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Biography - Kylie Welker, WI

KYLIE WELKER
2021-22 Team USA Ranking
: No. 2 at 76 kg
Years on Team USA: 1 (2021-22)
Residence: Waterford, Wis.
Club: Titan Mercury WC
High School: Burlington (Wis.). Springs Studio (Colo.)
Born: December 17, 2003

Senior World Teams
2021 Senior Worlds (10th at 72 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams
2021 Junior Worlds (gold at 76 kg), 2021 U23 Worlds (bronze at 76 kg), 2019 Cadet Worlds (bronze at 61 kg)

Career Highlights
2021 Junior World champion
* 2021 U23 World bronze medalist
* 10th at 2021 Senior World Championships
* Second in 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
* Second in 2021 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier
* Second in 2020 UWW Junior Nationals
* 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist
* 2016 U15 Pan American Championships bronze medalist

Career biography
2021:
Pan American Junior Games bronze medalist… U23 World bronze medalist… Tenth in World Championships… Junior World champion… U23 Nationals champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Second in Last Chance Olympic Qualifier
2020: Second in UWW Junior Nationals… Third in Klippan Lady Cadet Open (Sweden)
2019: Vorobieyva International Cadet champion (Russia)… UWW Cadet World bronze medalist… 2019 UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Klippan Lady Cadet Open (Sweden)…
Age Group Achievements: 2019 U16 Nationals champion…
High School: Attends Burlington High School in Wisconsin… Attended Springs Studio in Colorado when at the USOPTC… 2018 and 2019 Wisconsin girls state champion
Personal: Spent part of 2019-20 as an Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center