Kylie Welker

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FullnameKylie Renee Welker
Born (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 22)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Kylie Welker
Personal information
Full nameKylie Renee Welker
Born (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 22)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sport
Country United States
SportWrestling
Weight class72 kg
Event
Freestyle
College teamIowa
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Tirana72 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Zagreb76 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Monterrey76 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Madrid72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Tirana72 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Novi Sad76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Belgrade76 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago76 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Ufa76 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia61 kg

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

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]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[4]

NCAA

Welker competes for the University of Iowa's Hawkeyes women's wrestling team, where she has won both team and individual titles at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships.[5]

She was a three-time finalist for the Anthony-Maroulis Trophy (2024, 2025 and 2026).[6][7][8]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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