Tina George
 George in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 5, 1978 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jason Loukides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tina George (born November 5, 1978) is a retired American freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was second at the 2002 and 2003 world championships, both times losing to Saori Yoshida.[1]
George stopped competing after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, and served 18 months with the U.S. Army in Iraq, where she was seriously wounded. She made a brief comeback for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and retired for good on April 22, 2014.[2][3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tina George.
- ↑ George, Tina (USA). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ↑ Tim Warsinskey (April 23, 2012) "It'll be tough to loosen Iowa's grip on U.S. Wrestling Trials". Cleveland.com
- ↑ Tina George after last match. Youtube
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- African-American sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- American female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Cleveland
- Freestyle wrestlers