Adeline Gray
Olympic Wrestler
Adeline Gray is a three-time World Champion, five-time World Championship medalist and has been undefeated in international competition for the past two years. She currently has a 37-match win streak and holds the #1 world ranking spot in 75kg/165lbs.
Gray was born in Denver, Colorado, and began wrestling at the age of 6 after her father, George, taught her basic moves on the mat. Gray honed her skills wrestling with the boys’ team at Bear Creek where she competed in the Colorado high school competition circuit. Gray didn’t let other people’s disapproval of going out for the boys’ team stop her from succeeding. Instead, she shifted her focus from them, onto Olympic dreams.
After winning a Junior World Title at the age of 17, Gray moved to an Olympic development program at Northern Michigan University. In 2009, Gray relocated to Colorado Springs where she started training at the Olympic Training Center. At the 2012 Olympic Trials, Gray fell one step short of making the team. Although she attended the 2012 Olympic Games in London as an alternate, Gray made a promise to herself that not only would she compete at the 2016 Olympics, but she would bring home the gold. Seven weeks later, Gray won her first World Championship gold medal. In 2014, Gray won her second World Championship title, and at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, Gray defended her World Title.
Her third World Title made her the second-most winningest U.S. women’s wrestler. Adeline is also one of only two U.S. women to have won back-to-back World Titles. In May 2016, Gray graduated with a Bachelor of Science from DeVry University.
