Adeline Gray
Six world titles, the most by an American woman
- Born
- January 15, 1991, Denver, Colorado, US
- Nationality
United States- Height
- 173 cm (5′8″)
- Style
- Underhook control wrestler
- Weight
- 67 kg, 72 kg, 75 kg, 76 kg
- Active
- 2011–present
- Status
- Active · age 35
The medals
6 world titles, Olympic silver
The story
deline Gray owns six world titles, more than any other American woman. The Denver native grew up wrestling boys before girls' wrestling was sanctioned in Colorado, then won her first world title at 67 kg in 2012 by pinning Canada's Dorothy Yeats with four seconds left, and five more at 75 and 76 kg through 2021, with world bronzes in 2011, 2013 and 2023. Her Olympic story took longer: a quarterfinal loss in Rio in 2016, then silver in Tokyo after a 7-3 loss to Germany's Aline Rotter-Focken in the final. In July 2026 she won the first women's cruiserweight match in Real American Freestyle history. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted her as an Outstanding American in 2025.
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- World champion ×6 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- Olympic silver medalist (Tokyo 2020)
- Pan American Games champion (2015)
- National Wrestling Hall of Fame Outstanding American (2025)
Defining matches
- 2012WINvs Dorothy Yeats (World final at 67 kg, fall with 4 seconds left)
- 2016LOSSvs Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Rio Olympic quarterfinal, 1-4)
- 2021LOSSvs Aline Rotter-Focken (Tokyo 2020 Olympic final, 3-7)
- 2021WINWorld Championships, Oslo (sixth world title)
- 2026WINvs Skylar Grote (Real American Freestyle 11, 5-2)
Build a pin from the arm-bar wing: Gray's signature move put Dorothy Yeats on her back to win her first world title with four seconds left. Drill the wing until you can hit it tired, late in a match.
