Focused changes propelling Olympic hopeful Anthony towards Rio
By Joe Mehling
USA Wrestling
From a young age, women’s freestyle star Victoria Anthony has shown that she has what it takes to, not only be on an Olympic Team, but come home with the Gold medal.
Anthony is a two-time Junior World Champion and won the WCWA National Championship four times while attending Simon Fraser University in Canada.
“Wrestling on such a big stage at a young level helps prepare you for what’s to come,” Anthony said. “I learned what a major competition is like and what international competition is like at a young age. I learned what it takes to be on that stage.”
Anthony has broken through numerous times on the senior international stage as well, including making the 2013 World Team. This year, Anthony has already notched two victories at the Dave Schultz Memorial and the Klippan Lady Open. She credits a few changes on the mat and one life-altering experience off the mat for her recent success.
“My boyfriend just had a near death experience in a ski crash that put him in a two-and-half week coma,” Anthony said. “That really pushed me. I realized that the obstacles that I think I face aren’t really obstacles at all. He fell down a mountain. He will fine but he probably should have died. I see him fight through this coma every day and I know that I can fight through my matches. It allowed me to wrestle more free because I wasn’t worried, it was just wrestling. I have made a few changes I needed to make in order to be myself. I moved to Arizona and I am being coached by Angel Cejudo. I have a ton of training partners at my weight class at our gym Fight Ready MMA, which I have never really had before. I am just figuring out what is best for me and I am committed to it. Going into trials I want to be fearless.”
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From a young age, women’s freestyle star Victoria Anthony has shown that she has what it takes to, not only be on an Olympic Team, but come home with the Gold medal.
Anthony is a two-time Junior World Champion and won the WCWA National Championship four times while attending Simon Fraser University in Canada.
“Wrestling on such a big stage at a young level helps prepare you for what’s to come,” Anthony said. “I learned what a major competition is like and what international competition is like at a young age. I learned what it takes to be on that stage.”
Anthony has broken through numerous times on the senior international stage as well, including making the 2013 World Team. This year, Anthony has already notched two victories at the Dave Schultz Memorial and the Klippan Lady Open. She credits a few changes on the mat and one life-altering experience off the mat for her recent success.
“My boyfriend just had a near death experience in a ski crash that put him in a two-and-half week coma,” Anthony said. “That really pushed me. I realized that the obstacles that I think I face aren’t really obstacles at all. He fell down a mountain. He will fine but he probably should have died. I see him fight through this coma every day and I know that I can fight through my matches. It allowed me to wrestle more free because I wasn’t worried, it was just wrestling. I have made a few changes I needed to make in order to be myself. I moved to Arizona and I am being coached by Angel Cejudo. I have a ton of training partners at my weight class at our gym Fight Ready MMA, which I have never really had before. I am just figuring out what is best for me and I am committed to it. Going into trials I want to be fearless.”
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