Sara Fulp-Allen
Sara Fulp-Allen (born July 22, 1985 in Redwood City , California ) is an American wrestler . She was Pan American champion in 2004 in the weight class up to 48 kg body weight (KG).
Career
Sara Fulp-Allen comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father Lee Allen was an Olympian for the United States in Rome in 1960 and her younger sister Cathrine also wrestles. She started wrestling in 1995 at a high school in El Granada , where she lived at the time. While attending Menlo College, she was a very successful WCWA (Womens College Wrestling Association) wrestler. Back then, her father was also her trainer. She was twice champion of America of the WCWA Association and in these years also "Wrestler of the Year" of the WCAW.
She now lives in Colorado Springs and trains at the Olympic Training Center of the US Wrestling Association with coach Terry Steiner. She is also a member of the New York Athletic Club .
So far, Sara Fulp-Allen has not been able to fully assert herself in her weight class (up to 48 kg body weight) in the United States, as she had or has very strong opponents in Patricia Miranda , Clarissa Chun and Stefanie Murata . But she is very ambitious and hopes to get to the top by the 2012 Olympics.
Sara Fulp-Allen, although she was not used at either the World Championships or the Olympic Games, has already stood "her husband" on the international wrestling mat at several important championships and numerous international high-ranking tournaments and has achieved some successes.
In 2004 she became Pan-American champion in Guatemala City in the class up to 48 kg body weight and in 2005 she finished second behind Larissa Oorzak from Russia at the Junior World Championships in Vilnius . In the same year she came in 3rd place at the Universities World Championship in Izmir behind Carol Huynh from Canada and Yuuri Funatsu from Japan .
In 2007 she came third at the Pan-American Championships in San Salvador in the class up to 48 kg, behind Mayelis Caripa Castillo from Venezuela and Lindsay Rushton from Canada. In 2008 she finally took second place at the Universities World Cup in Thessaloniki behind Nami Uchida from Japan, but ahead of Alana King from Canada and Anna Lukasiak from Poland .
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2001 | 4th | Klippan -Ladies Open | up to 46 kg | |
| 2004 | 4th | Clansman Open in Burnaby | up to 48 kg | behind Carol Huynh , Angela Mott u. Vanessa Brown, all Canada |
| 2004 | 5. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs | up to 48 kg | behind Patricia Miranda , USA , Brigitte Wagner , Germany , Lindsay Belisle , Canada a. Clarissa Chun , USA |
| 2004 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Guatemala City | up to 48 kg | in front of Jenny Caripa Castillo, Venezuela a . Karla Yesenia Arguela, El Salvador |
| 2004 | 3. | Manitoba -Open | up to 48 kg | behind Patricia Miranda u. Katie Kunimoto, Japan |
| 2005 | 3. | "Gilbert-Schaub" tournament in Tourcoing | up to 48 kg | behind Iwona Sadowska u. Kararzyna Salewska, bde. Poland |
| 2005 | 3. | Sunkist Kids Open in Phoenix (Arizona) | up to 48 kg | behind Clarissa Chun and Alana King |
| 2005 | 2. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs | up to 48 kg | behind Carol Huynh, in front of Sadie Kaneda, USA a. Miya Shumei, India |
| 2005 | 2. | Junior World Championships in Vilnius | up to 48 kg | behind Lorissa Oorschak , Russia , in front of Marina Markewitcch, Belarus and Lyudmila Baluschka , Ukraine |
| 2005 | 3. | Universities World Cup in Izmir | up to 48 kg | behind Carol Huynh u. Yuuri Funatsu , Japan, together with Oleksandra Kohut , Ukraine |
| 2006 | 2. | Sunkist Kids Open in Phoenix (Arizona) | up to 48 kg | behind Clarissa Chun, in front of Liza Short, bde. United States |
| 2006 | 3. | Clansmen Open in Burnaby | up to 48 kg | |
| 2006 | 8th. | Universities World Cup in Ulaanbaatar | up to 48 kg | Winner: Juragiin Gandolgor , Mongolia ahead of Yuna Sakae, Japan |
| 2007 | 2. | Sunkist Kids Open in Tempe (Arizona) | up to 48 kg | behind Clarissa Chun, in front of Lindsay Rushton , Canada |
| 2007 | 3. | Pan American Championship in San Salvador | up to 48 kg | behind Mayelis Caripa Castillo , Venezuela u. Lindsay Rushton |
| 2007 | 3. | New York City Athletic Club Open | up to 48 kg | behind Carol Huynh u. Clarissa Chun , in front of Lindsay Rushton |
| 2008 | 2. | Klippan Ladies Open | up to 48 kg | behind Sofia Mattsson , Sweden , in front of Alexandra Engelhardt , Germany a. Samira Rachmanova, Russia |
| 2008 | 1. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs | up to 48 kg | before Clarissa Chun, Stefanie Murata and Alyssa Lampe , all USA |
| 2008 | 2. | Universities World Cup in Thessaloniki | up to 48 kg | behind Nami Ichida , Japan u. before Alana King u. Anna Lukasiak, Poland |
| 2009 | 4th | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | up to 48 kg | behind Carol Huynh, Alyssa Lampe u. Alana King |
| 2009 | 3. | Klippan Ladies Open | up to 48 kg | behind Iwona Matkowska , Poland a. Lilja Kaskarowa, Russia |
| 2009 | 5. | Tournament in Kiev | up to 48 kg | behind Mariya Stadnik , Azerbaijan , Carol Huynh, Lyudmila Baluschka , Ukraine a. Lyubov Salnikova, Russia |
National successes
- 2002, 1st place, US-amer. Junior championship, up to 46 kg body weight
- 2002, 5th place, USA championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2004, 1st place, US-americ. Junior championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2004, 4th place, USA championship, up to 48 kg, behind Patricia Miranda , Clarissa Chun u. Mary Kelly
- 2004, 3rd place, US-amer. Olympic elimination, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2005, 1st place, USA championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2006, 4th place, USA championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2007, 1st place, US-americ. Student championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2007, 3rd place, USA championship, up to 48 kg body weight
- 2008, 1st place, US-amer. Student championship, up to 48 kg, in front of Alyssa Lampe
- 2008, 3rd place, USA championship, up to 48 kg kg, behind Patricia Miranda u. Stefanie Murata
- 2008, 3rd place, US-amer. Olympic elimination, up to 48 kg body weight, behind Clarissa Chun u. Patricia Miranda
swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
- Trade journal Der Ringer
- US Wrestling Association website
- Canadian Wrestling Association website
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fulp-Allen, Sara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Redwood City , California |