Match of the Day: Sally Roberts defeats Tela O'Donnell to make the 2005 World Team
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by USA Wrestling
Before Sally Roberts was helping to lead the charge in promoting and sanctioning girls’ and women’s wrestling with her organization Wrestle Like a Girl, she was an elite competitor on the mat.
Already a 2003 World bronze medalist, Roberts made her second World Team in 2005, defeating 2004 Olympian Tela O’Donnell for the spot. Roberts would go to win another bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Today, O’Donnell, now Bacher, and Roberts work together with Wrestle Like a Girl, Roberts as the founder and CEO and Bacher as the National Camps Manager.
Watch Roberts win the World Team spot below:
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