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Andrew Michael Alirez (born August 19, 2000) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. In freestyle, he is a two-time US National champion, and in folkstyle, he is an NCAA National champion at 141 pounds out of the University of Northern Colorado.
The top-recruit in the country, Alirez committed to the University of Northern Colorado.
After a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, it was announced that the NCAA National Championships had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting his season short to end it with a 23–4 record.
At the NCAA tournament, Alirez became the first NCAA Division I National champion in UNC's history, with hard-fought wins over Lachlan McNeil from North Carolina, Beau Bartlett from Penn State and Real Woods from University of Iowa, to close out an undefeated season with 28 wins and no losses. After the season, he was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Year, and was a Dan Hodge Trophy finalist.
In July, Alirez went back to freestyle to compete at the Poland Open, where he notably took out three-time World Champion Haji Aliyev in the first round to advance and defeat All-American Josh Finesilver, and lastly, took a forfeit over Mikyay Naim to claim the title.
In September, Alirez announced he would be using an Olympic redshirt for the 2023–2024 season. On December, Alirez became a two-time US National champion in freestyle with wins over All-Americans Beau Bartlett and Austin DeSanto, and US Open champion Alec Pantaleo, qualifying for the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials.
Fort Worth, Texas
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|Win
|15–2
|align=left| Alec Pantaleo
|style="font-size:88%"|4–3
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|Win
|14–2
|align=left| Austin DeSanto
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|Win
|13–2
|align=left| Henry Porter
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|align=left| Mikyay Naim
|style="font-size:88%"|FF
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|July 26–30, 2023
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2023 Poland Open
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Warsaw, Poland
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|Win
|12–2
|align=left| Josh Finesilver
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|Win
|11–2
|align=left| Haji Aliyev
|style="font-size:88%"|8–0
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|Win
|10–2
|align=left| Evan Henderson
|style="font-size:88%"|5–1
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|October 9–11, 2020
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2020 US Senior Nationals
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Coralville, Iowa
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|Win
|9–2
|align=left| Yahya Thomas
|style="font-size:88%"|7–1
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|Win
|8–2
|align=left| Joseph McKenna
|style="font-size:88%"|6–4
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|Win
|7–2
|align=left| Mitch McKee
|style="font-size:88%"|11–5
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|Win
|6–2
|align=left| Josh Heil
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|Win
|5–2
|align=left| Lawrence Saenz
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|4–2
|align=left| Bryce Meredith
|style="font-size:88%"|2–7
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|January 24–26, 2019
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6|2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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|4–1
|align=left| Dean Heil
|style="font-size:88%"|12–4
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|Win
|3–1
|align=left| Jordin Humphrey
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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|Win
|2–1
|align=left| Joey Lazor
|style="font-size:88%"|8–2
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|Loss
|1–1
|align=left| Bryce Meredith
|style="font-size:88%"|7–8
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|Win
|1–0
|align=left| Adam MacFadyen
|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0
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