[3] In freestyle, he was the 2019 US national champion and has competed at multiple international tournaments, winning gold at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 and 2021 Poland Open and bronze at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021.

[3][8] In June 2014, Zahid and his brother Anthony, announced that they had committed to the Arizona State Sun Devils, competing in the NCAA Division I level.

[12] During regular season, he racked up titles from the Midlands Championships,[13] the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite,[14] the Journeyman Collegiate Classic[15] and the Daktronics Open,[16] went 14–0 in dual meets and compiled an overall undefeated record of 31–0.

[17] Entering the NCAA's as the undefeated top-seed, Valencia got three wins (including one over Myles Amine) to make the semifinals, where he suffered his only loss of the season, handed by Mark Hall from Penn State.

[20] As a sophomore, Valencia claimed titles from the Cliff Keen Invitational (named OW)[21] and the Midlands Championships,[22] and compiled a 25–0 record during regular season.

[34] At the NCAA championships, Valencia, the third seed, made his way to his second final with a pin and three major decisions, while avenging his regular-season loss to Daniel Lewis.

[37] As a senior, Valencia moved up from 174 to 184 pounds,[38] claimed titles from the Journeyman Collegiate Classic[39] and the Cliff Keen Invitational,[40] and was racking up an undefeated 12–0 record in dual meets (20-0 overall).

[41] On February, Valencia tested positive to a recreational substance from the Matteo Pellicone (freestyle), and was subsequently suspended by the ASU wrestling team, which finished his career as a folkstyle wrestler.

[43] Valencia made his senior level debut at the Grand Prix of Spain on July 11, 2015, where he placed second after victories over international opponents.

[47] Valencia came back to the freestyle scene in big fashion after his '18 NCAA championship run at the US World Team Trials of May 2018.

He racked up wins over '18 World Championship runner-up Fatih Erdin and avenged his losses to Alex Dieringer to claim the title.

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