Wrestling showed me that I'm tougher than I ever imagined. It pushed me beyond my mental and physical limits, instilling an inner strength that still guides me. Today, I embrace physically demanding challenges with the confidence that wrestling gave me - no matter how tough it gets, I can finish. If you're a kid reading this, remember, it's hard work, but the rewards down the line are extraordinary and fulfilling. #LetsWrestle @USWFoundation
On August 18, 2016, @helen_maroulis became first American woman to win gold medal in wrestling in Olympics
Bronze medal in 2020 to become the first American female wrestler with 2 Olympic medals
First female to have portrait in our Gold Medalists gallery
Incidents like this happened happened in Fargo this week, and it was really disheartening. The next step to growing womenโs wrestling is empowering and mentoring our female coaches, not discrediting them or tearing them down.
This might get long. Yesterday I was recruiting a womenโs tournament in AC, and these two middle school aged girls were wrestling. In one of the girls corners there was a current college womenโs All American, and in the other corner I can only presume it was a club coach and some