Kylie Welker

Kylie Welker
Personal information
Full nameKylie Renee Welker
Born (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003
Franksville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sport
Country United States
SportWrestling
Weight class72 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
2024 Tirana 72 kg
Pan American Championships
2025 Monterrey 76 kg
Grand Prix
2014 Madrid 72 kg
World U23 Championships
2024 Tirana 72 kg
2021 Belgrade 76 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
2023 Santiago 76 kg
World Junior Championships
2021 Ufa 76 kg
World Cadets Championships
2019 Sofia 61 kg

Kylie Welker (born 17 December 2003) is an American freestyle wrestler.[1][2]

Wrestling career

International

She reached the semifinals of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 72kg competition by defeating Canadian Aleah Nickel with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, French Pauline Lecarpentier 4–0 in the second round, and Chinese Jiang Qian in the quarterfinals with a 7–2 lead. In the semifinals, she lost to Japan's Ami Ishii with a 12-1 technical superiority. She defeated Romanian Alexandra Anghel 5–2 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal.[3]

NCWWC

Welker competes for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women's wrestling where she has won two NCWWC team and individual titles. [4]

NCAA

References

  1. ^ "Kylie Renee Welker profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ "Kylie Renee Welker". hawkeyesports.com.
  3. ^ "Women – Seniors – 72 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ https://www.themat.com/news/2024/march/09/welker-beats-makoyed-in-last-match-as-iowa-edges-north-central-to-win-its-first-ncwwc-team-title