Kelsey Campbell (born June 5, 1985 in Anchorage) of Colorado Springs, Colorado is an American Olympic Wrestler who won the 2012 at 55 kg FS and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials at 57 kg FS and competed at the 2012 Olympics. She is an actress represented by South West Artists Group, musician, author, and owns the non-Profit Repurposed by Kelsey LLC

Career

Kelsey started wrestling in response to a bet that she could not handle being a wrestler.[1]

Pac-12

Kelsey attended and was the first female to wrestler to sign to Arizona State University.[2]

USA Wrestling

Kelsey defeated Helen Maroulis 2 to 0 at the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.[3]

Joice Silva (red) wrestles Kelsey Campbell (blue) in quarter-finals of the 58kg freestyle wrestling at the Golden Grand Prix of Paris on 8 February 2014.

Olympic

In her opening match Campbell lost 1-0, 1-0 to eventual gold medalist Saori Yoshida and in the Repechage round 2 lost to eventual bronze medalist Yuliya Ratkevich 4-0, 1-0.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wayne Drehs (2012-04-22). "2012 London Olympics - Kelsey Campbell earns spot on U.S. Olympic wrestling team - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  2. ^ "Kelsey Campbell Profile - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site". Thesundevils.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  3. ^ "USA Wrestling". TheMat.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  4. ^ "OLYMPICS/ WRESTLING: Saori Yoshida wins third straight gold". AJW by The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

External links

2012 USA Olympic Wrestling Team
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