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Tricia Saunders (born as Patricia McNaughton; February 21, 1966) [1] is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer the sport of women's freestyle wrestling. [2] During her freestyle wrestling career, she won five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals, including four gold and one silver, never lost to an American opponent, and won eleven U.S. national titles.
The Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame (WWHOF) is a hall of fame which honors women who have performed in both women's professional wrestling and women's amateur wrestling. History [ edit ] The Hall of Fame was founded in 2022 by Angel Orsini , Christopher Annino, Gary Wolfe and Sue Green . [1]
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling. The World Championships for women's freestyle wrestling first began in 1987. Women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympics first began in 2004. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years.
Ashley Marie Massaro[ 4] (May 26, 1979 – May 16, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, reality television contestant and model. She was best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for her appearance on Survivor: China . Massaro made her debut in WWE after winning the WWE Raw Diva Search in 2005.
Osvald Käpp – 1928 Olympic gold medalist Greco-Roman wrestling. August Englas – 1953 World Champion Greco-Roman wrestling, 1954 World Champion Freestyle wrestling. Albert Kusnets – 1928 Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestling. Roman Steinberg – 1924 Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestling.
In 2015, she competed in the women's freestyle 75 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States. The following year, she competed at both the first World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament and second World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kyoko Hamaguchi (浜口 京子, Hamaguchi Kyōko, born January 11, 1978 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympic Bronze medals in the 72 kg weight class. She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc. and was nominated by the Japanese Olympic Committee 's Special Athlete ...
Throughout its history, women have served in various onscreen roles in the American professional wrestling promotion WWE.In the 1990s, WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) introduced the term Diva to refer to its female performers, including wrestlers, managers or valets, backstage interviewers, or ring announcers.