 George in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1978-11-05) November 5, 1978 (age 46) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jason Loukides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
References
- George, Tina (USA). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- Tim Warsinskey (April 23, 2012) "It'll be tough to loosen Iowa's grip on U.S. Wrestling Trials". Cleveland.com
- Tina George after last match. Youtube
- 1978 births
- Living people
- African-American sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- American female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen