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Rockville, MD
Simon Fraser University, Missouri Baptist University
2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 57 kg/125 pounds
Years on Team USA: 15 (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26)
Residence: Phoenix, Ariz.
Regional Training Center: Sunkist WC
Club: Sunkist WC
High School: Marquette, Mich. (Marquette Senior High School) and Rockville, Md. (Colonel Zadok Magruder High School)
Born: September 19, 1991
2024 Olympic Games (Bronze at 57 kg), 2020 Olympic Games (Bronze at 57 kg), 2016 Olympic Games (Gold at 53 kg)
2025 Senior Worlds (Gold at 57 kg), 2023 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 57 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Silver at 57 kg), 2021 Senior Worlds (Gold at 57 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (21st at 57 kg), 2017 Senior Worlds (Gold at 58 kg), 2015 Senior Worlds (Gold at 55 kg), 2014 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 55 kg), 2013 Senior Worlds (Seventh at 55 kg), 2012 Senior Worlds (Silver at 55 kg), 2011 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 55 kg), 2008 Senior Worlds (Eighth at 51 kg)
2011 U20 Worlds (Silver at 55 kg), 2010 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 55 kg), 2009 U20 Worlds (17th at 55 kg), 2008 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 51 kg)
2025: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Zagreb, Croatia … Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) champion … Final X champion
2024: Olympic Games bronze medalist in Paris, France … Pan American Championships gold medalist … Poland Open champion … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
2023: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia … Final X champion
2022: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Belgrade, Serbia … Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) gold medalist … Fourth at Zouhaier Sghaier Tournament (Tunisia) … Final X champion
2021: Olympic Games bronze medalist in Tokyo, Japan … Senior World Championships gold medalist in Oslo, Norway … Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France) gold medalist … Seventh at Poland Open … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
2020: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier (Canada) silver medalist … Pan American Olympic Qualifier Wrestle-Off champion
2018: 21st at Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Final X champion
2017: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Paris, France … Poland Open gold medalist … Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial bronze medalist … U.S. World Team Trials champion
2016: Olympic Games gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … World Olympic Games Qualifier (Mongolia) gold medalist … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
2015: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Las Vegas, Nevada … Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan) gold medalist … Grand Prix of Spain gold medalist … Mongolia Open gold medalist … Cerro Pelado International (Cuba) gold medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist … U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open champion
2014: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Tashkent, Uzbekistan … Henri Deglane Challenge (France) gold medalist … Open Cup of Russia gold medalist … Austria Ladies Open gold medalist … Cerro Pelado International (Cuba) gold medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist … Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) silver medalist … Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan) bronze medalist … Phase II U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open champion
2013: Seventh in Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial gold medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist … Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan) bronze medalist … Olympia Tournament (Greece) silver medalist … Grand Prix of Spain silver medalist … U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open champion
2012: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Strathcona County, Canada … Pan American Championships gold medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist … U.S. World Team Wrestle-Off champion … U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open champion
2011: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey … U20 World Championships silver medalist in Bucharest, Romania … Pan American Games gold medalist… New York Athletic Club International silver medalist … Grand Prix of Tourcoing (France) bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist … U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open champion
2010: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Budapest, Hungary … New York Athletic Club International gold medalist … Hargobind International (Canada) gold medalist … Canada Cup gold medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist … Golden Brand Prix bronze medalist … Open Cup of Russia bronze medalist … Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) bronze medalist … U.S. World Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open runner-up
2009: 17th in U20 World Championships in Ankara, Turkey … Pan American Championships bronze medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist … Third in U.S. World Team Trials … U.S. Open champion
2008: Eighth in Senior World Championships in Tokyo, Japan … U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Istanbul, Turkey … U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open runner-up
College: Attended Simon Fraser University in Canada, where she was coached by Mike Jones … Four-time WCWA women’s college national champion (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) … Won her first WCWA title at Missouri Baptist University, where she was coached by Brian Jackson
High School: Spent her senior year of high school in Marquette, Mich., after joining the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University… Two-time sixth-place winner in the Maryland state tournament for Magruder High School (2006, 2008) … coached by Max Sartoph
USA Wrestling Age-Group: Four-time Junior Body Bar Nationals champion (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) … Two-time Junior Fargo Nationals champion (2007, 2008) … Two-time Cadet Body Bar Nationals champion (2007, 2008) … Folkstyle Junior Nationals champion (2008) … Fifth at Cadet Fargo Nationals (2006) … Third at Cadet Body Bar Nationals (2006)
Personal: Daughter of John and Paula Maroulis … has two siblings, Michael and Tony … started wrestling at the age of seven
Awards: Three-time U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler (2012, 2014, 2015) … 2016 USA Wrestling Women’s Wrestler of the Year
Notes: First U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling … First U.S. woman to win two Olympic medals … Named one of eight international wrestling leaders for the United World Wrestling Super 8 women’s wrestling campaign … one of only four athletes to win four WCWA national titles
Hobbies: Reading … traveling … dancing… eating food
The No. 1 seed is three-time World champion Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan. Sakurai won her first World title at 55 kg in 2021, then claimed the next two at 57 kg. In the 2024 Asian Championships, she lost in the finals to China’s Yongxin Feng. Sakurai was 2...
WARSAW, Poland – Three-time Olympian Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids WC) won a gold medal at 57 kg on Friday at the Poland Open. This is Maroulis’ tune-up event in her preparation for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.Maroulis went 4-0 in a five...
The No. 1 seed is three-time World champion Tsugumi Sakurai of Japan. Sakurai won her first World title at 55 kg in 2021, then claimed the next two at 57 kg. In the 2024 Asian Championships, she lost in the finals to China’s Yongxin Feng. Sakurai was 2...
WARSAW, Poland – Three-time Olympian Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids WC) won a gold medal at 57 kg on Friday at the Poland Open. This is Maroulis’ tune-up event in her preparation for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.Maroulis went 4-0 in a five...
Nine U.S. women’s freestyle athletes are set to compete at the upcoming Poland Open, with three U.S. Olympic Team members among the crew—Sarah Hildebrandt, Dom Parrish and Helen Maroulis.The Poland Open, which is scheduled for June 20-22, will serve as...
The 2024-25 Senior National Team is set in the 18 Olympic weights following the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling in State College, Pennsylvania, last weekend.The top four finishers at each of the Olympic weights have secured a spot on the Seni...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— Amit Elor has been not just a model of consistency, but a near guarantee for domination during her international wrestling career. Now she’ll get the opportunity to shine on wrestling’s biggest stage.Elor, the 20-year-old phenom, ...
