David Taylor

From the hills of St. Paris, Ohio to the golden spotlight of Tokyo, David Taylor has spent a lifetime and he is Known to the world as the “Magic Man,” considered as a sorcerer of the single-leg, a master of the scramble who showed technical leads. Where others see a closed door, Taylor finds a window; where others see a lack of something, he sees a stage for a miracle.

Personal Basic Information

Full Name	David Morris Taylor III
Nick Name	Magic Man
Weight Category	202 lbs
Father’s Name	David Taylor II
Mother’s Name	Kathy Taylor
Date of Birth (Born)	December 5, 1990
Birth Place	Reno, Nevada
Current Age	Age: 35 years, 3 months, and 12 days as of today. Time left for next birthday: 8 months and 18 days.
Height	6’0’’ (183 cm)
Net worth	Information not available publicly
Marriage Status	Married
Wife Name	Kendra Taylor
Kids Name	London, Ivy and Birdie
High school	St. Paris Graham Heights High School
Nationality	American
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Current Team Name	Oklahoma State Cowboys

Net Worth

As per the records, he do have a net worth pf around $3 – 5 million. For the year 2025-26, his salary worth $1.03 million along with signing bonus of $1 million. RUDIS, the wrestling apparel brand, is also a provider of his endorsement deals. Sponsored by Adidas and Vital Proteins to add up in his collection.

He is co-owner of M2 Training Center locate in Pennsylvania that can generate revenue by organizing camps and elite youth training. Being Olympic Gold Medalist and 3 times World Champion, he has also managed to get funds from USA Wrestling.

Early Life and Childhood    

The key step was taken by his mother when he was barely 5 years old. She saw a newspaper advertisement and found about the youth wrestling competition at a local high school. During early fights, he was unable to earn victory. When he became 8 years old, he gained his respectful position by claiming National Championship.

Under coach Jeff Jordan, Taylor became high energetic recruit. During the childhood days, he was noticed to practice with his mate Kyle Dake who is now his greatest rival in NCAA. They both talked about summers where they trained under same roofs for hours.

Education and the Beginning of Sports Career

His father was commercial pilot and knew about David’s passion regarding wrestling. His father wanted him to score and maintain ‘’ A ‘’ Average in school. This was crucial reason for his 4 GPA during graduation. He graduated with a degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management.

He pursued a Master’s in Higher Education Administration with 3.67 GPA. Taylor in terms of wrestling, struggled to gain importance due to earlier failures. Taylor family realized that his talent can be up skilled so the family shifted Ohio.

He began his career with successful record of 180-2. 4 times recognized as a OHSAA state champion. Place among the first ever 4 times winner of Walsh Ironman and receive the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for his marvelous performance.

Professional Career

Taylor is famous for his reign to secure win at 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Yazdani known to be Taylor’s historic rival. 3 times World Champion Taylor consecutively ranked 1^st pound for pound freestyle wrestling.

At his class, Taylor appeared at the World Championships (Albania) to belong under top 3 contenders and secure bronze. After prime performing era, Taylor officially took retirement and accepted the fate to act as Head coach for Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Though the coaching by Taylor was effective however, he was considered young. He proved his impact and experienced nature to secure dual meet victories.

Achievements/ Awards/ Medals

Defeated Hassan in the final during the Olympic Games to secure gold in Tokyo (2020).

Became 3 times World Champion during 2018, 2022 and 2023 at Budapest, Belgrade and again in Belgrade respectively. In the year 2021, Taylor won Silver Medal while in 2024 secured Bronze Medal at Tirana.

Taylor’s career boast about 3 times capturing of Gold Medal at Pan American level. Listed among the fewAmericans to represent and win at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix Gold (2018).

Recalled as the 2 times winner for Dan Hodge Trophy along with being the 4 times Big Ten Champion and 3 times Big Ten Wrestler of the Year. Career record noted to be 134-3.

Married Life and Family

David Taylor is married to Kendra Kennedy.David and Kendra first met as children through the wrestling community. Their fathers (Dave Taylor and Mr. Kennedy) were friends, and there is a well-known story of David being sent a school picture of Kendra with “Love Kendra” written on it when they were just kids.

The couple officially tied the knot on September 24, 2016. David and Kendra are the parents of three daughters. Taylor frequently posts about them on social media – London, Ivy and Birdie.

In addition to their family life, the two are entrepreneurs. They founded K2 Roots, a cold-pressed juice and coffee shop in State College, Pennsylvania, which they ran together for several years before moving to Oklahoma.

He has one sister named Alex, who has also been a steady supporter throughout his career from his 4-time Ohio State title run to his Olympic Gold in Tokyo..

The Future Ambitions

His ambition is to create a room filled with premier wrestlers at every weight class.

Taylor aims to make Stillwater the premier destination for Olympics. By building a world-class Regional Training Center (RTC), he intends to coach the next generation of U.S. Olympians to gold medals, much like his mentor Cael Sanderson did at Penn State.

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