Madison "Maddy" Goli-Tung (

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Tung) is a United States Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar who was the first woman to wrestle for the

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men's team.

Early life and wrestling

Tung is originally from

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, where she wrestled for

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and was a six-time All-American. Coached by 2008 Olympian

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, she won a bronze medal for Team USA at the 15th Austrian Ladies Open in 2013, competing at 52 kg. In 2014, Tung became a national champion at the USA Wrestling Girls Junior Folkstyle Nationals held in Oklahoma City in the 117 lb weight class.

Career

After high school, Tung attended the

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and Uni ...

, where she majored in Mathematics and Humanities and minored in Chinese. She was the first female wrestler on the Air Force Academy men's wrestling team, and trained at the nearby

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as part of the National 2014 U.S. Women's Freestyle Team. She was named a

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, a

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, a Schwarzman Scholar, a

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and a

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. On May 30, 2019, Tung graduated as a Distinguished Graduate with a Bachelor of Science and commissioned as an active-duty Air Force Officer, and was recognized by

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in his commencement address.

Personal life

Tung has a private

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and holds a Black Belt in

Hapkido Hapkido ( , , also spelled ''hap ki do'' or ''hapki-do''; from Korean 합기도 ''hapgido'' ) is a hybrid Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, grappling, throwing techniques, kicks, punches, and other stri ...

, a Korean martial art. Tung is married to Dr. Larissa Goli, a DPhil student at Keble College, Oxford, and adopted the joint family name Goli-Tung.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tung, Madison Living people American female sport wrestlers People from Santa Monica, California Year of birth missing (living people) American Rhodes Scholars United States Air Force Academy alumni United States Air Force officers 21st-century American women Military personnel from California American hapkido practitioners