2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 76 kg/167.5 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 13 (2009-10, 2011-17, 2018-2022, 2023-25)

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hometown: Denver, Colo.

Regional Training Center: Beaver Dam Regional Training Center

Club: New York Athletic Club

Personal Coach: Nate Engel

College: Keller Graduate (2018-2020), DeVry Univ. (2011-2016), University of Colorado – Colorado Springs (2009-2011)

High School: Lakewood, Colo. (Bear Creek)

Born: Jan. 15, 1991, in Denver, Colo.

Height: 5’10”

Olympic Teams

2020 Olympic Games (Silver at 76 kg), 2016 Olympic Games (Seventh at 75 kg)

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 76 kg), 2021 Senior Worlds (Gold at 76 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Gold at 76 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Gold at 76 kg), 2015 Senior Worlds (Gold at 75 kg), 2014 Senior Worlds (Gold at 75 kg), 2013 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 72 kg), 2012 Senior Worlds (Gold at 67 kg), 2011 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 67 kg), 2009 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 67 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2012 University Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2011 U20 Worlds (Silver at 67 kg), 2009 U20 Worlds (Ninth at 67 kg), 2008 U20 Worlds (Gold at 67 kg)

Career Highlights

• Olympic Games silver medalist in Tokyo, Japan

• Two-time U.S. Olympic Team member

• Eight-time gold medalist at World Championship events across the U20, University and Senior divisions

• Six-time Senior World Championships gold medalist—the most of any wrestler in U.S. history, regardless of style or gender

• Nine-time Senior World Championships medalist—tied for the most in U.S. women’s wrestling history

• 10-time U.S. Senior World Team member

• University World Championships gold medalist

• U20 World Championships gold medalist

• Two-time U20 World Championships medalist

• Three-time Pan American Championships gold medalist

• Pan American Games gold medalist

• Five-time U.S. Open champion

Career Biography

2024: Pan American Championships bronze medalist… Zagreb Open (Croatia) bronze medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up…

2023: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open runner-up…

2021: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Oslo, Norway… Olympic Games silver medalist in Tokyo, Japan... Pan American Championships gold medalist... U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2020: Pan American Championships silver medalist… U.S. Open champion…

2019: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan... Pan American Championships gold medalist…Final X champion…

2018: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Budapest, Hungary… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) gold medalist… Flatz Open (Austria) gold medalist… Grand Prix of Spain silver medalist… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion…

2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… Russia Cup silver medalist…

2016: Seventh in Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil… Bill Farrell Memorial International gold medalist… Olympic Test Event (Brazil) gold medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2015: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Las Vegas, Nevada… Pan American Games gold medalist… Cerro Pelado International (Cuba) gold medalist… Undefeated 7-0 in India Professional Wrestling League… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion…

2014: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan… Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan) silver medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) bronze medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champion…

2013: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Budapest, Hungary… SFU International Open (Canada) gold medalist… New York Athletic Club International silver medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champion…

2012: Senior World Championship gold medalist in Strathcona County, Canada… University World Championships gold medalist… Henri Deglane Challenge (France) gold medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) gold medalist… New York Athletic Club International silver medalist… Canada Cup silver medalist… U.S. World Team Wrestle-Off champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up… University Nationals Champion…

2011: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Istanbul, Turkey… Junior (U20) World Championships silver medalist in Bucharest, Romania… New York Athletic Club International gold medalist… Mongolia National Championships gold medalist… Dan Kolov International (Bulgaria) gold medalist… Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials champion… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… U.S. Open champion… FILA Junior Body Bar champion…

2010: Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) gold medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist…

2009: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Herning, Denmark… Ninth in Junior (U20) World Championships in Ankara, Turkey… New York Athletic Club International gold medalist… Sunkist Kids International gold medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… Canada Cup bronze medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… FILA Junior Body Bar champion…

2008: Junior (U20) World Championships gold medalist in Istanbul, Turkey… Cadet Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) gold medalist… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… FILA Junior Body Bar champion… FILA Cadet Body Bar champion…

2007: FILA Cadet Body Bar runner-up…

2006: Fifth in FILA Cadet Body Bar…

College: Did not compete collegiately… earned a degree in Business…

High School: Wrestled Varsity for three years for Coach Steve Burdick at Bear Creek High School…

Age-Group: Three-time USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle Nationals champion (2007, 2008, 2009)… USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion (2008)… Third at USA Wrestling Junior Freestyle Nationals (2006)…

Personal: Daughter of Donna and George Gray… Has younger three sisters, Geneva, Izabella and Gabriella… married to Damaris Sanders since 2017… Mother to twins, OJ and AD, who were born July 2022… Sports Agent includes Denege Prudhomme with Stanton & Co… Previously served as the assistant women’s wrestling coach for Wyoming Seminary… started wrestling at the age of six…

Hobbies: Playing cards… traveling… practicing hot yoga… cooking… lifting… enjoying family brunch…

Awards: 2014 and 2015 USA Wrestling Women’s Wrestler of the Year… Finalist for 2015 USOC Female Olympic Athlete of the Year… 2009 ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year…

Notes: Gray’s six Senior World Championships gold medals are the most of any U.S. wrestler, regardless of style or gender… Her nine Senior World Championships medals are tied for the most in U.S. women’s history, alongside Kristie Davis… Gray is the first U.S. woman to win World gold medals in the Senior, University and Junior divisions… Won her ninth medal at the Senior World Championships in Sept. 2023, 14 months after giving birth to twins…

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