Kylie Welker

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Kylie Welker
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Personal information
Full nameKylie Renee Welker
Born (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 21)
Franksville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Wrestling
Weight class72 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Tirana 72 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Zagreb 76 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Monterrey 76 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Madrid72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tirana 72 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Belgrade 76 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago 76 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Ufa 76 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Sofia61 kg

Kylie Welker (born 17 December 2003) is an American freestyle wrestler. [1] [2]

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Wrestling career

International

She reached the semifinals of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 72kg competition by defeating Canadian Aleah Nickel with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, French Pauline Lecarpentier 4–0 in the second round, and Chinese Jiang Qian in the quarterfinals with a 7–2 lead. In the semifinals, she lost to Japan's Ami Ishii with a 12-1 technical superiority. She defeated Romanian Alexandra Anghel 5–2 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal. [3]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. [4]

NCWWC

Welker competes for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women's wrestling where she has won two NCWWC team and individual titles. [5]

NCAA


References

  1. "Kylie Renee Welker profile page". uww.org.
  2. "Kylie Renee Welker". hawkeyesports.com.
  3. "Women – Seniors – 72 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. "2025 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  5. https://www.themat.com/news/2024/march/09/welker-beats-makoyed-in-last-match-as-iowa-edges-north-central-to-win-its-first-ncwwc-team-title