Dorothy Yeats (born 29 July 1993) is a

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and

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champion. She won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She also wrestled at

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in Montreal, where she is on the school's Wall of Fame. She once said about Vanier College,
I never even considered going anywhere else. I’m glad I came here. I don’t think I could have excelled at my sport anywhere else.
Daughter of five-time Olympian Doug Yeats, who won gold at the 1979 Pan American Games, Dorothy participated at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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. She won the gold medal in the girls' freestyle 70 kg event, defeating Jinju Moon of South Korea in the final. In 2012, she faced Adeline Gray of USA in the gold medal match at the world championship. Although she was defeated, the 19-year-old walked away with a silver medal. She in also the 2012 and 2013 Junior World Champion at 67 kg. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.

Championships

* 9X Canadian National Champion (60 kg–69 kg) * 2009 Canada Games Champion at 65 kg * 2010 Junior Pan American Champion & Cadet Pan American Champion at 63 kg * 2010 Youth Olympic Games Champion at 70 kg * 2011 Commonwealth Champion at 63 kg * 2012 Junior World Champion * 2012 Senior World Silver Medalist * 2013 Junior World Champion * 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion * 2014 University World Champion * 2015 Pan American Games Champion (69 kg)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeats, Dorothy Wrestlers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Canadian female sport wrestlers Living people Sportspeople from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games 1993 births World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Youth Olympic gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games