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Adeline Gray
Gray at the 2015 Pan Am Games
Personal information
Born (1991-01-15) January 15, 1991 (age 33)
Denver, Colorado, USA[1]
Alma materBear Creek High School
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[2]
Sport
SportWrestling
University teamDeVry University
ClubNew York AC[2]
Coached byTerry Steiner, Erin Tomeo[2]
Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Strathcona 67 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Las Vegas 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Budapest 76 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Istanbul 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest 72 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto 75 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Buenos Aires 76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Ottawa 76 kg
Updated on 18 March 2020

Adeline Maria Gray (born January 15, 1991) is an American wrestler. She is a five-time world champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) and a 2016 Olympian. Gray is the first U.S. woman to win back to back wrestling World titles since Tricia Saunders in 1999. She is the first American wrestler to win 5 World titles [3]

Early life

Gray was born on January 15, 1991, in Denver, Colorado and began her wrestling career with the help of her father.[1]

Wrestling

On September 27, 2012, Gray competed in the 2012 Women's World Wrestling Championships in Edmonton, Canada. In her first match against Dzhanan Manolova of Bulgaria, Adeline came out a little slow, then exploded with a great 3 point throw and won the 1st period 3-0. In the second period, she took Manolova down and turned her in a leg lace for another point, then she just defended the rest of the period for a 2-0 win. In the next round, she faced off against Yoshiko Inoue of Japan, the only one to score on Adeline. Inoue scored first in the first period but Adeline came back and scored on a push out to secure the 1st period win. In the second period, Adeline looked in control with her under hooks, scoring a throw-by and getting her leg lace for a 3-0 win. In the Semi-Finals against Kaur Navjot of India, she looked very confident and showed no fear and dominated Navjot from the start. Adeline secured her second takedown and controlled her legs standing tilts to a stack for the pin.[citation needed]

In the Finals, Gray faced off against the 2012 Jr World Champion, Dorothy Yeats of Canada, only 19 years old and the crowd favorite. Adeline came out very confident and took it to Yeats, throwing her for 3 points and scoring in another takedown to win the 1st period 4-0. In the second period, Adeline stayed in control and secured a takedown late in the period, then put Yeats on her back with her signature arm-bar-wing and pinned her with 4 seconds left for a dominating win.[citation needed]

Gray competed in the 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won her first match against Andrea Olaya Gutierrez of Colombia,[4] but lost her quarterfinal match against Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus.[5]

Gray spent the 2017 season recuperating from injuries, missing the 2017 World Championships.[6]

Endorsements

Gray is the first female wrestler to have her own signature shoe. The ASICS Aggressor 3 L.E. Adeline Gray[7] wrestling shoe is a special edition signature shoe designed by Adeline.

Personal life

Gray is the daughter of George and Donna Gray, and has three sisters.[3]

Outside of competing, Gray has been wrestling the bigger issues of sexism, and promoting equal recognition and participation on the elite levels, including Olympic and collegiate level wrestling. [citation needed]

International matches

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2020 Pan American Silver Medalist
Loss 37-4 Canada Justina Di Stasio Injury default (0-0) March 14, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Canada Ottawa
Win 37–3 Colombia Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez Tech Fall (11–0)
Win 36–3 Venezuela Andrimar Daniela Lazaro Diaz 2–0
2019 World Champion
Win 35–3 Japan Hiroe Minagawa 4–2 September 19, 2019 2019 World Championships Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan
Win 34–3 Germany Aline Rotter-Focken 5–2 September 18, 2019
Win 33–3 Chinese Taipei Chang Hui-tsz Tech Fall (10–0)
Win 32–3 Kazakhstan Elmira Syzdykova Tech Fall (10–0)
Win 31–3 Italy Eleni Pjollaj Tech Fall (10–0)
2019 Pan American Champion
Win 30–3 Ecuador Genesis Reasco Valdez Fall April 21, 2019 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Argentina Buenos Aires
Win 29–3 Cuba Capote Perez Tech Fall (10–0)
Win 28–3 Canada Erica Wiebe Tech Fall (10–0)
Win 27–3 Venezuela María Acosta Tech Fall (10–0)
2018 World Champion
Win 27–3 Turkey Yasemin Adar Tech Fall (13–1) October 24, 2018 2018 World Championships Hungary Budapest
Win 26–3 Canada Erica Wiebe 3–1 October 23, 2018
Win 25–3 Kazakhstan Elmira Syzdykova Fall
Win 24–3 Estonia Epp Mäe Tech Fall (10–0)
2016 Summer Olympics
Loss 23–3 Belarus Vasilisa Marzaliuk 1–4 August 18, 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Win 23–2 Colombia Andrea Olaya Fall
2015 World Champion
Win 22–2 China Zhou Qian Tech Fall (13–2) September 10, 2015 2015 World Championships United States Las Vegas, NV
Win 21–2 Brazil Aline Ferreira 10–2
Win 20–2 Poland Daria Osocka Tech Fall (10–0)
Win 19–2 Belarus Vasilisa Marzaliuk 6–0
Win 18–2 Mongolia Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg Tech Fall (10–0)
2015 Pan American Games
Win 17–2 Canada Justina Di Stasio 7–6 July 17, 2015 2015 Pan American Games Champion Canada Toronto, ON
Win 16–2 Puerto Rico Ana Gonzalez Tech Fall (12–0)
Win 15–2 Brazil Aline Ferreira Tech Fall (10–0)
2014 World Champion
Win 14–2 Brazil Aline Ferreira 2–1 September 11, 2014 2014 World Championship Uzbekistan Tashkent
Win 13–2 Estonia Epp Mäe 5–1
Win 12–2 Japan Hiroe Suzuki 2–1
Win 11–2 Turkey Yasemin Adar Fall
Win 10–2 China Zhou Qian 11–10
2013 World Bronze Medalist
Win 9–2 Turkey Yasemin Adar 8–2 September 20, 2013 2013 World Championship Hungary Budapest
Win 8–2 Kazakhstan Guzel Manyurova 2–1
Loss 7–2 China Zhang Fengliu 2–1
Win 7–1 Colombia Andrea Olaya Fall
2012 World Champion
Win 6–1 Canada Dorothy Yeats Fall September 26, 2012 2012 World Championship Canada Strathcona County, AL
Win 5–1 Canada Navjot Kaur Fall
Win 4–1 Japan Yoshiko Inoue 1–1, 3–0
Win 3–1 Bulgaria Dzhanan Manolova 2–0, 3–0
2011 World Bronze Medalist
Win 2–1 Turkey Burcu Örskaya 1–0, 1–0 September 16, 2011 2011 World Championship Turkey Istanbul
Win 1–1 Canada Martine Dugrenier 1–1, 3–1
Loss 0–1 China Xiluo Zhuoma 1–4, 0–1

References

  1. ^ a b "Adeline Gray Biography". asicsamerica.com. ASICS America Corporation. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Adeline Gray Biography". teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Adeline Gray Biography". Team USA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/08/18/trio-of-usa-women-wrestlers-win-opening-olympic-battles-move-on/
  5. ^ http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/08/18/two-american-women-to-wrestle-for-medals-maroulis-will-go-for-gold/
  6. ^ https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2017/February/21/Adeline-Gray-to-take-2017-season-to-recover-from-injuries
  7. ^ http://www.asics.com/us/en-us/aggressor-3-l-e-ag/p/0010265941.9099
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