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Biography - Kayla Miracle, AZ

KAYLA MIRACLE
2021-22 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 62 kg/136.5 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 5 (2017-22)
Residence: Tempe, Ariz.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Campbellsville
High School: Culver, Ind. (Culver Academy)
Born: April 26, 1996

Past Senior World Teams
2021 Worlds (silver at 62 kg), 2019 Worlds (8th at 62 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams
2019 U23 Worlds (silver at 62 kg), 2018 U23 Worlds (5th at 62 kg), 2017 U23 Worlds (5th at 60 kg), 2016 Junior Worlds (bronze at 59 kg), 2015 Junior Worlds (8th at 59 kg), 2014 Junior Worlds (bronze at 59 kg), 2012 Cadet Worlds (silver at 56 kg), 2011 Cadet Worlds (8th at 49 kg)

Career highlights
•  2021 World silver medalist
•   2020 U.S. Olympic Team member (12th)
•   Eighth at 2019 World Championships
•    Second in 2019 U23 World Championships
•    Three-time U.S. Open champion (2017, 2018, 2019)
•    2019 Final X champion
•    2019 Pan American Games champion
•    2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion
•    2018 Final X runner-up
•    Third in 2014 and 2016 Junior World Championships
•    Second in 2012 Cadet World Championships
•    Fifth in 2017 and 2018 U23 World Championships
•    2017, 2018  and 2019 U23 World Team member
•    2015, 2016 and 2017 University Nationals champion
•    2016 and 2018 Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
•    Four-time WCWA College National champion for Campbellsville (2015-18)

Career biography:
2021: World silver medalist… World Team Trials champion… U.S. Olympic Team member (12th)… Pan American Championships champion…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Gold at Pan American Championships... Henri Deglane Challenge champion (France)…
2020: Second in Pan American Olympic Qualifier (Canada)… Fifth in Matteo Pellicone Ranking Tournament (Italy)…
2019: Second at U23 World Championships… Eighth at World Championships… Pan American Games champion… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U23 World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion…
2018: Grand Prix of Spain champion… Final X runner-up… Third in Pan American Championships… U.S. Open champion… Klippan Lady Open champion (Sweden)…U23 World Team Trials champion…
2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International champion (Nov. 2017)… Fifth at U23 World Championships…U23 World Team Trials champion… Third in Grand Prix of Spain… Third in Pan American Championships… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… University Nationals champion… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International (Feb. 2017)… U.S. Open champion…
2016: Fourth in Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials… UWW Junior World bronze medalist… Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… University Nationals champion… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2015: Third in Bill Farrell International… Eighth in UWW Junior World Championships… Seventh at Grand Prix of Spain… Second in UWW Junior Pan American Championships… UWW Junior Nationals champion… University Nationals champion… Fourth in Dave Schultz Memorial International
2014: Minnesota Storm Holiday Cup champion… Bill Farrell International Open champion… UWW Junior World bronze medalist… Sixth in U.S. Open… Seventh in Pan American Championships… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open…
2013: Pan American UWW Junior champion… Second in UWW Junior Nationals…
2012: Second in UWW Cadet World Championships…
2011: Eighth in UWW Cadet World Championships…
Age-Group Achievements: Second in 2013 Junior Nationals… Second in 2013 UWW Cadet Nationals… 2012 and 2013 USA Wrestling Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2012 Junior Nationals champion… Third in 2012 Cadet Nationals…2012 USA Wrestling Cadet Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2011 and 2012 UWW Cadet Nationals champion… 2011 Cadet Nationals champion… Second in 2011 Junior Nationals…
College: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 WCWA Nationals champion for Campbellsville… Coached by her father, Lee Miracle… One of just four women to win four WCWA national titles…
High School: Attended Culver Academy in Indiana, where she was a state qualifier competing against boys…

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