Jacarra Winchester Explained

Jacarra Winchester
Birth Date:19 October 1992
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Country:United States
Sport:Freestyle wrestling
Folkstyle wrestling

Jacarra Winchester (born October 19, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

College career

She competed for Missouri Valley College in college.[2]

2018 season

Winchester competed at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, where she finished 5th.[3] [4]

2019 season

She won gold at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships at 55kg.[5] She entered the tournament as the third seed.[6] Her victory was part of a record result for the United States, with the women's freestyle team winning three gold medals for the first time.[7]

2022 season

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 55kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 55kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  2. https://www.marshallnews.com/story/2635714.html College Sports: Valley grappler competing in World Championships (9/20/19) | Marshall Democrat-News
  3. Web site: Complete List Of 2019 World Team Trials Qualifiers. www.flowrestling.org.
  4. Web site: San Lorenzo's Jacarra Winchester Wins Women's World Wrestling Championship. SportStars. Magazine. September 20, 2019. SFGate.
  5. Web site: Jacarra Winchester, after foe bites her, wins first wrestling world title. September 18, 2019.
  6. World Wrestling Championship: All eyes on Vinesh Phogat. Indo-Asian News Service . September 17, 2019 . India Today.
  7. Web site: Area college roundup: Wayland ex wins wrestling world title. Staff Reports. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
  8. News: Brennan . Eliott . 13 September 2022 . Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 14 September 2022.
  9. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.