Kennedy Blades

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 68 kg/150 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 5 (2020-22, 2023-26) 

Residence: Tiffin, Iowa

Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

Regional Training Center: Hawkeye WC

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: Israel Martinez, Tom Brands

College: Arizona State University, University of Iowa

High School: Kingston, Pa. (Wyoming Seminary)

Born: Sept. 4, 2003, in Chicago, Ill.

Height: 5-11

Olympic Teams

2024 Olympic Games (Silver at 76 kg)

Age-Group World Teams 

2023 U23 Worlds (Silver at 76 kg), 2023 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 76 kg), 2021 U20 Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2019 U17 Worlds (Seventh at 73 kg)

Career Highlights 

• Olympic Games silver medalist
• U.S. Senior World Team member
• Pan American champion
• Three-time age-group World medalist
• U20 World Championships gold medalist
• Four-time age-group U.S. World Team member
• Two-time U.S. Open champion
• NCWWC champion for Iowa

Career Biography

2025: Pan American Championships gold medalist in Monterrey, Mexico… Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) gold medalist… Zagreb Open (Croatia) gold medalist… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion…

2024: Olympic Games silver medalist in Paris, France… Grand Prix of Spain bronze medalist… Zagreb Open (Croatia) bronze medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2023: U23 World Championships silver medalist in Tirana, Albania… U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Amman, Jordan… Ibrahim Moustafa (Egypt) gold medalist… Fifth in Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France)… Final X runner-up… U.S. Open champion… U20 Women’s Nationals champion…

2021: U20 World Championships gold medalist in Ufa, Russia… U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up… Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier champion… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… U20 Women’s Nationals champion…

2020: U20 Women’s Nationals champion…

2019: Seventh in U17 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria… U17 Women’s Nationals champion…

2018: U17 Pan American Championships gold medalist… U17 Women’s Nationals runner-up… U17 Vorobieva International (Russia) champion… U17 Tallinn International (Estonia) champion…

College: 2025 NCWWC champion at 160 pounds for the University of Iowa under head coach Clarissa Chun… Previously attended Arizona State University where she held a 3.72 GPA…

High School: 2019 Prep School National champion for Wyoming Seminary, coached by Erin Vandiver… 2018 and 2019 Super 32 champion…

Age-Group: 2019 USA Wrestling Junior Nationals champion… 2019 USA Wrestling 16U Nationals champion… 2019 SEM Lady Open champion… 2018 USA Wrestling Cadet Nationals champion…

Personal: Daughter of Saul Jr. and Cindy Pulido… One brother, Saul Pulido III… One sister, Korina… Has an American Bulldog XL named Rocky and a tortoise named Quick Silver… Interested in fashion and aspires to be a runway model… Enjoys her time in the city, but also loves frequenting a beach… Future pursuits will involve the business field…

Awards: Member of the Dean’s List for three years in high school and each year of study at Arizona State… 2023 U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler recipient.. The IKWF named its Women’s Senior Outstanding Wrestler Award after her… 

Notes: First female to win IKWD Novice States competing against boys in 2016… Her sister Karina is also a national champion wrestler...