Meet the US Women's Tokyo Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team
Meet the 6 Badass Women Wrestlers Who Just Qualified For the Tokyo Summer Olympics
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Maroulis is the 2016 Olympic champion in the 53 kg weight class, which made her the first US Olympic gold medalist in women's wrestling. At trials this year, the Rockville, MD, native and 29-year-old secured her second Olympic berth.
Maroulis, who is also the 2015 world champion in the 55 kg weight class, suffered a head injury in 2018 and faced complications the following two years. "There were times I thought I had to retire," she said after her victory at trials, "but I just felt like I can't make that final decision until Tokyo 2020."
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