2025 Senior World Championships

Every U.S. Women's Freestyle World & Olympic Gold Medal Run

Every U.S. Women's Freestyle World & Olympic Gold Medal Run

Check out match results for every U.S. women's freestyle gold medal run at the World Championships and Olympic Games.

Sep 18, 2025 by Kyle Klingman
Every U.S. Women's Freestyle World & Olympic Gold Medal Run

Below are results for every U.S. women’s freestyle wrestler who has won a gold medal at the World Championships and Olympic Games, with links to matches if applicable. 

There are 13 American women who have won at least one World or Olympic title. 

Adeline Gray — 6
Helen Maroulis — 5
Tricia Saunders — 4
Tamyra Mensah-Stock — 3
Amit Elor — 3
Kristie Davis — 2
Sandra Bacher — 1
Iris Smith — 1
Clarissa Chun — 1
Elena Pirozhkova — 1
Jacarra Winchester — 1
Dom Parrish — 1
Sarah Hildebrandt — 1

2025 World Championships

Helen Maroulis (57 kg), 5th title
Round of 16: Maroulis over Emine Cakmak (Turkey), Fall 0:59
Quarterfinal: Maroulis over Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), Fall 2:18
Semifinal: Maroulis over Olga Khoroshavtseva (Russia), Fall 3:11
Gold Medal Match: Maroulis over Il Sim Son (North Korea), 3-2

2024 Olympic Games

Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Hildebrandt over Ibtissem Doudou (Algeria) 10-0
Quarterfinal: Hildebrandt over Ziqi Feng (China), 7-4
Semifinal: Hildebrandt over Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia), 5-0
Gold Medal Match: Hildebrandt over Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba), 3-0

Amit Elor (68 kg), 3rd title
Round of 16: Elor over Buse Cavusoglu Tosun (Turkey), 10-2
Quarterfinal: Elor over Wiktoria Choluj (Poland), 8-0
Semifinal: Elor over Sol Gum Pak (North Korea), 10-0
Gold Medal Match: Elor over Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan), 3-0

2023 World Championships

Amit Elor (72 kg), 2nd title
Round of 16: Elor over Nesrin Bas (Turkey), 7-0
Quarterfinal: Elor over Miwa Morikawa (Japan), 6-0
Semifinal: Elor over Kendra Dacher (France), 12-2
Gold Medal Match: Elor over Davaanasan Ankh Amar (Mongolia), 8-2

2022 World Championships

Dom Parrish (53 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Parrish over Mercedesz Denes (Hungary), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Parrish over Lucia Yepez (Ecuador), 10-0
Semifinal: Parrish over Maria Prevolaraki (Greece), 3-1
Gold medal match: Parrish over Khulan Batkhuyag (Mongolia), 4-2

Tamrya Mensah-Stock (68 kg), 3rd title
Round of 16: Mensah-Stock over over Alla Belinska (UKR), 10-0
Quarterfinals: Mensah-Stock over Feng Zhou (CHN), 10-0
Semifinal: Mensah-Stock over Irina Ringaci (Moldova), 10-0
Gold medal match: Mensah-Stock over Ami Ishii (Japan), Fall

Amit Elor (72 kg), 1st title
Round 16: Elor over Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (Ukraine), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Elor over Buse Cavusoglu, (Turkey), Fall
Semifinal: Elor over Masako Furuichi (Japan), 3-2
Gold Medal Match: Elor over Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan), 10-0

2021 World Championships

Helen Maroulis (57 kg), 4th title
Round of 16: Maroulis over Jeannie Kessler (Austria), Fall
Quarterfinal: Maroulis over Veronika Chumikova (Russia), 10-1
Semifinal: Maroulis over Sae Nanjo (Japan), 6-4
Gold Medal Match: Maroulis over Anshu Malik (India), Fall

Adeline Gray (76 kg), 6th title
Round of 16: Gray over Ayşegül Özbege (Turkey), Fall
Quarterfinal: Gray over Kiran Bishnoi (India), Fall
Semifinal: Gray over Samar Hamza (Egypt), Fall
Gold Medal Match: Gray over Epp Mäe (Estonia), Fall

2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021)

Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg), 2nd title
Round of 16: Mensah-Stock over Sara Dosho (Japan), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Mensah-Stock over Zhou Feng (China), 10-0
Semifinal: Mensah-Stock over Alla Cherkasova (Ukraine), 10-4
Gold Medal Match: Mensah-Stock over Blessing Oborududu (Nigeria), 4-1

2019 World Championships

Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Winchester over Madina Nadirova (Kyrgyzstan), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Winchester over Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa (Mongolia), 13-2
Semifinal: Winchester over Bediha Gün (Turkey), 6-4
Gold Medal Final: Winchester over Nanami Irie (Japan), 5-3

Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg), 1st title
Round of 32: Mensah-Stock over Michelle Montague (New Zealand), 10-0
Round of 16: Mensah-Stock over Blessing Oborududu (Nigeria), 6-1
Quarterfinal: Mensah-Stock over Sara Dosho (Japan), 10-1
Semifinal: Mensah-Stock over Anna Schell (Germany), 10-0
Gold Medal Final: Mensah-Stock over Jenny Fransson (Sweden), 8-2

Adeline Gray (76 kg), 5th title
Round of 32: Gray over Eleni Pjollaj (Italy), 10-0
Round 16: Gray over Elmira Syzdykova (Kazakhstan), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Gray over Chang Hui-tsz (Taiwan), 10-0
Semifinal: Gray over Aline Rotter-Focken (Germany), 5-2
Gold Medal Final: Gray over Hiroe Minagawa (Japan), 4-2

2018 World Championships

Adeline Gray (76 kg), 4th title
Round of 16: Gray over Epp Mäe (Estonia), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Gray over Elmira Syzdykova (Kazakhstan), Fall
Semifinal: Gray over Erica Wiebe (Canada), 3-1
Gold Medal Final: Gray over Yasemin Adar (Turkey), 13-1

2017 World Championships

Helen Maroulis (58 kg), 3rd title
Round of 32: Maroulis over Kim Han-bit (Korea), 10-0
Round of 16: Maroulis over Elin Nilsson (Sweden), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Maroulis over Yessica Oviedo (Dominican Republic), 11-0
Semifinal: Maroulis over Michelle Fazzari (Canada), 10-0
Gold Medal Final: Maroulis over Marwa Amri (Tunisia), 11-0

2016 Olympic Games

Helen Maroulis (53 kg), 2nd title
Round of 32: Maroulis over Yuliya Khavaldzhy (Ukraine), 12-1
Round of 16: Maroulis over Zhong Xuechun (China), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Maroulis over Jong Myong-suk (North Korea), 7-4
Semifinal: Maroulis over Sofia Mattsson (Sweden), Fall
Gold Medal Final: Maroulis over Saori Yoshida (Japan), 4-1

2015 World Championships

Helen Maroulis (55 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Maroulis over Brenda Fernández (Mexico), 10-0
Quarterfinal: Maroulis over Evelina Nikolova (Bulgaria), Fall
Semifinal: Maroulis over Pang Qianyu (China), 5-0
Gold Medal Final: Maroulis over Irina Ologonova (Russia), 11-0

Adeline Gray (75 kg), 3rd title
Round of 32: Gray over Gelegjamtsyn Naranchimeg (Mongolia), 10-0
Round of 16: Gray over Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus), 6-0
Quarterfinal: Gray over Daria Osocka (Poland), 10-0
Semifinal: Gray over Aline Ferreira (Brazil), 10-2
Gold Medal Final: Gray over Zhou Qian (China), 13-2

2014 World Championships

Adeline Gray (75 kg), 2nd title
Round of 32: Gray over Zhou Qian (China), 11-10
Round of 16: Gray over Yasemin Adar (Turkey), Fall
Quarterfinal: Gray over Hiroe Suzuki (Japan), 2-1
Semifinal: Gray over Epp Mäe (Estonia), 5-1
Gold Medal Final: Gray over Aline Ferreira (Brazil), 2-1

2012 World Championships

Elena Pirozhkova (63 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Pirozhkova over Hou Min-wen (Taiwan), Fall
Quarterfinal: Pirozhkova over Kayoko Kudo (Japan), 2-0, Fall
Semifinal: Pirozhkova over Xiluo Zhuoma (China), 1-0, 4-0
Gold Medal Final: Pirozhkova over Taybe Yusein (Bulgaria), 2-1, 2-5, 1-0

Adeline Gray (67 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Gray over Dzhanan Manolova (Bulgaria), 3-0, 2-0
Quarterfinal: Gray over Yoshiko Inoue (Japan), 1-1, 3-0
Semifinal: Gray over Navjot Kaur (India), Fall
Gold Medal Final: Gray over Dorothy Yeats (Canada), 4-0, Fall

2008 World Championships

Clarissa Chun (48 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Chun over Demet Kaya (Turkey), Fall
Quarterfinal: Chun over Tsai Pei-ching (Taiwan), Fall
Semifinal: Chun over Makiko Sakamoto (Japan), 1-0, 0-3, 1-1
Gold Medal Final: Chun over Zhuldyz Eshimova (Kazakhstan), 1-0, 1-0

2005 World Championships

Iris Smith (72 kg), 1st title
Round of 16: Smith over Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria), 3-1, 1-0
Quarterfinal: Smith over Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland), 2-0, Fall
Semifinal: Smith over Anita Schätzle (Germany), 3-1, 2-0
Gold Medal Final: Smith over Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan), 3-1, 1-1, 1-0

2003 World Championships

Kristie Davis (67 kg), 2nd title
Pool: Davis over Norie Saito (Japan), Fall
Pool: Davis over Martina Zyklová (Czech Republic), 10-0
Pool: Davis over Jodeen MacGregor (New Zealand), Fall
Semifinals: Davis over Shannon Samler (Canada), Fall
Finals: Davis over Ewelina Pruszko (Poland, 7-1

2000 World Championships

Kristie Davis (68 kg), 1st title
Pool: Davis over Ewelina Pruszko (Poland), Fall
Pool: Davis over Gamze Sakızlıgil (Turkey), Fall
Semifinal: Davis over Xiomara Guevara (Venezuela), Fall
Gold Medal Final: Davis over Anna Shamova (Russia)

1999 World Championships

Tricia Saunders (46 kg), 4th title
Pool: Saunders over Yuliya Voitova (Ukraine), 5-1
Pool: Saunders over Lyndsay Belisle (Canada), 10-0
Semifinal: Saunders over Inga Karamchakova (Russia), 5-3
Gold Medal Finals: Saunders over Zhong Xiue (China), 4-2

Sandra Bacher (68 kg), 1st title
Pool: Bacher over Heidi Skemark (Sweden), 3-2
Pool: Bacher over Tomoe Miyamoto (Japan), Fall
Semifinal: Bacher over Natalya Bodnarets (Ukraine), 4-0
Gold Medal Final: Bacher over Anita Schätzle (Germany), 8-1

1998 World Championships

Tricia Saunders (46 kg), 3rd title
Round of 16: Saunders over Vladislava Petrova (Bulgaria), Fall
Quarterfinal: Saunders over Fani Psatha (Greece), 4-0
Semifinal: Saunders over Mette Barlie (Norway), 3-2
Gold Medal Final: Saunders over Miyu Yamamoto (Japan), 1-1

1996 World Championships

Tricia Saunders (47 kg), 2nd title

1992 World Championships

Tricia Saunders (50 kg), 1st title