Jacarra Winchester
{{short description|American freestyle wrestler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
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| name = Jacarra Winchester
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|19}}
| birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S.
| country = United States
| sport = Freestyle wrestling
Folkstyle wrestling
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's freestyle wrestling }}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Nur-Sultan | 55 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | 2023 Belgrade | 55 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Guatemala City | 55 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Acapulco | 55 kg }}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Buenos Aires | 57 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition |Yasar Dogu Tournament|Yasar Dogu Tournament]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Istanbul|55 kg}}
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Jacarra Winchester (born October 19, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}
College career
2018 season
Winchester competed at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, where she finished 5th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6437379-complete-list-of-2019-world-team-trials-qualifiers|title=Complete List Of 2019 World Team Trials Qualifiers|website=www.flowrestling.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/preps/article/San-Lorenzo-s-Jacarra-Winchester-Wins-Women-s-14454369.php|title=San Lorenzo's Jacarra Winchester Wins Women's World Wrestling Championship|first=SportStars|last=Magazine|date=September 20, 2019|website=SFGate}}
2019 season
She won gold at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships at 55{{nbsp}}kg.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/09/18/jacarra-winchester-wrestling-world-championships/|title=Jacarra Winchester, after foe bites her, wins first wrestling world title|date=September 18, 2019}} She entered the tournament as the third seed.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/world-wrestling-championship-vinesh-phogat-2020-tokyo-olympics-berth-sofia-mattson-mayu-mukaida-1599899-2019-09-17|title=World Wrestling Championship: All eyes on Vinesh Phogat|agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=September 17, 2019 |magazine=India Today}} Her victory was part of a record result for the United States, with the women's freestyle team winning three gold medals for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190920/area-college-roundup-wayland-ex-wins-wrestling-world-title|title=Area college roundup: Wayland ex wins wrestling world title|author=Staff Reports|website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}
2022 season
In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=13 September 2022 |title=Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128029/kayaalp-champion-wrestling |access-date=14 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}
References
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External links
- {{IWD|8084B156B0CA403DAC2052469345E9E1|Jaccara Gwenisha Winchester}}
- {{UWW|winchester-jacarra-gwenisha|Jaccara Gwenisha Winchester}}
- {{Olympics.com|jacarra-gwenisha-winchester|Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester}}
- {{USOPC|WI/Jacarra-Winchester|archive=20210805152353}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{World Champions freestyle wrestling women's featherweight}}
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Category:American female sport wrestlers
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics