ranked No. 1 nationally at 125 pounds by Wrestling International Newsmagazine… Personal Older brother, Angel, also is a ranked freestyle wrestler and resident athlete U.S. Olympic Training Center resident-athlete Profiled in June 11, 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated CAREER NOTES: • 2008 Olympic gold medalist • Youngest Olympic wrestling champion in U.S. history • 2007 Pan American Games champion • 2007 U.S. World Team Trials champion • Second in 2006 Junior World Championships • Second in 2006 U.S. World Team Trials • Two-time U.S. Nationals champion (2006-07) • Fifth in 2005 Junior World Championships • Four-time state high school champion • 2006 ASICS National High School Wrestler of the Year • First high-schooler to win U.S. Nationals since USA Wrestling became the sport’s national governing body in 1983