1. Adeline Maria Gray was born on January 15,1991 and is an American freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 76 kilograms.
20 Facts About Adeline Gray
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Adeline Gray is a six-time world champion and a two-time Olympian, having won her first medal, a silver, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Adeline Gray is the first American woman to win back-to-back wrestling world titles since Tricia Saunders in 1998 and 1999.
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Adeline Gray is the first American woman wrestler to win six world championships.
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Gray was born on January 15,1991, in Denver, Colorado to George and Donna Gray, and has three younger sisters, including fellow wrestler Geneva Gray and began her wrestling career with the help of her father.
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Adeline Gray graduated from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, Colorado.
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On September 27,2012, Adeline Gray competed in the 2012 Women's World Wrestling Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
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Inoue scored first in the first period but Adeline Gray came back and scored on a push out to secure the first period win.
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Adeline Gray secured her second takedown and controlled her legs standing tilts to a stack for the pin.
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Adeline Gray competed in the 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won her first match against Andrea Olaya of Colombia, but lost her quarterfinal match against Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus.
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Adeline Gray spent the 2017 season recuperating from injuries, missing the 2017 World Championships.
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Adeline Gray returned from her injuries in 2018, winning gold at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships.
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Adeline Gray won silver at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships, winning her first two matches, before withdrawing from her gold medal match against Justina Di Stasio of Canada due to rib fractures.
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At the 2020 US Olympic Wrestling Trials, Adeline Gray defeated Kylie Welker by technical superiority twice, qualifying to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Adeline Gray won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Adeline Gray defeated Milaimys Marin of Cuba in her bronze medal match.
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Adeline Gray earned a quota place for the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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Adeline Gray won a bronze medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Adeline Gray is the first female wrestler to have her own signature shoe.
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Adeline Gray wrestling shoe is a special edition signature shoe designed by Adeline.