Canadian wrestler (born 2001)
Lachlan Maurice McNeil (born January 19, 2001) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms.[1] During his professional career Lachlan has won two Canadian Freestyle titles earning the right to represent Team Canada at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships. He was a silver medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Lachlan also wrestles for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Freestyle career
Lachlan wrestled at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships representing team Canada. He earned a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2][3] He earned a bronze medal at the 2022 Grand Prix of Spain.[4]
In 2024, he competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5] He was eliminated in his third match.[5]
College career
McNeil became an NCAA All-American at the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for the University of North Carolina.[6][7] He finished third at the 2023 ACC Wrestling Championships.
Freestyle record
| Senior Freestyle Matches
|
| Res.
|
Record
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
| 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament DNP at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
26–9
|
 Sujeet Kalkal
|
TF 0–10
|
May 11, 2024
|
2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament
|
 Istanbul, Turkey
|
| Win
|
26–8
|
 Sahid Kargbo
|
16–12
|
| Win
|
25–8
|
 Heung Tsz Hei
|
TF 10–0
|
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification  at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
24–8
|
 Austin Gomez
|
3–6
|
March 1, 2024
|
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament
|
Acapulco, Mexico
|
| Win
|
24–7
|
 Josh Kramer
|
TF 12–1
|
| Win
|
23–7
|
 Sixto Auccapiña
|
TF 10–0
|
2023 Canada World Team Trials  at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
22–7
|
 Mike Asselstine
|
TF 10–0
|
December 15–17, 2023
|
2023 Canada World Team Trials
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
| Win
|
21–7
|
Mike Asselstine
|
7–2
|
| 2023 World Championships 43rd at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
20–7
|
 Erik Arushanian
|
TF 0–10
|
September 18, 2023
|
2023 World Championships
|
 Belgrade, Serbia
|
| 2023 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial 5th at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
20–6
|
 Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov
|
TF 0–10
|
July 13–16, 2023
|
2023 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament
|
 Budapest, Hungary
|
| Loss
|
20–5
|
 Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga
|
TF 0–10
|
| Win
|
20–4
|
 Akbar Kurbanov
|
6–4
|
| Win
|
19–4
|
 Kizhan Clarke
|
5–3
|
| 2023 Grand Prix of Spain at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
18–4
|
 Ayub Musaev
|
9–5
|
July 7–9, 2023
|
2023 Grand Prix of Spain
|
 Madrid, Spain
|
| Win
|
17–4
|
 Kim Sung-gwon
|
10–4
|
| Win
|
16–4
|
Bekzat Yermekbay
|
TF 14–4
|
| Win
|
|
Joao Benavides
|
FF
|
| 2023 Stepan Sargsyan Cup 15th at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
15–4
|
 Peiman Biabani
|
4–5
|
June 15, 2023
|
2023 Stepan Sargsyan Cup
|
 Yerevan, Armenia
|
| 2023 Canada World Team Trials at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
15–3
|
Jacob Alexander Torres
|
TF 10–0
|
March 9–13, 2023
|
2023 Canada World Team Trials
|
Waterloo, Canada
|
| Win
|
14–3
|
Hassan Al-Hayawi
|
TF 10–0
|
| Win
|
13–3
|
Jeremy Podlog
|
TF 10–0
|
| Win
|
12–3
|
Mike Asselstine
|
TF 10–0
|
| 2022 World Championships 20th at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
11–3
|
 Abbos Rakhmonov
|
2–5
|
September 17, 2022
|
2022 World Championships
|
Belgrade, Serbia
|
2022 Commonwealth Games  at 65 kg
|
| Loss
|
11–2
|
Bajrang Punia
|
2–9
|
August 5, 2022
|
2022 Commonwealth Games
|
 Birmingham, England
|
| Win
|
11–1
|
 Inayat Ullah
|
TF 11–0
|
| Win
|
10–1
|
 Ross Connelly
|
TF 10–0
|
| 2022 Grand Prix of Spain at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
9–1
|
Leon Gerstenberger
|
TF 10–0
|
July 8–10, 2022
|
2022 Grand Prix of Spain
|
Madrid, Spain
|
| Loss
|
8–1
|
 Sebastian Rivera
|
2–4
|
| Win
|
8–0
|
Moritz Langer
|
TF 10–0
|
| Win
|
7–0
|
 Ross Connelly
|
TF 11–0
|
| 2022 Canada Cup at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
6–0
|
 Jordan Mitchell
|
TF 12–1
|
July 2, 2022
|
2022 Canada Cup
|
Summerside, Canada
|
| Win
|
5–0
|
Garrett Saunders
|
TF 10–0
|
| Win
|
4–0
|
Minwoo Choi
|
TF 11–0
|
| 2022 Canada World Team Trials at 65 kg
|
| Win
|
3–0
|
Jacob Alexander Torres
|
Fall
|
May 26–29, 2022
|
2022 Canada World Team Trials
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
| Win
|
2–0
|
Daniel Coles
|
TF 18–8
|
| Win
|
1–0
|
Jason Reeves
|
TF 11–0
|
References
- ^ "Lachlan McNeil". Wrestling Canada Lutte. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Toronto wrestler Lachlan McNeil settles for silver at Commonwealth Games". CBC. 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Lachlan McNeil". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ Freeborn, Jeremy (July 12, 2022). "Team Canada wins 14 wrestling medals at Spanish Grand Prix". Canadian Sport Scene. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Tar Heel Duo Finishes NCAA Championships With All-America Status". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Lachlan McNeil - Wrestling". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
