Adeline Gray Explained

Full Name:Adeline Maria Gray
Birth Date:15 January 1991
Birth Place:Denver, Colorado, U.S.[1]
Height:5 ft 8 in[2]
Spouse:Damaris Sanders[3]
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Country:United States
Team:USA
Universityteam:DeVry University
Club:New York Athletic Club[4]
Coach:Terry Steiner, Nate Engel
Worlds:6
Nationals:5
Olympics:1
Highestranking:1
Updated:26 February 2024

Adeline Maria Gray (born January 15, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 76 kilograms. She is a six-time world champion (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) and a two-time Olympian (2016, 2020), having won her first medal, a silver, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She is the first American woman to win back-to-back wrestling world titles since Tricia Saunders in 1998 and 1999. She is also the first American woman wrestler to win six world championships.[6]

Early life

Gray was born on January 15, 1991, in Denver, Colorado to George and Donna Gray, and has three younger sisters, including fellow wrestler Geneva Gray and began her wrestling career with the help of her father.[7] [1] She graduated from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, Colorado.

Career

On September 27, 2012, Gray competed in the 2012 Women's World Wrestling Championships in Edmonton, Canada.[8] In her first match against Dzhanan Manolova of Bulgaria, Adeline came out a little slow, then exploded with a great 3 point throw and won the 1st period 3–0. In the second period, she took Manolova down and turned her in a leg lace for another point, then she just defended the rest of the period for a 2–0 win. In the next round, she faced off against Yoshiko Inoue of Japan, the only one to score on Adeline. Inoue scored first in the first period but Adeline came back and scored on a push out to secure the first period win. In the second period, Adeline looked in control with her under hooks, scoring a throw-by and getting her leg lace for a 3–0 win. In the Semi-Finals against Kaur Navjot of India, she looked very confident and showed no fear and dominated Navjot from the start. Adeline secured her second takedown and controlled her legs standing tilts to a stack for the pin. In the Finals, Gray faced off against the 2012 Jr World Champion, Dorothy Yeats of Canada, only 19 years old and the crowd favorite. Adeline came out very confident and took it to Yeats, throwing her for 3 points and scoring in another takedown to win the 1st period 4–0. In the second period, Adeline stayed in control and secured a takedown late in the period, then put Yeats on her back with her signature arm-bar-wing and pinned her with 4 seconds left for a dominating win.

Gray competed in the 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won her first match against Andrea Olaya of Colombia,[9] but lost her quarterfinal match against Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus.[10]

Gray spent the 2017 season recuperating from injuries, missing the 2017 World Championships.[11]

She returned from her injuries in 2018, winning gold at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships. In 2019, she won gold at the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships. Later that year, she won her fifth gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships, becoming the first American wrestler to win five golds at the World Championships.[12] She won silver at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships, winning her first two matches, before withdrawing from her gold medal match against Justina Di Stasio of Canada due to rib fractures.[7]

At the 2020 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials, Gray defeated Kylie Welker by technical superiority twice, qualifying to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13] In her opening bout, she won by fall against 2020 African Wrestling Championships gold medalist Zaineb Sghaier.[14] In the quarterfinals, she defeated former world champion and four-time European champion Yasemin Adar by a score of 6–4.[15] In the semifinals, she defeated two-time Asian Wrestling Championships finalist Aiperi Medet Kyzy by a score of 3–2.[16] She was awarded a silver medal after being defeated by former world champion Aline Rotter-Focken by a score of 7–3 in the gold medal match.[17]

In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 76kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[18] [19] Gray won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20] She defeated Milaimys Marín of Cuba in her bronze medal match.[20] Gray also earned a quota place for the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[21]

Gray won a bronze medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[22]

Endorsements

Gray is the first female wrestler to have her own signature shoe. The ASICS Aggressor 3 L.E. Adeline Gray[23] wrestling shoe is a special edition signature shoe designed by Adeline.

Personal life

Outside of competing, and while women's wrestling was created to combat sexism and receives an extraordinary amount of support from the institution of wrestling, Gray has been wrestling the bigger issues of sexism, and promoting equal recognition and participation on the elite levels, including Olympic and collegiate level wrestling.[24] [25]

International matches

Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
style=background:white colspan=8
Win52-5align=left Epp MaeFall (6-4)October 4, 20212021 World Wrestling Championships Oslo
Win51-5align=left Samar AmerFall (11-1)
Win50-5align=left Kiran BishnoiFall (5-0)
Win49-5align=left Ayşegül ÖzbegeFall (4-0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Loss48-5align=left Aline Rotter-Focken7-3August 2, 20212021 Olympic Games Tokyo
Win48-4align=left Aiperi Medet Kyzy3-2
Win47-4align=left Yasemin Adar6-4
Win46-4align=left Zaineb SghaierFall 2:11
style=background:white colspan=8
Win45-4align=left Aline Ferreira8-0May 27, 20212021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Guatemala City
Win44-4align=left Luisa MosqueraForfeit (0-0)
Win43-4align=left Josselyn PortilloFall (4-0)
Win42-4align=left Genesis Reasco ValdezTech Fall (12-2)
style=background:white colspan=7
Loss41-4align=left Justina Di StasioInjury default (0-0)March 14, 20202020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa
Win41–3align=left Andrea OlayaTech Fall (11–0)
Win40–3align=left Andrimar Daniela Lazaro Diaz2–0
style=background:white colspan=8
Win39–3align=left Hiroe Minagawa4–2September 19, 20192019 World Championships Nur-Sultan
Win38–3align=left Aline Rotter-Focken5–2September 18, 2019
Win37–3align=left Chang Hui-tszTech Fall (10–0)
Win36–3align=left Elmira SyzdykovaTech Fall (10–0)
Win35–3align=left Eleni PjollajTech Fall (10–0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Win34–3align=left Genesis Reasco ValdezFallApril 21, 20192019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires
Win33–3align=left Mabelkis CapoteTech Fall (10–0)
Win32–3align=left Erica WiebeTech Fall (10–0)
Win31–3align=left María AcostaTech Fall (10–0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Win30–3align=left Yasemin AdarTech Fall (13–1)October 24, 20182018 World Championships Budapest
Win29–3align=left Erica Wiebe3–1October 23, 2018
Win28–3align=left Elmira SyzdykovaFall
Win27–3align=left Epp MäeTech Fall (10–0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Win26-2align=left Andrea OlayaFall (10-1)May 3, 20182018 Pan-American Wrestling Championships Lima
Win25–2align=left Aline FerreiraFall (4-0)
Win24–2align=left Mabelkis CapoteFall (4-0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Loss23–3align=left Vasilisa Marzaliuk1–4August 18, 20162016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro
Win23–2align=left Andrea OlayaFall
style=background:white colspan=8
Win22–2align=left Zhou QianTech Fall (13–2)September 10, 20152015 World Championships Las Vegas, NV
Win21–2align=left Aline Ferreira10–2
Win20–2align=left Daria OsockaTech Fall (10–0)
Win19–2align=left Vasilisa Marzaliuk6–0
Win18–2align=left Gelegjamtsyn NaranchimegTech Fall (10–0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Win17–2align=left Justina Di Stasio7–6July 17, 20152015 Pan American Games Champion Toronto, ON
Win16–2align=left Ana GonzalezTech Fall (12–0)
Win15–2align=left Aline FerreiraTech Fall (10–0)
style=background:white colspan=8
Win14–2align=left Aline Ferreira2–1September 11, 20142014 World Championship Tashkent
Win13–2align=left Epp Mäe5–1
Win12–2align=left Hiroe Suzuki2–1
Win11–2align=left Yasemin AdarFall
Win10–2align=left Zhou Qian11–10
style=background:white colspan=8
Win9–2align=left Yasemin Adar8–2September 20, 20132013 World Championship Budapest
Win8–2align=left Guzel Manyurova2–1
Loss7–2align=left Zhang Fengliu2–1
Win7–1align=left Andrea OlayaFall
style=background:white colspan=8
Win6–1align=left Dorothy YeatsFallSeptember 26, 20122012 World Championship Strathcona County, AL
Win5–1align=left Navjot KaurFall
Win4–1align=left Yoshiko Inoue1–1, 3–0
Win3–1align=left Dzhanan Manolova2–0, 3–0
style=background:white colspan=8
Win2–1align=left Burcu Örskaya1–0, 1–0September 16, 20112011 World Championship Istanbul
Win1–1align=left Martine Dugrenier1–1, 3–1
Loss0–1align=left Xiluo Zhuoma1–4, 0–1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adeline Gray Biography. asicsamerica.com. ASICS America Corporation. 19 September 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905160631/http://www.asicsamerica.com/athletes/adeline-gray. dead.
  2. Web site: Adeline Gray the best American wrestler Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20140121140948/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Athlete-Bios/GR/Adeline-Gray. dead. January 21, 2014. teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. 19 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Magallanes . Lydia . Fort Polk spouse wins fourth women's world wrestling title . kalb.com . 16 November 2018.
  4. Web site: ADELINE GRAY . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906222448/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling/athletes/Adeline-Gray . dead . September 6, 2015 . teamusa.org.
  5. News: Brunt. Cliff. August 2, 2021. USA's Gray loses 76kg final to Germany's Rotter-Focken. The Seattle Times. August 22, 2021.
  6. News: Burke. Patrick. 6 October 2021. Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Adeline Gray wrestles after 6 months away. Her sister wrestles for the first time in 9 years.. Zaccardi, Nick. NBCSports.com. October 10, 2020.
  8. Web site: mathieu . 2012-10-04 . Interview: Adeline Gray (USA) World Champion and World University Champion . 2024-02-05 . FISU . en-US.
  9. Web site: Trio of USA women wrestlers win opening Olympic battles, move on. Nicholas. Mendola. August 18, 2016.
  10. Web site: Two American women to wrestle for medals; Maroulis will go for gold. Nicholas. Mendola. August 18, 2016.
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610183901/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2017/February/21/Adeline-Gray-to-take-2017-season-to-recover-from-injuries Adeline Gray to take 2017 season to recover from injuries
  12. Web site: Denver's Adeline Gray becomes first American wrestler to win five world titles. Meyer, John. DenverPost.com. September 19, 2019.
  13. Web site: Azzi . Alex . Maroulis and Gray lead stacked U.S. women's wrestling team to Tokyo . NBCSports.com . 4 April 2021.
  14. Web site: Wrestling - GRAY Adeline Maria vs SGHAIER Zaineb - 1/8 Final Results . Olympics.com . en-us.
  15. Web site: Wrestling - GRAY Adeline Maria vs ADAR Yasemin - 1/4 Final Results . Olympics.com . en-us.
  16. Web site: Wrestling - GRAY Adeline Maria vs MEDET KYZY Aiperi - Semifinal Results . Olympics.com . en-us . August 9, 2021 . July 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728141643/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/result-women-s-freestyle-76kg-sfnl-000100-.htm . dead .
  17. Web site: Reiner . Olivia . USA's Adeline Gray wins silver in wrestling for her first Olympic medal . USA TODAY . August 2, 2021.
  18. News: Price. Karen. 6 October 2021. Adeline Gray Makes History With Record Sixth Wrestling World Title. Team USA. 24 October 2021.
  19. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  20. Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  21. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113060500/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf . 13 January 2024 . 11 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  22. Web site: 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228032955/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_acapulco.pdf?VersionId=Efb44FH3Pq4shxxDWjI7EpGpxkdEL.Lw . 28 February 2024 . 5 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  23. Web site: Aggressor 3 L.E. AG | Men | Black/Onyx/Pink Glow | ASICS US . March 13, 2017 . March 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314160103/http://www.asics.com/us/en-us/aggressor-3-l-e-ag/p/0010265941.9099 . dead .
  24. Web site: Pilon . Mary . How This Female Olympic Wrestler Is Pinning Sexism to the Mat . Fortune.com . 9 August 2016.
  25. Web site: Longman . Molly . 'We're Not At Equal Opportunities Yet': Olympian Adeline Gray On The Gender Gap In Wrestling . refinery29.com . 3 August 2021.

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