Iris Smith

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Iris Smith (right, 2011)

Iris Smith (born October 15, 1979 in Albany , Georgia ) is an American wrestler . In 2005 she was world champion in the weight class up to 72 kg.

Career

Iris Smith grew up in her hometown of Albany, where she began wrestling at the age of 15 in 1994, having previously played basketball . She was discovered for wrestling by Anthony White, who also became her first coach. She joined the US Army at the age of 20 and is stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado . In the US Army, she is promoted through a special program for world-class athletes. She also became a member of the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club and trained at the US Wrestling Association's training center in Colorado Springs . Your trainer there is Shon Lewis. She is 1.65 meters tall and has always competed in the highest weight class of women wrestling throughout her entire career (up to 2001 up to 75 kg and since 2002 up to 72 kg). Your Army rank is a sergeant .

In 2000, she surprised her American competition and was already the title holder of the active athletes in the weight class up to 75 kg when she took part in a US championship for the first time. She was then used by the US Wrestling Association at the Pan American Championships in Cali and immediately won her first international championship title in front of Mildred Hernandez Perez from Venezuela . Shortly afterwards she was sent to the start at the World Championships in Sofia and finished there as a good 7th place as a newcomer. The winner in her weight class was Christine Nordhagen from Canada . In 2001 Iris Smith was again American champion and again won the competition in the weight class up to 75 kg at the Pan American Championships in Santo Domingo , ahead of Yasmily Ramos from Venezuela and Luisa Marcela Carias from El Salvador . At the 2001 World Cup she was unable to participate because she was doing her basic training with the US Army during this time, from which she was not released.

In 2002 she won her third US championship in a row. At this year's Pan-American Championship in Maracaibo , however, she was unable to repeat her victories from the two previous years and only came third behind Ohenewa Akuffo from Canada and Yasmily Ramos. In the US elimination ( Trials ) for the World Championships in 2002 she was beaten by Toccara Montgomery , who had moved up from the weight class up to 67 kg , and could therefore not start at the World Championships. In 2003 and 2004 she could not quite build on her achievements from 2000 to 2002. In 2003 she took 3rd place in the US championship in the weight category up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery and Samantha Lang, and in 2004 she only achieved 4th place in the same championship behind Toccara Montgomery, Stephany Lee and Catherine Downing . Space. At the 2004 Olympic Trials, she failed in advance against Stephany Lee. In March 2004, however, she had a great international success when she won in the "Lion's Den", the Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk , ahead of the two top Russian wrestlers Svetlana Martinenko and Anna Schamowa .

The year 2005 saw an Iris Smith in excellent shape. She was again American champion before Ali Bernard and also won the World Cup trials over this wrestler. At the World Championships in Budapest , she won over Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria , Agnieszka Wieczczek from Poland , Anita Schätzle from Germany and the five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi from Japan , who she won with 2: 1 rounds and 5: 2 techn. Points hit and became the new world champion .

In the next few years she did not achieve such great success. At the US Championships from 2007 to 2011, she landed four times in second and once in third place. Also in the World Championship eliminations and the Olympic Trials in 2008 she could not prevail. At least one of the following wrestlers always placed in front of her in these competitions and thus blocked her starts at the international championships: Kristie Marano (Kristie Davis), Stephany Lee, Ali Bernard or Jenna Pavlik . In 2010 she had another great success, because she became CISM military world champion in Lahti / Finland with victories over Lijun Yang, China , Agnieszka Wieszczek and Wolha Chilko from Belarus .

International success

year space competition Weight class Result
2000 1. Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 75 kg before Dominique Smalley and Donell Bradley, both USA
2000 1. Pan American Championships in Cali up to 75 kg before Ana Mildred Hernandez Perez, Venezuela , and Mayerly Ruiz Chavez, Colombia
2000 7th World Cup in Sofia up to 75 kg Winner: Christine Nordhagen , Canada , ahead of Edyta Witkowska , Poland , and Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan
2001 2. Manitoba -Open up to 75 kg behind Satrinina Vernon, USA, in front of Mary Kleindorst, USA
2001 1. Yasar Dogu Memorial in Ankara up to 75 kg
2001 1. Pan American Championships in Santo Domingo up to 75 kg before Yasmily Ramos , Venezuela, and Luisa Marcela Carias, El Salvador
2001 1. Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 75 kg in front of Inga Cecilia Alenius, Sweden
2002 3. Pan American Championships in Maracaibo up to 72 kg behind Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada, and Yasmily Ramos
2002 2. Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona) up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery , in front of Kaci Lyle, both USA
2003 3. Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery and Samantha Lang, both USA, in front of Christine Nordhagen
2003 3. Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona) up to 72 kg behind Christina Nordhagen and Stephany Lee , USA
2004 6th Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 72 kg behind Anita Schätzle , Germany , Stephany Lee, Toccara Montgomery, Ohenewa Akuffo and Catherine Downing , USA
2004 1. Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk up to 72 kg before Swetlana Martinenko and Anna Schamowa , both Russia
2005 3. World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand up to 72 kg behind Kyoko Hamaguchi and Swetlana Sajenko , Ukraine
2005 1. World Cup in Budapest up to 72 kg after victories over Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria , Agnieszka Wieszczek , Poland, Anita Schätzle and Kyoko Hamaguchi
2006 5. Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk up to 72 kg behind Darja Nasarenko , Russia, Swetlana Sajenko, Anna Schamowa and Alena Starodubzewa , Russia
2006 1. Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona) up to 72 kg before Pam Wilson , Canada and Ashley Trushan, USA
2007 3. Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 72 kg behind Darja Nasarowa and Jelena Perepelkina , both Russia, and in front of Antia Schätzle
2007 2. Intern. Tournament in Kiev up to 72 kg behind Jelena Perepelkina, Russia, in front of Swetlana Sajenko
2007 2. Grand Prix in Tourcoing up to 72 kg behind Güzäl Mänürowa , Russia, in front of Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana , Spain
2007 1. Sunkist Kids International Open in Phönix (Arizona) up to 72 kg before Darja Nasarowa, Stephany Lee and Guzel Manjurowa
2007 1. Haparanda Cup up to 72 kg before Diana Mudrag, Romania and Josefin Nilsson, Sweden
2008 3. Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk up to 72 kg behind Stanka Slatewa and Otschirbatyn Burmaa , Mongolia
2008 3. Intern. Tournament in Kiev up to 72 kg behind Guzel Manjurowa and Jelena Perepelkina
2009 3. Klippan Lady Open up to 72 kg behind Alena Starodubzewa and Emma Weberg, Sweden
2009 1. Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona) up to 72 kg before Stephany Lee and Pam Wilson, Canada
2009 1. New-York-Athletic-Club-Christmas-International up to 72 kg in front of Swetlana Sajenko and Marina Gastl , Austria
2010 2. Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs up to 72 kg behind Li Dan , in front of Hong Yan, both China, and Unda Maider Gonzales de Audicana
2010 1. CISM military world championship in Lahti / Finland up to 72 kg after victories over Lijun Yang, China, Agnieszka Wieszcek, Poland and Wolha Chilko , Belarus
2011 3. Dan Kolov Ivan Petrov Tournament in Burgas up to 72 kg behind Stanka Slatewa and Ana Maria Otros, Romania
2011 3. Alexander Medved Tournament in Minsk up to 72 kg behind Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine and Wassilissa Marsaljuk , Belarus

American championships

year space Weight class Result
2000 1. up to 75 kg
2001 1. up to 75 kg before Satrinina Vernon and Alicia Mena
2002 1. up to 72 kg before Kaci Lyle and Satrinina Vernon
2003 3. up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery and Samantha Lang
2004 4th up to 72 kg behind Toccara Montgomery, Stephany Lee and Catherine Downing
2005 1. up to 72 kg before Ali Bernard , Donell Bradley and Randi Miller
2007 2. up to 72 kg behind Kristie Marano , in front of Stephany Lee and Jenna Pavlik
2008 3. up to 72 kg behind Ali Bernard and Katie Downing, in front of Kristie Marano
2009 2. up to 72 kg behind Jenna Pavlik, in front of Lindsey Brooks
2010 2. up to 72 kg behind Stephany Lee, in front of Melissa Simmons
2011 2. up to 72 kg behind Ali Bernard, in front of Kendra Lewis and Melissa Simmons

Explanations

  • all free style competitions
  • WM = World Championship

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer
  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • US Wrestling Association website
  • Canadian Wrestling Association website

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