Tina George

Tina George

George in 2012
Personal information
Born	November 5, 1978 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	U.S. Army
Coached by	Jason Loukides
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Competitor for the  United States World Wrestling Championships 2002 Chalsis -55 kg 2003 New York -55 kg Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo -55 kg Pan American Championships 2001 Santo Domingo -55 kg 2003 Guatemala -55 kg

Tina George (born November 5, 1978) is a retired American freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was second at the 2002 and 2003 world championships, both times losing to Saori Yoshida.^[1]

George stopped competing after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, and served 18 months with the U.S. Army in Iraq, where she was seriously wounded. She made a brief comeback for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and retired for good on April 22, 2014.^[2][3]

References

1. George, Tina (USA). iat.uni-leipzig.de
2. Tim Warsinskey (April 23, 2012) "It'll be tough to loosen Iowa's grip on U.S. Wrestling Trials". Cleveland.com
3. Tina George after last match. Youtube