Adaugo Nwachukwu

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 62 kg/136 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 3 (2023-26) 

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hometown: San Jose, Calif.

Club: U.S. Army WCAP

Personal Coach: Bruce Robinson

College: William Penn University, Iowa Wesleyan University

High School: San Jose, Calif. (Silver Creek) 

Born: May 25, 2003

Senior World Teams 

2024 CISM Military Worlds (Gold at 62 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2024 U23 Worlds (12^th at 65 kg), 2023 U23 Worlds (10^th at 62 kg), 2023 U20 Worlds (7^th at 62 kg), 2022 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 62 kg)

Career Highlights 

• 2025 U.S. Senior World Team member
• CISM Military World champion
• U20 World bronze medalist
• Four-time age-group World Team member
• U.S. Open champion
• Three-time NAIA champion

Career Biography

2025: 10^th in Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary)… Muhamet Malo Tournament (Albania) bronze medalist… Zagreb Open (Croatia) gold medalist… Final X champion… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open runner-up…

2024: World Military Championships gold medalist in Erevan, Armenia… 12^th in U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania… U23 Pan American Championships silver medalist in Rio Negro, Colombia… Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…

2023: 10^th in U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania… Seventh in U20 World Championships in Amman, Jordan… Final X runner-up… U.S. Open champion…

2022: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria… Third in U.S. Open…

College: Three-time NAIA champion… Won two NAIA titles at Iowa Wesleyan (2022-23) before earning her third title at William Penn (2024)…  

High School: 2020 CIF (California) state champion at Silver Creek High School…  

Age-Group: Three-time U23 Women’s Nationals champion (2023-25)…  Two-time U20 Women’s Nationals champion (2022-23)…

Personal: SPC in U.S. Army… Relocated to the U.S. from Nigeria… 

Awards: 2024 USA Wrestling Women’s College Wrestler of the Year recipient…