Adeline Gray

Adeline Gray at the 2015 Pan American Games

Adeline Gray medal table
Wrestler
United States
World Championship
bronze	2011 Istanbul	up to 67 kg
gold	2012 Strathcona County	up to 67 kg
bronze	2013 Budapest	up to 72 kg
gold	2014 Tashkent	up to 72 kg
gold	2015 Las Vegas	up to 75 kg
gold	2018 Budapest	up to 76 kg
gold	2019 Nur-Sultan	up to 76 kg
Pan American Games
gold	2015 Toronto	up to 75 kg
Pan American Championships
gold	2018 Lima	up to 76 kg
gold	2019 Buenos Aires	up to 76 kg
Universities World Championship
gold	2012 Kourtane	up to 72 kg
Junior World Championship
gold	2008 Istanbul	up to 67 kg Juniors
silver	2011 Bucharest	up to 67 kg Juniors

Adeline Maria Gray (born January 15, 1991 in Denver ) is an American wrestler . She became Junior World Champion and Junior Vice World Champion and won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 67 kg at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul . In 2012 she became world champion in the non-Olympic weight class up to 67 kg and in 2014 and 2015 also world champion in the weight class up to 75 kg and in 2018 in Budapest and 2019 in Nur-Sultan in the weight class up to 76 kg body weight.

Career

Adeline Gray is from Colorado . She attended several high schools there and graduated from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood . She is now a student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs . She is a member of the New York Athletics Club , but trains at the US Wrestling Association's training center in Colorado Springs. Her trainers are or were her father George Gray and Wladislaus Isboinikow. It is 1.73 meters tall and starts in the weight class up to 67 kg body weight.

She achieved her first successes as a wrestler in 2007 when she was US Junior Champion (Cadets). She repeated this success in 2008 and was also US Junior Champion. This year she also took part in the US women's world championship elimination and took an excellent 2nd place there behind Elena Piroschkowa . Before that she had become a 17-year-old junior world champion (age group up to 20 years of age) in Istanbul in July 2008 . With Chiaki Iijima, Japan , Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa from Mongolia , she had to defeat three very difficult opponents.

In 2009, Adeline Gray was again US Junior Champion and was also US Women's Champion for the first time. She then also won the World Championship elimination tournament in the weight class up to 67 kg in front of Christen Paysse and Lauren Knight. At the Junior World Championships in Ankara in 2009 she was unable to defend her title because she lost her first fight there against Sandra Makela from Sweden. She was eliminated and only came in 9th place. She then did better at the Women's World Cup in Herning / Denmark . There she won over Maria Müller , Germany , then lost to Julija Barnowskaja from Russia , won over Ma Yan from the People's Republic of China and lost the fight for a World Cup bronze medal against Ifeoma Iheanacho from Nigeria . She finished in a good 5th place in her World Cup debut as an 18-year-old.

In 2010 Adeline Gray injured herself early in the year and was therefore unable to take part in either the international or national championships this year.

In 2011 she was again American Junior Champion. This year, the US Wrestling Association held two World Championship eliminations (trials). First of all, one for the Olympic weight classes. Adeline Gray took part, but had to train in the weight class up to 63 kg. She convinced and defeated the former world champion Kristie Marano (married Davis) in the final battle . Then she started at the World Championship trials in the weight class up to 67 kg and won the final there over Stephany Lee , the former world champion in the weight class up to 72 kg.

In 2011 she started again at the Junior World Championship, which took place in Bucharest . You defeated there u. a. Maria Selmaier from Germany, Ewelina Nikolowa from Bulgaria and Alenia Stadnik Machinja from Ukraine , before losing in the final to Sara Dosho from Japan. At the women's world championship in Istanbul , she lost in her first fight against the later world champion, the previously completely unknown Shelok Dolma from the People's Republic of China . With victories over the three-time world champion Martine Dugrenier from Canada and Burcu Orskaya from Turkey, she won a bronze medal at the World Championships .

In 2012, Adeline Gray tried to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in London at the US Olympic Trials. She trained in the weight class up to 63 kg, but failed because of Elena Piroschkowa and was therefore not at the start in London. However, it was used at the women's world championship, which took place after the Olympic Games in Strathcoona County / Canada, and was world champion there with victories over D. Manolowa, Bulgaria, Yoshike Inoue, Japan, Kaur Navjot, India and Dorothy Yeats , Canada.

In 2013 she competed in the weight class up to 72 kg at the World Championships in Budapest. She won there over Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez, Colombia, then lost to Zhang Fengliu , China, but won a bronze medal in the consolation round with victories over Güzal Manurowa, Kazakhstan and Yasemin Adar, Turkey.

In March 2014, Adeline Gray started at the Team World Cup in Tokyo in the new weight class up to 75 kg. She was in fantastic shape in Tokyo and successively defeated Otschirbatyn Burmaa , Mongolia, the multiple ex-world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan, Zsanett Nemeth, Hungary and the reigning world champion Zhang Fengliu, who she outclassed with 10: 1 points. At the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, she was able to build on this excellent performance and won for the second time in her career with victories over Zhou Qian, China, Yasemin Adar, Turkey, Hiroe Suzuki , Japan, Epp Mae , Estonia and Aline da Silva Ferreira , Brazil World champion. The special thing about it was that for the first time in the history of women's wrestling, two women wrestlers from the American continent faced each other in a World Championship final.

Also in 2015 Adeline Gray was successful at the major international championships. She won the Pan American Games in Toronto in the weight class up to 75 kg in front of Justina di Stasio, Canada, Lisset Hechevarria Medina from Cuba and Aline da Silva Ferreira. At the World Championships in Las Vegas, she won the title again a little later in the same weight class with victories over Naranchimeg Gelegjamts, Mongolia, Wasilisa Marsaliuk , Belarus, Daria Osocka, Poland, Aline da Silva Ferreira and Zhou Qian.

In April 2016, Adeline Gray won the US Olympic Trials ahead of Victoria Francis . At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, however, she experienced a bitter disappointment. Arrived as the favorite, she won her first fight over Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez from Colombia, but lost to Wasilisa Marsaliuk in the quarter-finals. Since she was eliminated in the next round, Adeline Gray was also eliminated and only finished in 7th place, which was disappointing for her.

In 2017 she hardly appeared and did not start in the US World Cup elimination. In December 2017, however, she was back in the US team at the Team World Cup in Cheboksary. She started there three times and defeated Masako Furuichi from Japan, Alena Perepelkina from Russia and Otschirgan Urtnasan from Mongolia.

Adeline Gray started 2018 with a victory at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan (Sweden). In the new weight class up to 76 kg, she defeated the reigning world champion of 2017 Yasemin Adar from Turkey in the final . At the Pan American Championship in Lima in 2018, she also won unchallenged in her weight class. In the final, she beat Andrea Carolina Olaya Guiterrez from Colombia prematurely. At this year's World Championships in Budapest she was back in the new weight class up to 76 kg. In Budapest she defeated Epp Mae from Estonia, Elmira Sisdikowa from Kazakhstan, the 2016 Olympic champion Erica Wiebe and in the final the world champion of the previous year in the weight class up to 75 kg Yasemin Adar from Turkey. The victory over Yasemin Adar was particularly impressive, because Adeline Gray caught Yasemin Adar with a leg clamp, spun her five times and thus achieved an early victory with a score of 13: 1.

In April 2019, Adeline Gray became Pan American champion in the weight class up to 76 kg in Buenos Aires. In the quarter-finals she beat the 2016 Olympic champion Erica Wiebe. In the same year she was again world champion in the weight class up to 76 kg in Nur-Sultan. In the semifinals she defeated Aline Focken and in the finals the Japanese Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	1.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 67 kg	after victories over Chiaki Iijima, Japan , Olga Kalinina, Kazakhstan and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia
2009	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial Intern. in Colorado Springs	up to 67 kg	in front of Megan Buydens , Canada
2009	4th	World Cup in Taiyuan / China	up to 67 kg	behind Qin Xiaoqing , People's Republic of China , Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa and Olga Chilko, Belarus
2009	9.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	up to 67 kg	after losing to Sandra Makela, Sweden
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	up to 67 kg	after a victory over Maria Müller , Germany , a defeat against Julija Bartnowskaja , Russia, a victory over Ma Yan, China and a defeat against Ifeoma Iheanacho , Nigeria
2010	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial Intern. in Colorado Springs	up to 67 kg	before Jiao Yuanyuan, China, Megan Buydens and Maja Gunvor Erlandsen , Norway
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 67 kg	ahead of Ase Karlsson and Sandra Bertilsson, both Swedes
2010	7th	World Cup in Nanjing / China	up to 67 kg	Winner: Alla Cherkassova , Ukraine ahead of Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia
2011	1.	Dan Kolow & Ivan Petrow Memorial in Burgas	up to 67 kg	before Ralitza Iwanowa, Bulgaria and Burcu Orskaya , Turkey
2011	5.	Alexander Medved Prize in Minsk	up to 67 kg	behind Alina Stadnyk-Machynja , Ukraine, Anastasija Schawlinskaja, Russia, Galina Levtschenko, Belarus and Oksana Nagornich, Russia
2011	1.	Mongolian Open in Ulaanbaatar	up to 67 kg	in front of the band saint in Ojuunsüren , Mongolia and Sanjiev Darima, Russia
2011	2.	Junior World Championships in Bucharest	up to 67 kg	after victories over Maria Selmaier, Germany, Ewelina Nikolowa, Bulgaria, Kristina Ness, Norway and Alina Stadnyk-Machynja and a defeat against Sara Dosho , Japan
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 67 kg	after a loss to Shelok Dolma , China and victories over Martine Dugrenier , Canada and Burcu Orskaya
2011	1.	New York Athletic Club Intern.	up to 67 kg	before Julia Salata and Sydney Nelson, both USA
2012	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Klippan	up to 67 kg	before Elif Yesilirmak , Turkey and Marianna Sastin , Hungary
2012	2.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 72 kg	behind Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine, together with Leah Callahan , Canada, in front of Jekaterina Bukina , Russia
2012	2.	Canada Cup in Guelph	up to 72 kg	behind Erica Wiebe and in front of Justina di Stasio , both Canada
2012	1.	World Cup in Strathcona County (Canada)	up to 67 kg	after victories over D. Manolowa, Bulgaria, Yoshiko Inoue , Japan, Kaur Navjot, India and Dorothy Yeats , Canada
2012	1.	Universities World Cup in Kuortane / Finland	up to 72 kg	before Erica Wiebe, Canada, Maria Pantschocha, Ukraine and Xi Yinan, China
2012	2.	New-York-Athletic-Club-International	up to 72 kg	behind Hiroe Suzuki, Japan, in front of Molly Bouchard, Canada
2012	1.	"Henri Deglane" Challenge in Nice	up to 72 kg	before Dalma Caneva, Italy, Nur Nam-soo, South Korea and Swetlana Sajenko, Moldova
2013	2.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg	behind Zhang Fengliu, China, ahead of Yan Hong, China and Leah Callahan, Canada
2013	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 72 kg	behind Natalja Vorobjewa , Russia and Wasilisa Marsaliuk, Belarus
2013	3.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 72 kg	after a victory over Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez, Colombia, a defeat against Zhang Fengliu and victories over Guzal Manjurowa, Kazakhstan and Yasemin Adar, Turkey
2013	2.	New York Athletic Club International	up to 72 kg	behind Hiroe Suzuki, Japan, in front of Erica Wiebe, Canada
2014	3.	Klippan Ladies Open	up to 75 kg	behind Erica Wiebe and Jekaterina Bukina , Russia, together with Francy Rädelt, Germany
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 75 kg	after victories over Zhou Qian, China, Yasemin Adar, Turkey, Hiroe Suzuki, Japan, Epp Mae, Estonia and Adeline da Silva Ferreira, Brazil
2015	1.	Pan American Games in Toronto	up to 75 kg	in front of Justina di Stasio, Canada, Lisset Hechevarria Medina, Cuba and Aline da Silva Ferreira
2015	1.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 75 kg	after victories over Naranchimeg Gelegjamts, Mongolia, Wasilisa Marsaliuk, Belarus, Daria Osocka, Poland, Aline da Silva Ferreira and Zhou Qian
2016	1.	UWW test tournament in Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg	before Erica Wiebe, Canada, Aline da Silva Ferreira, Brazil and Zhang Fengliu, China
2016	7th	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg	after a victory over Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez, Colombia and a loss to Wasilisa Marsaliuk
2016	1.	"Bill Farrell" Memorial International in New York	up to 75 kg	in front of Signe Marie Store Norway and M. Suarez, USA
2017	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs	up to 76 kg	in front of Tamira Mensah-Stock, Victoria Francis and Rachel Ann Watters, all USA
2018	1.	Flatz-Open in Wolfurt (Austria)	up to 76 kg	before Bernadett Nagy, Hungary, Georgina Nelthorpe, England and Nikoletta Szmolka, Hungary
2018	1.	Cliff Lady Open	up to 76 kg	before Yasemin Adar , Epp Mae, Estonia and Erica Wiebe
2018	1.	Pan American Championships in Lima	up to 76 kg	after victories over Mabelkis Capote Perez, Cuba, Aline da Silva Ferreira, Brazil and Andrea Carolina Olaya Guiterrez, Colombia
2018	2.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 76 kg	behind Erica Wiebe, Canada, in front of Justina di Stasio, Canada and Elmira Sisdikowa, Kazakhstan
2018	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 76 kg	after beating Epp Mae, Estonia, Elmira Sisdikowa, Erica Wiebe and Yasemin Adar
2019	1.	Pan American Championship	up to 75 kg	after victories over Andrea Carolina Olaya Gutierrez, Colombia, Erica Wiebe, Mabelkis Capote Perez, Cuba and Genesis Rosangela Reasco Valdez, Ecuador
2019	1.	World Cup in Nur-Sultan	up to 76 kg	after victories over Eleni Pjolley, Italy, Elmira Sisdikowa, Chang Hui Tsu, Taiwan, Aline Focken and Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki, Japan

National successes

(only senior area)

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	2.	World Championship trials	up to 67 kg	behind Elena Piroschkowa , in front of Stephanie Shaw
2009	1.	USA championship	up to 67 kg	before Sheila McCab and Amber Miracle
2009	1.	World Championship trials	up to 67 kg	before Christians Paysse and Lauren Knight
2011	1.	World Championship trials	up to 63 kg	before Kristie Marano (Davis) and Othella Lucas
2011	1.	World Championship trials	up to 67 kg	before Stephany Lee and Allison Rage
2012	2.	Olympic trials	up to 63 kg	behind Elena Piroschkowa, in front of Jennifer Page, Erin Clodgo and Leigh Jaynes
2012	1.	World Championship trials	up to 67 kg	before Trinity Plessinger and Jennifer Page
2013	1.	World Championship trials	up to 72 kg	before Brittany Roberts
2016	1.	Olympic trials	up to 75 kg	before Victoria Francis
2018	1.	USA championship	up to 76 kg	before Leilani Camrgo-Noane, Mariah Harris and Korinahe Bullock
2018	1.	World Championship trials	up to 76 kg	before Korinahe Bullock and Mariah Harris

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Trials = elimination competition

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Adeline Gray at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Adeline Gray in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website "www.themat.com"