Kristie Marano

Kristie Marano (right) in 2007.

Kristie Marano (born January 24, 1979 in Albany , New York ) is an American wrestler and two-time world champion .

Career

Kristie Marano comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father Conrad Stenglein and her brothers Matt and Joshua were also wrestlers. She began wrestling in 1995 at Colonie Central High School in Albany, after having started judo at the age of 5 and practicing this sport until she was 16. After high school, she attended Hudson Valley Community College and Piles Peak Community College. She studied physics.

When it comes to wrestling, her most important coaches were Andi Momm, Archie Randall, Terry Steiner and Link Davis. She also became a member of the New York Athletic Club and trained for a long time in the training center of the US Wrestling Association in Colorado Springs . At the beginning of her career she started under her maiden name Kristie Stenglein. In 1999 she married Chad Marano and took the family name Marano. It was under this name that she had her greatest sporting successes for almost ten years. Before that, in 1998, she had given birth to her first daughter, Kayla. She noticed her pregnancy so late that she was still fully training until a few weeks before the birth and also took part in competitions. Even after the birth, she was back on the wrestling mat just 10 days later. Kristie Marano later separated from Chad Marano and married Link Davis. That year she gave birth to her second daughter, Lilly. She started under the name Kristie Davis in 2009.

As already mentioned, when Kristie Marano was still called Kristie Stenglein, she first practiced judo. She was so successful that she was able to take part in the 1996 US Olympic Trials for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . However, she did not qualify. With this sporting background, she became US vice-champion in the women in 1996 and also started this year at the World Championships in Sofia in the weight class up to 75 kg and was there immediately (as Kristie Stenglein) behind the Chinese Liu Dong Feng and before Sha Ling-Li from Taiwan , Anna Schamowa from Russia and Monika Kowalski from Poland Vice World Champion.

1997 Kristie Marano was in San Juan (Puerto Rico) winner of the Pan American Championships, again in the weight class up to 75 kg. In the World Cup of Women in Clermont-Ferrand , she won in the weight category up to 75 kg after beating Vanessa Civit from France , Saida Riabi from Tunisia and Anna Schamowa after a defeat in the final against Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan again the silver medal . In 1998 she took part in a Junior World Championship for the first time in Fredrikstad / Norway, where she won the title ahead of May Bente Eriksen from Norway and Edyta Witkowska from Poland . In the same year she was then vice-world champion for women in the weight class up to 75 kg in Poznań for the third time in a row. On the way to this she defeated Vera Bazantowa from the Czech Republic and Nina Englich from Germany . Only in the final battle she lost again to Kyoko Hamaguchi. Kristie Marano remained loyal to second place at the 1999 World Cup in Swedish soil. There she also came to this place after victories over May Bente Eriksen, Jelena Jirnowa from Russia, Jana Panowa from Kyrgyzstan and Elvira Barriga from Austria and a defeat in the final against Kyoko Hamaguchi.

In 2000 Kristie Marano switched to the weight class up to 68 kg. The change to this weight class brought her immediate success, because this year she became the first women's world champion in this weight class at the World Championships in Sofia after victories over Anna Schamowa, Tomeo Miyamoto from Japan, Xiomara Guevara from Venezuela and Lise Legrand from France.

In the following years, Kristie Marano's successes were no longer easy to achieve. Women's wrestling had become more and more established and the competition grew bigger and bigger. 2001 she was in Santo Domingo again Pan American champion in the weight class up to 68 kg, but could not qualify in the United States for participation in the world championship of that year. In 2002 she was back at the World Championships in Chalkida / Greece and came there after victories over Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria a . Shannon Samler from Canada , a loss to Kateryna Burmistrowa from Ukraine and a victory over Ewelina Pruszko from Poland in 3rd place, which meant winning a bronze medal .

In 2003 Kristie Marano became the second time world champion in New York . In the weight class up to 67 kg she beat Jodeen Marie MacGregor from New Zealand , Martina Zyklova from the Czech Republic, Norie Saito from Japan, Shannon Samler and Ewelina Pruszko one after the other . She won her eighth World Championship medal, including the 1998 Junior World Championship medal. In 2004, women's wrestling was on the program for the first time in four weight classes at the Olympic Games in Athens . The weight class up to 67 kg, in which Kristie Marano started, was not there. She trained therefore at the USA championship in the weight class up to 63 kg and won the championship here. Apparently, this training had cost her so much strength that she decided to start in the US Olympic Trials in the weight class up to 72 kg. In this weight class, however, she lost in the two decisive fights against Toccara Montgomery and thus missed participation in Athens.

In the following years it started in the weight class up to 72 kg. At the next World Cup took again only in 2006 in part and thereby came to Guangzhou / China after a victory over Darya Karpenko , Kazakhstan, losing to Kyoko Hamaguchi and victories over Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia , Svetlana Saenko from Ukraine and Ohenewa Akuffo of Canada to win their next medal, a bronze one. In 2007 she won the Pan American Games for the first time. In Rio de Janeiro she stayed ahead of Ohenewa Akuffo and Rosangela Conceicao from Brazil . Kristie Marano won her last World Championship medal, her tenth, at the 2007 World Championship in Baku . There she defeated Agnieszka Wieszczek from Poland, Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana from Spain and Güzäl Mänürowa from Russia, before losing to Stanka Slatewa in the final.

In 2008, Kristie Marano came in at the US championship behind Ali Bernard , Catherine Downing and Iris Smith only 4th place and also failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing in the Olympic trials .

After a break in 2009, which came about due to the circumstances described above (birth of her second child), Kristie Marano, now as Kristie Davis, made a comeback. She managed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in Moscow . In Moscow, however, she failed in the first round in the weight category up to 67 kg to Alla Cherkassova from Ukraine. Therefore she only finished 12th there. In 2011 she even trained again in the weight class up to 63 kg and was American champion in Rionegro Pan ahead of Justine Bouchard from Canada and Sandra Roa from Colombia .

It can be assumed that Kristie Davis will try in 2012 to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1996	2.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 75 kg	behind Liu Dong Feng , China , in front of Sha Ling-Li, Taiwan , Anna Schamowa , Russia and Monika Kowalska, Poland
1997	4th	Klippan Lady Open	up to 75 kg	behind Monika Kowalska and Ewelina Pruszko, both Poland and Anna Schamowa
1997	1.	Pan American Championships in San Juan ( Puerto Rico )	up to 75 kg	in front of Mayra Alessandra Ocampo Aparicio, Venezuela
1997	2.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	up to 75 kg	after victories over Vanessa Civit, France , Saida Riabi, Tunisia and Anna Schamowa and a defeat against Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan
1998	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 75 kg	before Helene Karlsson, Sweden and Nicole Hettich, Germany
1998	1.	Junior World Championships in Fredrikstad / Norway	up to 75 kg	before May Bente Eriksen, Norway and Edyta Witkowska , Poland
1998	2.	World Cup in Poznań	up to 75 kg	after victories over Vera Bazantova, Czech Republic and Nina Englich , Germany and a defeat against Kyoko Hamaguchi
1999	2.	World Cup in Boden / Hildursborg	up to 75 kg	after victories over May Bente Eriksen, Jelena Jirnowa, Russia, Jana Panowa, Kyrgyzstan a . Elvira Barriga , Austria and a loss to Kyoko Hamaguchi
2000	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 68 kg	behind Anita Schätzle , Germany, in front of Lene Aanes , Norway
2000	1.	World Cup in Sofia	up to 68 kg	after victories over Anna Schamowa, Tomoe Miyamoto, Japan, Xiomara Guevara, Venezuela and Lise Legrand , France
2001	1.	Pan American Games in Santo Domingo	up to 68 kg	in front of Xiomara Guevara and Daniele Leanos Luna, Mexico
2002	3.	World Cup in Chalkida / Greece	up to 67 kg	after victories over Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria and Shannon Samler , Canada , a defeat against Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine and a victory over Ewelina Pruszko , Poland
2002	2.	New York Athletic Club International Open	up to 72 kg	behind Toccara Montgomery , in front of Monika Kowalski and Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada
2003	2.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 63 kg	behind Sara McMann , USA, in front of Nikola Hartmann-Dünser , Austria
2003	2.	Fila Manitoba Open	up to 67 kg	behind Lene Aanes, in front of Megan Buydens, Canada
2003	1.	World Cup in New York	up to 67 kg	after victories over Jodeen Marie MacGregor, New Zealand , Martina Zyklova, Czech Republic, Norie Saito , Japan, Shannon Samler and Ewelina Pruszko
2003	1.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 67 kg	before Swetlana Martinenko , Russia, Norie Saito and Martine Dugrenier , Canada
2003	1.	Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona)	up to 67 kg	before Kelly Branham and Randi Miller , both USA
2003	1.	New York Athletic Club International Open	up to 72 kg	in front of Toccara Montgomery, Iris Smith , USA and Marina Gastl , Austria
2004	1.	Fila Manitoba Open	up to 63 kg	behind Sara McMann, USA, in front of Lene Aanes, Norway
2004	1.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 63 kg	before Lene Aanes, Sara McMann and Viola Yanik , Canada
2004	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 63 kg	behind Alena Kartaschowa, Russia, in front of Helena Allandi, Sweden
2005	1.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	up to 67 kg	before Lise Legrand u. Kateryna Burmistrowa
2005	2.	New York Athletic Club International Open	up to 67 kg	behind Catherine Downing , USA, in front of Stefanie Howorun, Canada
2006	1.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 67 kg	before Megan Buydens , Canada, Catherine Downing and Randi Miller , both USA
2006	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 67 kg	before Natalja Kuksina , Russia and Michala Krizkova-Spoutsova, Czech Republic
2006	3.	World Cup in Nagoya	up to 72 kg	behind Ohenewa Akuffo and Kyoko Hamaguchi, in front of Swetlana Sajenko and Alena Starodubzewa , Russia
2006	3.	World Cup in Guangzhou	up to 72 kg	after a victory over Darja Karpenko , Kazakhstan , a defeat against Kyoko Hamaguchi and victories over Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia, Svetlana Sajenko and Ohenewa Akuffo
2007	1.	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro	up to 72 kg	from Ohenewa Akuffo and Rosangela Conceicao, Brazil
2007	2.	World Cup in Baku	up to 72 kg	after victories over Agnieszka Wieszczek , Poland, Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana , Spain and Güzäl Mänürowa , Russia and a defeat against Stanka Slatewa
2007	2.	Warsaw Cup	up to 72 kg	after victories over Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana u. Agnieszka Wieszczek and a loss to Stanka Slatewa
2008	3.	Alexander Medved Tournament in Minsk	up to 72 kg	behind Jekaterina Bukina , Russia and Irina Zyrkewitsch, Belarus
2010	8th.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dormagen	up to 72 kg	Winner: Jekaterina Bukina , Russia, followed by Marina Gastl, Austria and Cynthia Vanessa Vescan, France
2010	12.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 67 kg	after losing to Alla Cherkassova, Ukraine
2010	1.	Sunksit Kids International Open in Tempe (Arizona)	up to 67 kg	before Erin Glodgo and Brittany Göbel, both USA
2010	1.	New York Athletic Club International Open	up to 63 kg	before Elena Piroschkowa and Alli Rogan, both USA
2011	2.	World Cup in Liévin	up to 67 kg	behind Hong Yan , China, in front of Yoshiko Inoue , Japan and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa and Elena Schalygina , Kazakhstan
2011	1.	Pan American Games in Rionegro	up to 63 kg	before Justine Bouchard , Canada and Sandra Roa , Colombia

American championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
1996	2.	up to 75 kg
1997	1.	up to 75 kg
1998	1.	up to 75 kg
1999	1.	up to 75 kg
2000	1.	up to 68 kg
2001	2.	up to 68 kg	behind Toccara Montgomery , in front of Catherine Downing
2002	2.	up to 63 kg	behind Sara McMann , in front of Tori Adams
2003	2.	up to 63 kg	behind Sara McMann, in front of Lauren Lamb
2004	1.	up to 63 kg	before Sara McMann and Sally Roberts
2005	1.	up to 67 kg	behind Catherina Downing and Heather Martin
2006	1.	up to 72 kg	before Stephany Lee and Ali Bernard
2007	1.	up to 72 kg	before Iris Smith and Stephany Lee
2008	4th	up to 72 kg	behind Ali Bernard, Catherina Downing and Iris Smith
2011	2.	up to 63 kg	behind Elena Piroschkowa , in front of Alli Ragan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship

swell

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

Web links

• Profile of Kristie Marano at the Institute for Applied Training Science