Matt Gentry

Matt Gentry brings a wealth of wrestling knowledge and experience to Cardinal Wrestling Club. A native of Grants Pass, Oregon, Matt is the most sucessful wrestler that Stanford University has ever produced. Matt holds the destinction of becoming the university's first NCAA Champion ('04, 157lbs). Coach Gentry also represented Canada in the 2008 Olympic Games.

Other Honors

Matt boasts a prestigious Midlands Wrestling Tournament title and the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler Award. Along with being on the CWC coaching staff, Coach Gentry is also an assistant coach at Stanford.

Between 2005 and 2006, competing at 74 kg (163 lbs), Gentry has collected second and third place finishes at the US University National Championships as well as a sixth place finish in the US Senior National Championships. He also captured the Canadian University and Senior National Championship. He finished fifth at both the Pan American Championships and the University World Championships and competed in the Senior World Championships while competing for Canada. As the 2006-07 competitive season began, Matt decided to commit to competing for Canada through the Olympics. He won his second consecutive Canadian Senior National Championship. He also captured the title in the 2007 Canada Cup and earned his first major international medal, a bronze, at the Pan Am Games in July.