Olympic Redshirt Criteria

[Wrestleknownothing]

Thought I would post this here as there are a lot of questions about whether wrestlers will take an Oly RS. Every time I read one of those questions I wonder if that is even an option for a particular wrestler.

Criteria to qualify for a 2024 Olympic Redshirt Year

There are six ways to qualify for an Olympic Redshirt Year

• Only required to meet one criteria:

1) Past National Team members • Top 3 from the Senior World Team Trials or Olympic Team Trials
2) Top 8 at the April 2023 Senior US Open
3) Top 8 at the December 2023 Senior US Nationals
4) Top 3 at the 2023 NCAA I Wrestling Championship
5) NCAA I Champion from a previous year AND top 2 from the 2023 U23 Nationals (must accomplish both)
6) Previous U17, U20, U23 World Medalist (UWW)

Numbers 3 and 5 are still to be determined. Number 3 is an odd one in that it happens after the start of the season.

2024 USAW Oly RS Criteria

[Alces Alces Gigas]

How many wrestlers have made the team the year they took an olyshirt?    

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, Alces Alces Gigas said:

How many wrestlers have made the team the year they took an olyshirt?    

Is it zero?

When did Olympic redshirts become a thing?

[ionel]

29 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Is it zero?

When did Olympic redshirts become a thing?

I remember this being discussed before but I do not remember/know the answer. 

[gimpeltf]

4 hours ago, Alces Alces Gigas said:

How many wrestlers have made the team the year they took an olyshirt?    

 

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

When did Olympic redshirts become a thing?

I see mention of Olympic waivers (for training) in the D1 manual going back at least as far as '91.