Jacob Deitchler (born December 1, 1989) is an American former wrestler who competed for the United States Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

This eventually lead to meeting his mentor and coach, Anoka High School alumnus Brandon Paulson.

[3] In the Beijing Olympics, Deitchler lost both his matches in the 66 kg weight class, the first to the eventual silver medalist Kanatbek Begaliev of Kyrgyzstan and then to Armen Vardanyan of Ukraine, who later received the bronze medal.

In January 2010, Deitchler was suspended by the NCAA for the rest of the 2009–2010 for taking $4,000 in prize money while wrestling internationally following the Olympics.

After starting the 2011–2012 season ranked as high as 8th nationally in the 157-pound weight class, on January 4, 2012 Deitchler announced he was retiring from competitive wrestling due to lingering effects from concussions.