THROWBACK TO AUGUST 2017-
Panther Sports Academy Director David Cuervo, with his son’s Gabriel, Eric and Hall of fame inductee Fidel Albelo on Saturday evening of August 12, 2017 in Orlando, FL.
Gabriel and Eric began their youth wrestling career coached by both David and Fidel, where they earned All-American honors several times at the youth level in all three (3) styles of wrestling, as well as winning the USA Wrestling Southeast Regional Wrestling Championship multiple times, and later became multiple times Florida High School State Wrestling Champions. Twin brothers Eric and Gabriel graduated from G. Holmes Braddock Sr. High School in Miami, FL in 2009, where they wrestled for Saul Tejada (2023 inductee to the Florida Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame), and Sergio Hernandez (Panther Sports Academy’s first ever Head Wrestling Coach in 2015).
Gabriel was a 2x individual High School State Wrestling Champion and 1x 4th place finisher. Eric was a 3x individual High School State Wrestling Champion and 1x runner up, including being the 1st 9th grader in the history of Miami-Dade County, FL to win an individual High School State Wrestling title. Eric also won a National Championship at the University Nationals in Greco Roman in 2012 while in college, and finished in 6th place at the US Open in the men’s division in 2013. While in college Eric also qualified for the World Team trials.
Gabriel wrestled in College and graduated from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO in 2013. Eric also wrestled in College and graduated from University of North Carolina-Greensboro in Greensboro, NC in 2013. Both Gabriel and Eric are currently successful entrepreneurs, and both own their own separate businesses.
Fidel Albelo retired from coaching wrestling at the end of the 2020 High School wrestling season after being the Head Wrestling Coach at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, FL for 27 years, from 1993-2000. Fidel also served as Panther Sports Academy’s international style specialist during the Spring Wrestling sessions from 2016-2019.
“SUCCESS IS ACHIEVED ONE STEP AT A TIME”
