Kayla Miracle
Kayla Miracle at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kayla Colleen Kiyoko Miracle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 26, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Campbellsville University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kayla Miracle (born April 26, 1996) is an American wrestler competing through Campbellsville University, Kentucky.[1] She is currently majoring in Sports Management.[2]
Wrestling[]
Miracle is a two time U.S. Open Champion in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 University Nationals.[2] She won the 2018 Klippan Lady Open in Sweden.[3] In 2015 she won the 136-pound title in the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association finals in Saint Louis, Missouri.[4] She is the fourth wrestler to win four Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association national titles.[5]
In 2020, she won the silver medal at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, in the women's 62 kg division.[6]
She currently trains at the Hawkeye Wrestling Club in Iowa City, Iowa.[5]
On February 13, 2018 she was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week.[7] She was selected to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.
Kayla is a lesbian and the first out LGBTQ Olympic wrestler.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Biography - Kayla Miracle, IA". www.usawmembership.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Kayla Miracle - Women's Wrestling". Campbellsville University Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ "UWW Final Book" (PDF).
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kayla Miracle now a national champion". Culver News. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Goodwin, Cody. "'Iowa is home': Kayla Miracle aiming for next step in career with Hawkeye Wrestling Club". Hawk Central. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ "Senior Pan-American OG Qualifier Bulletin" (PDF). March 2020. p. 78.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Feb 13 Athlete of the Week, Team USA".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Outsports (July 12, 2021). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (June 14, 2021). "Kayla Miracle is 1st ever out Olympic wrestler". Outsports. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
External links[]
- Kayla Miracle at United World Wrestling
- Kayla Miracle at Olympedia
- American wrestlers
- American female sport wrestlers
- LGBT sportspeople from the United States
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Lesbian sportswomen
- 21st-century American women