Jacarra Winchester

Jacarra Winchester

Olympian 2020 (Fifth at 53 kg)

World Championships, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (1 Gold, 1 Silver)

  • 1

    GOLD

  • 1

    SILVER

  • 0

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio 

Height

5-5

Age

33

Hometown

Oakland, CA

Education

Missouri Valley College

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 59 kg/130 pounds

Years on Team USA: 9 (2014-15, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Regional Training Center: U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: Vladislav “Izzy” Izboinikov

High School: San Lorenzo, Calif. (Arroyo High School)

Born: October 19, 1992

 

Olympic Teams

2020 Olympic Games (Fifth at 53 kg) 

Senior World Teams 

2025 Senior Worlds (22nd at 59 kg), 2024 Senior Worlds (14th at 59 kg), 2023 Senior Worlds (Silver at 55 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 55 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Gold at 55 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Fifth at 55 kg)

Career Highlights

  • Senior World Championships gold medalist
  • Two-time Senior World Championships medalist
  • Fifth in the Olympic Games
  • Five-time U.S. World Team member
  • Four-time U.S. Open champion
  • Pan American Championships gold medalist
  • WCWA national champion for Missouri Valley College
  • California high school state champion for Arroyo High School

Career Biography

2025: Placed 22nd at Senior World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Gold medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Final X champion … Senior World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open runner-up

2024: 14th in Senior World Championships in Tirana, Albania … U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up … Senior World Team Trials runner-up

2023: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Belgrade, Serbia … Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) gold medalist … Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament (Egypt) gold medalist … Final X champion … World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion … U.S. Senior Nationals and Olympic Trials Qualifier champion … Senior Women’s National champion

2022: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … Senior Pan American Championships silver medalist … Yasar Dogu (Turkey) gold medalist … Final X champion … World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion … U.S. Open champion

2021: Fifth in Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan … Pan American Championships gold medalist … Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France) silver medalist … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion … Senior World Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open champion … Senior Women’s National champion

2020: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier (Canada) silver medalist … Pan American Olympic Qualifier Wrestle-Off champion … FloWrestling 8-Man Challenge champion …

2019: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan … Pan American Championships bronze medalist … Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist … Poland Open bronze medalist … Final X champion … U.S. Open champion

2018: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial gold medalist … Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist … Bill Farrell Memorial International bronze medalist … Fifth in Poland Open… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) … Final X champion … World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion … U.S. Open champion

2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist … Russia Cup bronze medalist … Third in U.S. World Team Trials

2016: Canada Cup gold medalist … Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain … U.S. Open runner-up … Third in Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials … Senior Women’s Nationals runner-up

2015: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials … U.S. Open runner-up … Senior Women’s Nationals runner-up

2014: University World Championships bronze medalist in Pecs, Hungary … SFU Clan International (Canada) gold medalist … Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup silver medalist … Bill Farrell Memorial International silver medalist … Fourth in Phase II World Team Trials … Third in U.S. World Team Trials … Third in U.S. Open … University Nationals champion

2013: Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup gold medalist

2012: Third in University Nationals … Third in UWW Junior Nationals

2011: Fourth in University Nationals … Fourth in UWW Junior Nationals

College: 2015 WCWA national champion at 130 pounds for Missouri Valley College, where she was an accounting major… Second at 2013 WCWA National Championships at 116 pounds… Coached by Carl Murphree

High School: 2010 California (CIF) girls state champion for Arroyo High School

USA Wrestling Age-Group: Fifth in 2010 Girls Folkstyle Nationals

Personal: Has a cat named Mr. Kitty

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