Kristie Marano

Kristie Davis (née Stenglein, later Marano) (born January 24, 1979) is an Olympic wrestler from Albany, New York.

Kristie Marano
Army World Class Athlete Program Sgt. Iris Smith (left) wrestles against New York Athletic Club's Kristie Marano in the women's 158.5-pound final of the 2007 U.S. National Wrestling Championships April 6 at Las Vegas Convention Center.
Personal information
Born (1979-01-24) January 24, 1979
Albany, New York, USA
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Women's wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
2000 Sofia68 kg
2003 New York City67 kg
1996 Sofia75 kg
1997 Clermont-Ferrand75 kg
1998 Poznań75 kg
1999 Boden75 kg
2007 Baku72 kg
2002 Chalcis67 kg
2006 Guangzhou72 kg

She has won nine medals at the Women's World Championships in wrestling, two of which were gold. In 2004, Davis (who was competing as Kristie Marano at the time) received the James M. Cooke Memorial Award as the New York Athletic Club's (NYAC) Athlete of the Year. She is the third woman in NYAC history to receive this award.

In 2002, she was awarded Women's Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling.

Kristie married Link Davis, the head coach of the Emmanuel College wrestling team, and went by Kristie Davis in 2016. She is an alumna of Colonie Central High School and Hudson Valley Community College and Pikes Peak Community College. She has a daughter named Kayla from her first marriage.

Davis came out of retirement in 2016 in an attempt to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 75kg class, the only accomplishment she never achieved.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.