Iris Smith
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
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- 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
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Iris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th October 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albany , Georgia |