Dean Hamiti (born June 19, 2003) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 79 kilograms. The 2025 174 lb NCAA champion, Hamiti finished a 3-time all American, 2023 Big 10 champion and a 4-time NCAA Qualifier.
He competed in the Middleweight division of Real American Freestyle (RAF), where he is a former RAF Middleweight Champion.
Folkstyle career Early life Hamiti competed in high school for Joliet Catholic Academy where he finished his high school career with a 148-8 record, a 3-time HSA Wrestling State champion and the Illinois Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner. Hamiti was unable to compete for a fourth state title due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin 2021-2022 As a true freshman for Wisconsin at 165 lb, Hamiti punched his ticket to the NCAA tournament with a 3rd place finish at the Big Ten tournament. With a 24-2 regular season record, Hamiti was named the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year. Hamiti finished his first nationals with a 6th place finish at the 2022 NCAA Tournament ending the tournament with a 4-2 record, medically forfeiting the 5th place match to Iowa's Alex Marinelli.
2022-2023 As a sophomore, Hamiti improved on his prior year performance by capturing the 165 lb Big Ten Tournament title, defeating Iowa's Patrick Kennedy 9-6 to take gold and clinch a berth to his second NCAA tournament. At the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Hamiti once again captured a spot on the podium finishing in 6th place at 165 lb and a 4-3 tournament record. Hamiti ended the season with a 25-6 record.
2023-2024 Once again at 165 lb, Hamiti qualified for his third NCAA tournament finishing second at the Big Ten Tournament, defeating Nebraska's Antrell Taylor by Fall in the semifinals. In the finals, Hamiti was defeated by Penn State's Mitchell Mesenbrink 13-11. At the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Hamiti failed to reach all-American status for the third consecutive year, falling in the quarterfinals to Iowa State's David Carr 5-0 and to Oklahoma State's Izzak Oleknik in the blood round, via overtime, 9-6. Hamiti finished the season with a 28-4 record.
Oklahoma State Hamiti entered the transfer portal after his junior season at Wisconsin and on March 27, 2024, committed to Oklahoma State. Hamiti moved up a weight class to 174 lb to end his college career. After an undefeated regular season, Hamiti fell 7-4 in sudden victory to Missouri's Keegan O'Toole in the Big 12 Tournament Finals. Hamiti entered the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships as the 3-seed at 174 lb. Hamiti advanced to the semi-finals with two bonus point victories before defeating Iowa's Patrick Kennedy 8-6 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals Hamiti defeated reigning national champion, Penn State's Levi Haines, 4-2. Hamiti faced a rematch of the Big 12 Tournament finals against Missouri's Keegan O'Toole. Hamiti got his revenge defeating O'Toole 4-1 in sudden victory to win his first national championship. Hamiti finished his championship season with a 27-1 record.
Freestyle career 2025 Hamiti made his freestyle debut at the 2025 US Open at 79 kg. Hamiti advanced to the finals after winning four straight matches before falling to Evan Wick 9-1 to take silver. Hamiti competed at the 2025 World Team Trials at 79 kg. Hamiti again took silver, winning his first two matches before falling to Levi Haines in a rematch of the 2025 NCAA semifinals 10-2. Hamiti signed with Real American Freestyle and competed at RAF 01 against Kyle Dake for the inaugural RAF Cruiserweight Championship. Hamiti fell via technical fall 11-0. He later defeated Evan Wick at RAF 04 to capture the RAF Middleweight Championship.
Freestyle Record
! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches |- ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss | |align=left| Matthew Singleton |style="font-size:88%"|FF |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|April 25, 2026 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2025 US Open |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Las Vegas, Nevada |- |Loss | |align=left| William Henckel |style="font-size:88%"|FF |- |Win |19-8 |align=left| Ethan Riddle |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |- |Loss |18-8 |align=left| Muhamed McBryde |style="font-size:88%"|1-4 |- |Win |18-7 |align=left| Dajuan Johnson |style="font-size:88%"|11-8 |- |Win |17-7 |align=left| Drake Bowers |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10-0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |16–7 |align=left| Mohammad Nokhodi |style="font-size:88%"|TF 0–10 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|February 26, 2026 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2026 Muhamet Malo Tournament |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Tirana, Albania |- |Win |16–6 |align=left| Cam Amine |style="font-size:88%"|5–3 |- |Win |15–6 |align=left| Luka Chkhitunidze |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |14-6 |align=left| Zelimkhan Khadjiev |style="font-size:88%"|4–4 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|February 5, 2026 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2026 Grand Prix Zagreb Open |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Zagreb, Croatia |- |Win |14-5 |align=left| Evan Wick |style="font-size:88%"|6-5 |- |Win |13-5 |align=left| Daniel Braunagel |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10-0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |12-5 |align=left| Evan Wick |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|December 20, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|RAF 04 |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| Fishers, Indiana |- |Loss |11-5 |align=left| Seyfulla Itaev |style="font-size:88%"|2-3 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|November 29, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|Cowboy RTC vs France |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| Durant, Oklahoma |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |11-4 |align=left| Kyle Dake |style="font-size:88%"|TF 0-11 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|August 30, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|RAF 01 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1| Cleveland, Ohio |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Win |11-3 |align=left| Umar Mavlaev |style="font-size:88%"|9-4 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|August 3, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2025 Poland Open |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5| Warsaw, Poland |- |Win |10-3 |align=left| Abdelkader Ikkal |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |- |Win |9-3 |align=left| Pouria Taherkhani |style="font-size:88%"|2-0 |- |Win |8-3 |align=left| Codei Khawaja |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10-0 |- |Loss |7-3 |align=left| Vasyl Mykhailov |style="font-size:88%"|TF 0-10 |- |Win |7-2 |align=left| Mokhamed Nasirkhaev |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|July 21, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|PWL 9 - USA vs Russia |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=1| Budapest, Hungary |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |6-2 |align=left| Levi Haines |style="font-size:88%"|2-10 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|May 17, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2025 World Team Trials |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3| Louisville, Kentucky |- |Win |6-1 |align=left| Simon Ruiz |style="font-size:88%"|5–3 |- |Win |5-1 |align=left| Ethan Riddle |style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0 |- ! style=background:white colspan=7 | |- |Loss |4-1 |align=left| Evan Wick |style="font-size:88%"|1-9 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|April 27, 2025 |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2025 US Open |style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5| Las Vegas, Nevada |- |Win |4-0 |align=left| Kennedy Monday |style="font-size:88%"|TF 14–4 |- |Win |3-0 |align=left| Dajun Johnson |style="font-size:88%"|Fall |- | Win |2-0 |align=left| Kevin Reynolds |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0 |- | Win |1-0 |align=left| William Hunter |style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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