Stephany Lee

Stephany Lee (born October 8, 1984 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) is an American wrestler . She is a three-time Pan American champion.

Career

Stephany Lee began judo in Honolulu at the age of seven . During her time at Attenda Moanalua High School in Honolulu, she came into contact with wrestling and began with coach Joel Kawachi with this sport. After high school, she went to Missouri and attended college in the Missouri Valley. Your trainer there was Carl Murphree. After her first major successes, she moved to Colorado Springs and trained there in the training center of the US Wrestling Association under national coach Terry Steiner. She also became a member of the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club . She studied education. At the beginning of her career she wrestled in the weight class up to 67 kg body weight, but soon switched to the highest weight class in women's wrestling, which has its weight limit of 72 kg body weight. Since 2004 she has only started in this weight class.

In 2003 she came in the US championship (weight class up to 67 kg KG) behind Katie Downing and Kacy Lyle on 3rd place. In 2004 she took second place in this championship in the weight class up to 72 kg, behind Toccara Montgomery , but ahead of Catherine Downing and Iris Smith . She was therefore able to take part in the US Olympic elimination for the Olympic Games in Athens, but failed there because of Kristie Marano . In May 2004, however, she celebrated her first major international success, because she was Pan American champion in Guatemala City ahead of Rainiel Guerra from Venezuela and Rosangela Conceicao from Brazil . Another success followed in June 2004, as she became the world champion of the Universities in Lodz , relegating Agniezka Wieszczek from Poland , Maria Luiza Vryoni from Greece and Ayako Murashima from Japan to the places.

In 2005, Stephany Lee could not take part in the USA championships because of an injury. Recovered, she won the Sunkist Kids International Open in Tempe (Arizona) in October 2005 in the weight category up to 72 kg in front of such strong wrestlers as Ohenewa Akuffo from Canada and Ali Bernard from the United States. In 2006 she came back in second place behind Kristie Marano at the USA Championship , but stayed ahead of Ali Bernard. In the World Championship elimination (Trials) 2006 she lost the decisive fights against Kristie Marano again. In 2006 she was again Pan American champion in Rio de Janeiro ahead of Rosangela Conceicao, Rainiel Guerra and Leah Callahan from Canada.

In 2007 Stephany Lee reached 3rd place in the USA championship behind Kristie Marano and Iris Smith and in the 2007 World Championship trials she was beaten again by Kristie Marano. In 2008 and 2009 she could not start at the USA championships due to an injury. However, she had some international successes in these years. In February 2008 she became Pan American Champion again in Colorado Springs ahead of Ohenewa Akuffo and Rosangela Conceicao, and in July 2008 she became University World Champion for the second time, relegating Jekaterina Bukina from Russia and Vanessa Wilson from Canada to places 2 and 3. Finally she managed to prevail in October 2008 at the World Championships against Iris Smith and thus to fight for the right to start at the World Championships in Tokyo . In Tokyo, however, she lost in the first round against the multiple world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi from Japan. However, since this did not reach the final, she did not make it into the consolation round and was eliminated early and ultimately took 11th place.

Her greatest success in 2009 was winning the World Cup in Taiyuan , China , where she won ahead of Wang Jiao from China , Darja Nasarowa from Russia and Ohenewa Akuffo.

In 2010, Stephany Lee became the US champion for the first time, ahead of Iris Smith, the 2005 world champion and Melissa Simmons, and in the World Championship trials she prevailed against Ali Bernard. At this year's World Cup in Moscow , she won a victory over Roxana Camelia Jancolovici from Romania . After a somewhat surprising defeat against Jenny Fransson from Sweden , she was eliminated after the 2nd round and came in 8th place.

In June 2012, it was announced that a doping sample from Lee tested positive for marijuana in April 2012 . She was then banned from the American anti-doping agency USADA for one year and therefore missed the 2012 Summer Olympics in London . She had tested positive for marijuana before in 2009.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2003	2.	Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona)	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Christine Nordhagen , Canada a . in front of Iris Smith , USA
2004	1.	Fila- Manitoba -Open	up to 72 kg body weight	in front of Erin Church, Canada
2004	2.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Anita Schätzle , Germany , in front of Toccara Montgomery , USA, Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada a. Catherine Downing , USA
2004	1.	Pan American Championships in Guatemala City	up to 72 kg body weight	before Rainiel Cuerra, Venezuela a . Rosangela Conceicao, Brazil
2004	1.	Universities World Cup in Lodz	up to 72 kg body weight	before Agnieszka Wieszczek , Poland , Maria Luiza Vryoni, Greece a . Ayako Murashima , Japan
2005	1.	Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Tempe (Arizona)	up to 72 kg body weight	before Ohenewa Akuffo, Ali Bernard , USA a. Pam Wilson , Canada
2006	1.	Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro	up to 72 kg body weight	in front of Rosangela Conceisao, Rainiel Guerra u. Leah Callahan , Canada
2007	3.	Warsaw Cup	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria a . Kristie Marano , USA
2007	1.	New York Athletic Club Christmas Open	up to 72 kg body weight	before Pam Wilson et al. Svetlana Sajenko , Ukraine
2008	2.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Stanka Slatewa, in front of Ali Bernard u. Anita Schätzle
2008	1.	Chicago Cup	up to 72 kg body weight	before Agnieszka Wieszczek
2008	1.	Pan American Championships in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg body weight	before Ohenewa Akuffo u. Rosangela Conceicao
2008	1.	Universities World Cup	up to 72 kg body weight	in front of Jekaterina Bukina , Russia a. Vanessa Wilson, Canada
2008	11.	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 72 kg body weight	after losing to Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan
2009	1.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg body weight	before Agnieszka Wieszczek u. Pam Wilson
2009	3.	Ukrainian International in Kiev	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Jelena Perepelkina , Russia a. Svetlana Sajenko
2009	1.	World Cup in Taiyuan	up to 72 kg body weight	before Wang Jiao , China , Darja Nasarowa, Russia a. Ohenewa Akuffo
2009	1.	Hargobind International in Surrey / Canada	up to 72 kg body weight	before Ali Bernard u. Jenna Pavlik, bde. USA & Erica Wiebe , Canada
2010	1.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 72 kg body weight	before Emma Weberg, Sweden a. Marina Gastl , Austria
2010	2.	Alexander Medved Tournament in Minsk	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Ekaterin Bukina, in front of Laure Ali Annabel , Cameroon
2010	9.	Fila Gala Grand Prix in Baku	up to 72 kg body weight	Winner: Stanka Slatewa, Bulgaria ahead of Güzäl Mänürowa , Russia a. Laure Ali Annabel
2010	1.	Canada Cup in Guelph	up to 72 kg body weight	before Ohenewa Akuffo u. Brittany Delgado, USA
2010	8th.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 72 kg body weight	after a victory over Roxana Camelia Jancolovici, Romania a . a loss to Jenny Fransson , Sweden
2010	1.	Sunksit Kids International Open in Tempe (Arizona)	up to 72 kg body weight	before Brittany Delgado, USA a. Erica Wiebe
2011	5.	Tourcoing Grand Prix	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Qing Xu , China, Natalja Korobjewa, Russia, Ali Bernard u. Ekaterina Bukina

American championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
2003	3.	up to 67 kg body weight	behind Catherine Downing u. Kaci Lyle
2004	2.	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Toccara Montgomery , in front of Katie Downing u. Iris Smith
2006	2.	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Kristie Marano , in front of Ali Bernard u. Donell Bradley
2007	3.	up to 72 kg body weight	behind Kristie Marano u. Iris Smith
2010	1.	up to 72 kg body weight	before Iris Smith et al. Melissa Simmons

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship
• KG = body weight

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Stephany Lee's profile at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Profile of Stephany Lee
• Canadian Wrestling Association website

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Branch: Wrestler Who Lost Spot for Marijuana Use Says She Thought She Stopped in Time. In: New York Times . June 30, 2012, accessed December 1, 2013 .