Jake Varner
Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner is a male wrestler from the United States. He won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Varner wrestled for the Iowa State University Cyclones. He is a four-time NCAA Division I finalist and two-time NCAA Division I champion. He is also a two-time California State wrestling champion for Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California, where his uncle Andy is the head coach and his father, Steve, is an assistant.
He has been an assistant wrestling coach at Penn State since 2016.
