On September 19, 2024, the United States captured the U17 Women’s Beach World team title, led by silver medalists Jayden Keller, Kennedie Snow and Piper Zatechka and bronze medalist Sadie Evans. 

It is the first-ever United World Wrestling age-group beach team title won by the U.S.

On August 9, 2024, Helen Maroulis wins a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

The first woman to make three U.S. Olympic wrestling teams, Maroulis became the first American female to win three career Olympic wrestling medals.

She also is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling, capturing the championship at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and was the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic medals, earning bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

On August 11, 2024, 20-year-old Kennedy Blades earns a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

On August 7, 2024, Sarah Hildebrandt wins a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

It was the second Olympic medal for Hildebrandt, who captured a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Her two Olympic medals are the second most by an American female wrestler, trailing only Helen Maroulis's three Olympic medals.

In addition to her two Olympic medals, Hildebrandt also has won two World silver medals and two World bronze medals.

On August 6, 2024, Amit Elor wins a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

The 20-year-old sensation became the youngest American wrestler of any gender or discipline to win Olympic gold. Elor won her title at 20 years and seven months, surpassing Kyle Snyder, who was 20 years and nine months old when he won Olympic gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She is also the youngest American wrestler of any gender or discipline to win a Senior World Championship, capturing gold in 2022 at 18 years old.

The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics voted to recommend Divisions I, II and III sponsor legislation to add a national collegiate women's wrestling championship, with its projected first NCAA championship occurring in winter 2026.

Kennedie Snow wins gold medal while Isla June Pyles-Treser places fourth and Lilly Reese places sixth as United States girls team finishes third at the U17 Beach World Championships in Constanta, Romania.

McKendree University teammates Emily Shilson and Sydnee Kimber become the first four-time National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships champions.

Shilson won her first three titles wrestling for Augsburg University and also captured a Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association national title, making her the first five-time national champion.

Patricia Miranda becomes the fifth woman inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

Eliana Bommarito wins a gold medal at the United World Wrestling Beach World Series Constanta to become the first U.S. Senior wrestler to win a gold medal at a United World Wrestling international Beach Wrestling event.

Eliana Bommarito becomes the first United States wrestler to win a U20 Beach World Championships gold medal in Constanta, Romania.

Bommarito becomes the first American wrestler to own two UWW Beach gold medals, having also won the Senior-Level Beach World Series Constanta.

The United States women's team placed third as Maura White placed fourth; Katelyn Lewis, Josephine Wearmouth and Halley Wheeler placed sixth; Taylor Colangelo placed seventh; and Kaylee Anderson placed eighth.

Amit Elor wins her third U20 World Championship while Audrey Jimenez earns a silver medal and Kennedy Blades, Alexis Janiak and Amani Jones win bronze medals in Amman, Jordan.

It is the seventh overall World medal and sixth gold medal across all age divisions for the 19-year-old Elor.

She is a Senior World champion, a U23 World champion, a three-time U20 World champion and a U17 World champion.

The United States women's team placed third as Katie Gomez and Isabella Mir placed fifth, Adaugo Nwachukwu placed seventh, Cristelle Rodriguez placed 12th, and Maddie Kubicki placed 15th.

Piper Fowler and Morgan Turner capture gold medals while Jaclyn Bouzakis, Heather Crull, Haylie Jaffe and Jasmine Robinson win bronze medals at the U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey

The United States women's team placed second as Karlee Brooks placed fifth and Rianne Murphy placed 10th.

The United States won the U20 Women's Pan American Championships.

Virginia Foard, Haley Ward, Mia Palumbo, Sarah Savidge, Ella Schmit, Alexandra Szkotnicki, and Kylie Welker won gold medals while London Houston captured silver, SaVannah Cosme won bronze, and Shelby Moore finished fourth.

Amit Elor wins her second Senior World Championship.

It is the eighth overall World medal and seventh gold medal across all age divisions for the 19-year-old Elor.

She is a two-time Senior World champion, a U23 World champion, a three-time U20 World champion and a U17 World champion.

The United States women's team placed third and won seven medals, matching the record for medals shared by the 2003, 2021 and 2022 teams.

The American medalists were gold medalist Elor, silver medalists Macey Kilty and Jacarra Winchester and bronze medalists Adeline Gray, Sarah Hildebrandt, Helen Maroulis and Jennifer Page.

Eliana Bommarito wins gold medal at the UWW Beach World Series Final in Mugla, Turkey.

It is her second UWW Beach World Series gold medal in as many events.

No other American owns a single beach wrestling gold medal on the Senior level.

Eliana Bommarito becomes the first American athlete to be declared a Senior Beach World champion.

Bommarito became the first U.S. wrestler to win a Senior Beach World level event in Constanta, Romania in September and added second gold medal at Beach World Series Final in Mugla, Turkey in October.

Southern Oregon University wins inaugural NAIA Women's National Wrestling Championship.

The United States won the U17 Women's Pan-American Championships.

Carley Ceshker, Cadence Diduch, Isabella Marie Gonzales, Francesca Gusfa, Harlee Hiller, Sarah Henckel, Belicia Manuel, Katelyn Valdez and Charlie Wylie won gold medals while Mishell Rebisch picked up a silver medal.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics becomes the first college multi-sport organization to fully grant championship status to women's wrestling, starting with the 2023 competition.

Melissa Simmons becomes the first woman to receive the Medal of Courage award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

For the second time in history the Hall of Fame honors a record three women, Simmons and Distinguished Members Clarissa Chun and Sara McMann.

It also marks the first time in history that more than one female Distinguished Member has been inducted.

Clarissa Chun and Sara McMann become the third and fourth women inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as Distinguished Members.

It marks the first time in history that more than one female Distinguished Member has been inducted.

For the second time in history the Hall of Fame honors a record three women, Chun, McMann and Medal of Courage recipient Melissa Simmons.

Amit Elor becomes the first United States wrestler of any style or gender to win three United World Wrestling titles during the same year, capturing the U20 World Championships, the Senior World Championships and the U23 World Championships.

She also became the youngest American wrestler ever, at 18 years old, to win Senior Gold. She replaced Kyle Snyder, who was 19 years old when he won his first Senior World title in 2015.

It was her second-consecutive U20 gold medal, giving her five UWW World titles and one World bronze medal in her short career.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, claiming the 68 kg title.

She also becomes only the second American Olympic women's wrestling champion.

Helen Maroulis wins a bronze medal at 57 kg and becomes the first U.S. woman wrestler to win two Olympic medals. Maroulis was the first American woman to win Olympic gold in 2016.

The USA won four women’s wrestling Olympic medals, doubling its previous best result of two medals in 2004.

For the first time in history, Team USA has multiple Junior World champions in women’s freestyle as Emily Shilson, Amit Elor and Kylie Welker win gold at the 2021 Junior World Championships in Ufa, Russia.

Life University head coach Ashley Sword Flavin becomes the first female to lead a team to a dual meet or tournament national championship in women’s wrestling as Life beat Campbellsville to win the NAIA division of the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals in Louisville, Kentucky.

The University of Iowa announces it will add women's varsity wrestling in 2023-24, becoming the first school from a Power Five conference to add the sport.

The Hawkeyes tab 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member Clarissa Chun as the program's first head coach.

The USA Wrestling women’s program wins the World Team title in both the Cadet (U17) and Junior (U20) divisions.

It marks the first time in history that the United States has won two women's team titles in the same year.

USA Wrestling’s National Developmental Coach Jessica Medina is a coach for both teams.

Adeline Gray wins her sixth Senior World title, claiming the 76 kg crown.

She becomes the first United States athlete of any style or gender to win six World Championship gold medals.

On August 5, 2021, Helen Maroulis won a bronze medal at the Olympics in Tokyo and became the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic wrestling medals.

She made history in 2016 when she became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in wrestling.

Helen was the first female to have a portrait in our Gold Medalists gallery, featuring United States wrestlers who have won gold at the Olympics.

On August 7, 2021, Sarah Hildebrandt wins a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It is the first Olympic medal for Hildebrandt, who won a silver medal at the 2018 World Championships.

Joan Fulp is elected as Second Vice President for USA Wrestling, becoming the first woman elected to serve as an officer for the National Governing Body for the sport of wrestling in the United States.

The National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships is created for NCAA colleges and universities in all three divisions.

The inaugural event is held at Adrian College in Michigan, and McKendree University wins the first national title.

The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommends women’s wrestling for Emerging Sport Status, the first and most important step towards making women’s wrestling an official NCAA sport.

The recommendation was passed on to each of the NCAA Divisions (I, II and III), all of which approved women’s wrestling as an Emerging Sport in 2020.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first U.S. wrestler of any style or gender to win three titles at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, one of most prestigious events in the world.

Mensah-Stock won her titles in three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics hosts its first Women’s Wrestling National Invitational, making it the first major multi-sport college organization to host a women’s college nationals.

Menlo College wins the team title and has five individual champions.

Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg) and Adeline Gray (76 kg) win gold medals at the Women's Senior World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, the first time in history that the United States wins three women's freestyle gold medals.

Kristie Davis becomes the second woman inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina becomes the first NCAA Division I school to add a women's college wrestling team.

Sally Roberts and Amy Zirneklis co-found Wrestle Like A Girl, whose mission is to empower girls and women using the sport of wrestling to become leaders in life.

Helen Maroulis becomes the first U.S. American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

She defeats three-time Olympic champion and 13-time World champion Saori Yoshida of Japan in the finals.

Victoria Anthony of Simon Fraser University becomes the first four-time Women's College Wrestling Association national champion, winning the 109-pound title at the WCWA Nationals hosted by Missouri Baptist University.

Later in the finals, Helen Maroulis of Simon Fraser wins the 130-pound title, becoming the second four-time WCWA national champion.

Oklahoma City University becomes the first program to win four consecutive women's college national titles, winning the Women's College Wrestling Association Nationals, hosted by King University in Bristol, Tennessee.

King University became the second team to win four straight national team titles, earning them from 2014 to 2017.

Tricia Saunders becomes the first U.S. woman inducted into the United World Wrestling International Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Alaina Berube (University of the Cumberlands), 2004 Olympian Toccara Montgomery (Lindenwood University) and 2008 Olympian Marcie Van Dusen (Menlo College) become the first females to serve as head coaches for a women's college wrestling team.

USA Wrestling creates the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals in Oklahoma City.

Event grows to become the largest and most respected age-group folkstyle event for girls on the youth and high school levels.

The Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association, an organization that oversees women’s college wrestling and hosts the annual national championships, is officially formed.

The first WCWA Nationals were held at Oklahoma City University, with the University of the Cumberlands claiming the title.

Nicole Woody of Gambrills, Maryland becomes the first four-time USA Wrestling Junior Women's Freestyle National Champion.

On February 5, 2006, Michaela Hutchison of Soldotna, Alaska became the first girl to ever win a state high school wrestling championship competing against boys.

In the finals, she beat Aaron Boss of Colony High School, 1-0. The difference in the match was an escape with 16 seconds left in the bout.

Michaela finished the year with a 45-4 record, including 33 pins.

It was also the first time that a brother and sister had ever won state titles side-by-side, as her sibling, Eli, also won the state title at 135 pounds.

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Tricia Saunders becomes the first woman inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

Iris Smith becomes the first Black woman to win a World Championship for the United States.

For the first time in history, women's wrestling is showcased at the National Wrestling Coaches Association's National Duals as females from the University of the Cumberlands, Missouri Valley College and the United States Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan compete.

Ali Bernard of New Ulm, Minnesota becomes the first female to win two Junior World gold medals for the United States, a 2003 Junior World title at 67 kg and a 2005 Junior World title at 72 kg.

USA Wrestling works with Northern Michigan University and the United States Olympic Committee to create a women's wrestling program at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University.

It becomes a training site for elite age-group girls and women.

Although the program no longer exists, many of the athletes who trained there are still competing on the Senior level for Team USA.

The first United States Olympic women's freestyle wrestling team is created in Indianapolis, Indiana, as Patricia Miranda (48 kg), Tela O’Donnell (55 kg), Sara McMann (62 kg) and Toccara Montgomery (72 kg) earn their spots on the team.

McMann (University of Minnesota Morris), O'Donnell (Pacific University) and Montgomery (University of the Cumberlands) wrestled on women's teams in college while Miranda (Stanford University) and McMann (Lock Haven University) wrestled on men's college teams.

Toccara Montgomery becomes first African-American woman to wrestle for the United States in the Olympics.

Patricia Miranda wins the United State's first Olympic medal in women's wrestling, a bronze medal at 48 kg.

Sara McMann becomes the first American woman to reach the Olympic finals, winning a silver medal at 62 kg.

One of the official coaches of the team was a woman, Tricia Saunders, working alongside her husband, Townsend Saunders, and National Coach Terry Steiner.

Missouri Valley College hosts the first college women’s wrestling national championships.

Led by four champions, Missouri Valley wins the team title, with champions crowned from four different universities.

The United States beats women's world wrestling power Japan, on its home mats in Tokyo, in the final dual meet to claim the title at the Women’s World Cup.

Women’s wrestling is included in the Pan American Games for the first time and the United States sweeps the gold medals, in the four Olympic weight classes, with Patricia Miranda (48 kg), Tina George (55 kg), Sara McMann (62 kg) and Toccara Montgomery (72 kg) standing atop the podium.

At Madison Square Garden in New York City, all seven American women win a medal as the United States ties Japan at the World Championships, ultimately finishing second following tiebreaker.

Kristie Davis wins her second World championship, becoming only the second American female with two or more World titles.

For the first time, USA Wrestling's women's freestyle resident program at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs trains and is coached by USA Wrestling national coaches for a full season.

The prestigious Junior National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota add a girls division.

Minnesota's Rachael Holthaus became the first USA Wrestling Junior Women's Freestyle national champion, winning the title at the tournament's lightest weight, 95 pounds.

Cadet National Championships add a girls division in 2011.

The International Olympic Committee announces that women’s wrestling has been added to the Olympic program, to start at the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.

USA Wrestling hires Terry Steiner as its first National Women’s Coach, a position he still holds today, making him the only head coach for USA Wrestling’s women’s program to date.

Toccara Montgomery becomes the first African-American woman to win a medal at the World Championships with a silver medal.

United States wins Women's World Championships team title, beating international power Japan by one point in Boden, Sweden.

All six U.S. wrestlers place in the top six of their weight classes: Tricia Saunders (gold at 46 kg), Sandra Bacher (gold at 68 kg), Kristie Davis (silver at 75 kg), Stephanie Murata (fourth at 51 kg), Lauren Lamb (fifth at 52 kg) and Tina George (sixth at 62 kg).

It is the first time that America has had two World champions in women's wrestling in the same year.

Coaches were USA Wrestling Freestyle Developmental Coach Mike Duroe and Rob Eiter.

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors three women in its Class of 1998, the most women honored in a single year by the Hall of Fame.

Sandy Stevens becomes the first woman to receive the Order of Merit award, voted by the Distinguished Members of the Hall of Fame to receive honor as an ambassador for wrestling

Sue Siar and Sally Stanford become the second and third women to be honored as Meritorious Officials.

Hawaii holds the first official girls state high school wrestling championship.

Their first champion ever was Clarissa Chun of Roosevelt High School in Honolulu at 98 pounds.

An Olympic medalist and a Senior World champion, Clarissa was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 2022.

The United States wins its first age-group World gold medals, with Micah Kelly of Pennsylvania taking gold at 43 kg at the Cadet World Championships and Kristie Davis winning gold at the Junior World Championships at 75 kg.

Kent Bailo founded the United States Girls Wrestling Association.

USGWA conducted a series of state and regional folkstyle events for high school girls that culminated in a national tournameht.

For over two decades, the USGWA provided girls an opportunity to compete in girls-only tournaments.

The United States wins a trophy at the Senior Women’s World Championships for the first time, placing third at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tricia Saunders wins a gold medal, and Jackie Berube and Kristie Davis add silver medals.

USA Wrestling hosts its first age-group national championships for female wrestlers in Las Vegas, New Mexico, the United World Wrestling Cadet Nationals for ages 15-17 years old.

Sheila Wager becomes the first female honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, receiving the Meritorious Official award.

The University of Minnesota Morris creates the first varsity women’s wrestling team at the college level, competing for the first time during the 1993-94 academic year.

The program wrestled on the USA Wrestling circuit as well as against Canadian college programs.

For the first time, the U.S. Senior Women's Nationals and World Team Trials are held alongside the Senior Nationals for men in freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Held in Las Vegas, the event is an amazing showcase to to expose the U.S. wrestling community to women's wrestling and its star athletes.

Tricia Saunders wins the gold medal at 50 kg at the Women’s World Championships in Villeurbanne, France, the first U.S. woman wrestler to claim a Senior World title.

Saunders went on to win four Senior World titles, the most among U.S. women for 27 years, until Adeline Gray won her fifth World title in 2019.

The first official U.S. Senior Women’s World Team Trials event is held in Vallejo, California.

Winners qualify for the 1991 Women's World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where Marie Ziegler (Prado) and Shannon Williams win silver medals for the U.S.

National Federation of State High School Association tracks high school girls who participated in wrestling for the first time, reporting 112 girls from 101 teams nationwide. 

Girls were members of the boys teams at their high school. 

Number of girl wrestlers nationally increased every year for three decades, until pandemic but have returned to growing each year.

Leia Kawaii became the first African-American female wrestler to win a World Championship medal when she earned a silver medal at 70kg at the 1989 World Championships in Martigny, Switzerland.

Leia returned to the World Championships in 1991 and finished in sixth place.

Afsoon Roshanzamir wins the first World medal for USA Wrestling, a bronze at 47 kg.

The USA wins three medals, with silver medals from Asia de Weese (50 kg) and Leia Kawaii (70 kg).

This was the first Women’s World Championships in which Team USA had entered.

Sheila Wager becomes the first U.S. female to referee at the Olympics, working the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also went on to officiate at the 1992 Barcelona Games.

Sandy Stevens becomes the first female to announce the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

Known throughout wrestling as "that lady announcer," she has worked at every level from high school dual meets to the Olympic Games while also serving as the voice of the Junior Nationals, beginning with the first tournament in 1971.

Stevens became the first female to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum's Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa in 2002 and the first female inducted into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2017.

She was voted by the Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame to receive the Order of Merit award in 1998 as an ambassador for wrestling.