Jacarra Winchester (born October 19, 1992) is an American

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the

2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qu ...

and the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships. She also represented the United States at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

College career

She competed for

Missouri Valley College Missouri Valley College is a private college that is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Marshall, Missouri. The college was founded in 1889 and supports 40 academic majors and an enrollment close to 1,500 students. Misso ...

in college.

2018 season

Winchester competed at the

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, where she finished 5th.

2019 season

She won gold at the

at 55kg. She entered the tournament as the third seed. Her victory was part of a record result for the United States, with the women's freestyle team winning three gold medals for the first time.

2022 season

In 2022, she won the gold medal in the 55kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 55kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winchester, Jacarra Living people American female sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1992 births Olympic wrestlers for the United States 21st-century American sportswomen