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Biography - Victoria Francis, IA

VICTORIA FRANCIS
2021-22 Team USA Ranking
: No. 3 at 76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 5 (2016-18, 2019-22)
Residence: Glen Burnie, Md.
Club: Titan Mercury WC
College: Lindenwood
High School: Litchfield, Ill.
Born: April 24, 1994
Height: 5’6”

Past Senior World Teams
2019 Worlds (5th at 72kg), 2017 Senior Worlds (13th at 75kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams
2014 Junior Worlds (bronze at 72 kg)

Career Highlights:
•    Fifth in 2019 World Championships
•    2017 World Team member
•    2019 Final X champion
•    2017 U.S. World Team Trials champion
•    Second in 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
•    2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion
•    Third in 2014 Junior World Championships
•    Two-time University Nationals champion (2015, 2016)
•    2019 Canada Cup champion
•    Second in 2016 and 2019 U.S. Open
•    Second in 2017 Grand Prix of Spain
•    Two-time WCWA national champion for Lindenwood (2015, 2016)

Career Biography:
2021
: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
2020: Second in Senior Nationals… Second in Pan American Championships…
2019: Second in December 2019 U.S. Open… Fifth in World Championships…Third in Poland Open… Canada Cup champion… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… Second in U.S. Open…
2018: Third in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Third in Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial…
2017: Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International (Nov. 2017)… Fourth in U23 World Team Trials… DNP at World Championships… Second in Grand Prix of Spain… Fourth in Pan American Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… Second in University Nationals…
2016: Second in 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials… University Nationals champion… Second in U.S. Open…
2015: Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain… Fourth at U.S. World Team Trials… Third at U.S. Open… University Nationals champion…
2014: Second in SFU Clan International (Canada)… Third in Pan American Championships… Third in Junior World Championships… Fourth in World Team Trials… UWW Junior Nationals champion… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International… Third in Austria Ladies Open…
2013: Eighth in U.S. Open… Fifth in 2013 Body Bar FILA Junior Nationals… Third in University Nationals…
High School: Competed at Litchfield High School, where she was coached by Brian Lee, Dan Newkirk and Timothy Ballard…
College: 2015 and 2016 WCWA Nationals champion for Lindenwood… Second in 2014 WCWA Women’s College Nationals… Fifth in 2013 WCWA College Nationals… Coached by Toccara Montgomery… Graduated with a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science…
Personal: Daughter of Doug Francis and Malinda Johnson… Has three siblings: Neal, Timothy and Elizabeth… Married to Jacob Weiss…

Instagram: @victoria.francis.75kg