Jacarra Winchester
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| Born | October 19, 1992 Oakland, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling Folkstyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacarra Winchester (born October 19, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
College career
[edit]She competed for Missouri Valley College in college.[2]
2018 season
[edit]Winchester competed at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, where she finished 5th.[3][4]
2019 season
[edit]She won gold at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships at 55 kg.[5] She entered the tournament as the third seed.[6] Her victory was part of a record result for the United States, with the women's freestyle team winning three gold medals for the first time.[7]
2022 season
[edit]In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ College Sports: Valley grappler competing in World Championships (9/20/19) | Marshall Democrat-News
- ^ "Complete List Of 2019 World Team Trials Qualifiers". www.flowrestling.org.
- ^ Magazine, SportStars (September 20, 2019). "San Lorenzo's Jacarra Winchester Wins Women's World Wrestling Championship". SFGate.
- ^ "Jacarra Winchester, after foe bites her, wins first wrestling world title". September 18, 2019.
- ^ "World Wrestling Championship: All eyes on Vinesh Phogat". India Today. Indo-Asian News Service. September 17, 2019.
- ^ Staff Reports. "Area college roundup: Wayland ex wins wrestling world title". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (September 13, 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jaccara Gwenisha Winchester at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Jaccara Gwenisha Winchester at United World Wrestling
- Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester at Olympics.com
- Jacarra Winchester at Team USA (archived August 5, 2021)
- Jacarra Winchester at Olympedia
