Tina George

Tina George

George in 2012
Personal information
Born (1978-11-05) 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

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]

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