Ben Provisor

American Greco-Roman wrestler

Northern Michigan University (Greco)
Grand View University (Folkstyle)

Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

Representing United States
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	74 kg
Pan American Championships
	2017 Salvador	85 kg
	2021 Guatemala City	82 kg
	2018 Lima	87 kg
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing United States
Pan American Championships
	2018 Lima	92 kg

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.^[1]

Personal life

Provisor is the son of musician Dennis Provisor, former keyboard player for the rock band The Grass Roots. ^[2]

He was married to wrestler Leigh Jaynes.^[3]

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).^[4]

He defeated Aaron Sieracki 2 to 1 at the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.^[5]

In the 1/8 finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics Provisor was defeated by Zurab Datunashvili of Georgia (0-1, 0-6).^[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.^[6]

In 2021, Provisor signed to wrestle for the NAIA powerhouse Grand View Vikings.^[7]

References

^ "BEN PROVISOR - There are 1440 Minutes in a Day... ONLY 6 OF THEM MATTER". Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
^ "Ben Provisor Biography". 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "The story of N.J. Olympic hopeful Leigh Jaynes-Provisor will inspire you - Politi". NJ.com. 9 August 2015.
^ "USA Wrestling - the National Governing Body for Amateur Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
^ ^a ^b "Ben Provisor Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling: Ben Provisor, a two-time Olympian in Greco-Roman, signs to wrestle at Grand View". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-08-22.

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 2020-04-18.
USA Today article
Ben Provisor at the International Wrestling Database
Ben Provisor at Olympedia