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Biography - Becka Leathers, NJ

2019-20 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 57 kg/125.5 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 3 (2017-20)
Residence: Choctaw, Okla.
Club: Titan Mercury WC
College: Grays Harbor CC, Oklahoma City
High School: Choctaw, Okla.
Born: November 19, 1996

Past Senior World Teams
2017 Worlds (bronze at 55 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams
2018 U23 Worlds (8th at 57 kg), 2015 Junior Worlds (bronze at 55 kg), 2014 Junior Worlds (8th at 55 kg), 2013 Cadet Worlds (7th at 60 kg)

Career Highlights:

  • 2017 World bronze medalist
  • 2017 World Team Trials champion
  • 2017 and 2018 Pan American Championships champion 
    2019 U.S. Open champion 
  • 2018 and 2019 Final X runner-up
  • 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
  • 2017 University Nationals champion
  • Second in 2017 U.S. Open
  • 2015 Junior World bronze medalist
  • Three-time UWW Junior Nationals champion (2014-16)
  • 2016 WCWA national champion for Oklahoma City
  • Four-time USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle National champion

Career Biography:
2019: Final X runner-up… U.S. Open champion… 10th in Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia)… 
2018: Seventh in Medved International (Belarus)… Eighth in U23 World Championships… Final X runner-up… Pan American Championships champion…U23 World Team Trials champion…
2017: World bronze medalist… Grand Prix of Spain championPan American Championships champion… U.S. World Team Trials champion… University Nationals champion… Seventh in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… Second in U.S. Open…
2016: Bill Farrell International champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Second in Grand Prix of Spain… Second in University Nationals… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International… Seventh in U.S. Open…
2015: Junior World bronze medalist… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Pan American Junior Championships champion… Third in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)…
2014: Eighth in UWW Junior World Championships… Second in Austria Ladies Open…  Fifth in German Grand Prix… UWW Junior Nationals champion…
2013: Seventh in UWW Cadet World Championships
College: Currently attending Grays Harbor CC, coached by Andy Cook… 2016 WCWA College National champion for Oklahoma City University… Coached by Archie Randall
High School: Attended Choctaw High School, where she competed for Bennie Coleman…
Age-Group Achievements: Four-time USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015)… 2013 and 2015 Junior Nationals champion… 2013 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… Fourth in 2012 Junior Nationals… 2012 USA Wrestling Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion…