#WomensWednesday: U.S. women’s freestyle wrestling Senior-level career medal winners

Photo: Adeline Gray has won five Senior World gold medals, the most in U.S. history.


How much do you know your U.S. Senior women’s wrestling history? Can you tell us who our past World and Olympic medalists are, and do you know who has won the most medals in our history?


The first time the USA entered the Senior Women’s World Championships was in 1989. The first Olympic Games for women’s wrestling was in 2004.


Here are our medal winners, including our gold medal winners, as well as our standings by category.


Enjoy!!!

Women’s Olympic medals (by year)

2004 – Sara McMann (silver, 63 kg), Patricia Miranda (bronze, 48 kg)

2008 – Randi Miller (bronze, 63 kg)

2012 – Clarissa Chun (bronze, 48 kg)

2016 – Helen Maroulis (gold, 53 kg)

Women’s World gold medals (by year)

1992 – Tricia Saunders (50 kg)

1996 – Tricia Saunders (47 kg)

1998 – Tricia Saunders (46 kg)

1999 – Tricia Saunders (46 kg), Sandra Bacher (68 kg)

2000 – Kristie Davis (68 kg)

2003 – Kristie Davis (67 kg)

2005 – Iris Smith (72 kg)

2008 – Clarissa Chun (48 kg)

2012 – Elena Pirozhkova (63 kg), Adeline Gray (67 kg)

2014 – Adeline Gray (75 kg)

2015 – Helen Maroulis (55 kg), Adeline Gray (75 kg)

2017 – Helen Maroulis (58 kg)

2018 – Adeline Gray (76 kg)

2019 – Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg), Adeline Gray (76 kg)

Women’s World medals (by year)

1989 – Asia DeWeese (silver, 50 kg), Leia Kawaii (silver, 70 kg), Afsoon Roshanzamir (bronze, 47 kg)

1990 – Marie Ziegler (silver, 44 kg), Afsoon Roshanzamir (silver, 47 kg)

1991 – Marie Ziegler (silver, 44 kg), Shannon Williams (silver, 50 kg)

1992 – Tricia Saunders (gold, 50 kg)

1993 – Tricia Saunders (silver, 47 kg), Shannon Williams (silver, 50 kg)

1994 – Margaret Legates (silver, 47 kg), Shannon Williams (silver, 53 kg)

1995 – Vickie Zummo (bronze, 44 kg)

1996 – Tricia Saunders (gold, 47 kg), Jackie Berube (silver, 57 kg), Kristie Davis (silver, 75 kg),

1997 –Shannon Williams (silver, 51 kg), Sandra Bacher (silver, 68 kg), Kristie Davis (silver, 75 kg)

1998 – Tricia Saunders (gold, 46 kg), Kristie Davis (silver, 75 kg), Sandra Bacher (bronze, 68 kg)

1999 – Tricia Saunders (gold, 46 kg), Sandra Bacher (gold, 68 kg), Kristie Davis (silver, 75 kg)

2000 – Kristie Davis (gold, 68 kg), Patricia Miranda (silver, 51 kg)

2001 – Stephanie Murata (silver, 51 kg), Toccara Montgomery (silver 68 kg)

2002 – Tina George (silver, 55 kg), Kristie Davis (bronze, 67 kg)

2003 – Kristie Davis (gold, 67 kg), Patricia Miranda (silver, 48 kg), Tina George (silver, 55 kg), Sara McMann (silver, 63 kg), Toccara Montgomery (silver, 72 kg), Jenny Wong (bronze, 51 kg), Sally Roberts (bronze, 59 kg)

2005 – Iris Smith (gold, 72 kg), Sally Roberts (bronze, 59 kg), Sara McMann (bronze, 63 kg), Katie Downing (bronze, 67 kg)

2006 – Patricia Miranda (bronze, 51 kg), Kristie Davis (bronze, 72 kg)

2007 – Kristie Davis (silver, 72 kg), Sara McMann (bronze, 63 kg), Katie Downing (bronze, 67 kg)

2008 – Clarissa Chun (gold, 48 kg), Tatiana Padilla (bronze, 55 kg)

2009 - None

2010 – Elena Pirozhkova (silver, 63 kg), Tatiana Padilla (bronze, 55 kg)

2011 – Adeline Gray (bronze, 67 kg), Ali Bernard (bronze, 72 kg)

2012 – Elena Pirozhkova (gold, 63 kg), Adeline Gray (gold, 67 kg), Helen Maroulis (silver, 55 kg), Alyssa Lampe (bronze, 51 kg)

2013 – Alyssa Lampe (bronze, 48 kg), Elena Pirozhkova (bronze, 63 kg), Adeline Gray (bronze, 72 kg)

2014 – Adeline Gray (gold, 75 kg), Elena Pirozhkova (silver, 63 kg), Helen Maroulis (bronze, 55 kg)

2015 – Helen Maroulis (gold, 55 kg), Adeline Gray (gold, 75 kg), Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (bronze, 60 kg)

2016 – Alli Ragan (silver, 60 kg)

2017 – Helen Maroulis (gold, 58 kg), Alli Ragan (silver, 60 kg), Becka Leathers (bronze, 55 kg)

2018 - Adeline Gray (gold, 76 kg), Sarah Hildebrandt (silver, 53 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (bronze, 68 kg), Mallory Velte (bronze, 62 kg)

2019 – Jacarra Winchester (gold, 55 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg), Adeline Gray (gold, 76 kg)

Most Olympic gold medals

1. Helen Maroulis, 1

Most Olympic medals

1. (tie) Five tied with 1 (Helen Maroulis, Sara McMann, Clarissa Chun, Randi Miller, Patricia Miranda)

Most World gold medals

1. Adeline Gray, 5

2. Tricia Saunders, 4

3. (tie) Kristie Davis and Helen Maroulis, 2

5. (tie) Six tied with 1 (Sandra Bacher, Iris Smith, Clarissa Chun, Elena Pirozhkova, Jacarra Winchester, Tamyra Mensah-Stock)

Most World and Olympic medals

1. Kristie Davis, 9

2. Adeline Gray, 7

3. (tie) Tricia Saunders and Helen Maroulis, 5

5. (tie) Sara McMann, Patricia Miranda, Shannon Williams, Elena Pirozhkova, 4

9. Sandra Bacher, 3

10. (tie) Clarissa Chun, Afsoon Roshanzamir, Marie Ziegler, Toccara Montgomery, Tina George, Sally Roberts, Katie Downing, Tatiana Padilla, Alyssa Lampe, Alli Ragan and Tamyra Mensah-Stock, 2

21. (tie) 16 tied with 1 (Randi Miller, Asia DeWeese, Leia Kawaii, Margaret LeGates, Vickie Zummo, Jackie Berube, Stephanie Murata, Jenny Wong, Iris Smith, Clarissa Chun, Ali Bernard, Leigh Jaynes, Becka Leathers, Sarah Hildebrandt, Mallory Velte, Jacarra Winchester)

Most World medals

1. Kristie Davis, 9

2. Adeline Gray, 7

3. Tricia Saunders, 5

4. (tie) Shannon Williams, Elena Pirozhkova, Helen Maroulis, 4

7. (tie) Sandra Bacher, Patricia Miranda, Sara McMann, 3

10.(tie) Afsoon Roshanzamir, Marie Ziegler, Toccara Montgomery, Tina George, Sally Roberts, Katie Downing, Tatiana Padilla, Alyssa Lampe, Alli Ragan and Tamyra Mensah-Stock, 2

20. (tie) 15 tied with 1 (Asia DeWeese, Leia Kawaii, Margaret LeGates, Vickie Zummo, Jackie Berube, Stephanie Murata, Jenny Wong, Iris Smith, Clarissa Chun, Ali Bernard, Leigh Jaynes, Becka Leathers, Sarah Hildebrandt, Mallory Velte, Jacarra Winchester)