Brandon Escobar

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Brandon Escobar (born on September 25, 1990 in Queens, New York) is a Honduran-American Olympian, freestyle wrestler. He qualified to wrestle in the men's freestyle 55 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the country of, Honduras. Honduras' first, and only, qualified Olympic freestyle wrestler, qualifying at the 2012 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. He largely grew up on the North Shore of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Graduating from Rocky Point High School, and briefly attending Nassau Community College. He earned All-American honors, placing 6th at the NJCAA, National Collegiate Championship in 2020.[https://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/ex-suffolk-wrestler-on-honduras-olympic-team-i79231 Newsday]{{Cite web|title=Wrestling at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=2013-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927164919/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html|url-status=dead}}

He lost to Mihran Jaburyan in the second round of the men's -55 kg freestyle division.{{Cite web|title=Brandon Escobar Bio, Stats, and Results|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/brandon-escobar-1.html|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-02|archive-date=2012-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216011608/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/brandon-escobar-1.html|url-status=dead}}