Sarah Ann Hildebrandt (/ˈhɪldəbrænt/ HIL-də-brant; born September 23, 1993)[1][2] is an American freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and a bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] Hildebrandt is a four-time medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a gold medalist at the Pan American Games. She is also a seven-time gold medalist at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Sarah Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Full nameSarah Ann Hildebrandt
Born (1993-09-23) September 23, 1993 (age 31)
Granger, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materKing University
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
  • 50 kg
  • 53 kg
  • 55 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubNew York Athletic Club
Coached byTerry Steiner
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 50 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oslo 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade 50 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 53 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Panama City 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lima 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Buenos Aires 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City 50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Acapulco 50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Buenos Aires 50 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Krasnoyarsk 55 kg

Career

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In 2013, Hildebrandt represented the United States at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia without winning a medal.[2] In 2016, she competed in the 55 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary without winning a medal.[4] She lost her first match against Mayu Mukaida of Japan and she entered the repechage where she lost her match against Ramóna Galambos of Hungary. In 2017, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event.

In 2018, Hildebrandt won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.[5] She also competed in the women's freestyle competition of the 2018 Wrestling World Cup. At the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[6][7] In the final, she defeated Luisa Valverde of Ecuador.[6] At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event.[8][9]

In 2019, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event.[10] At the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the gold medal in the same event. In June 2019, she won against Katherine Shai at the Final X: Lincoln event held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Later that year, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[11][12] In the final, she defeated Betzabeth Argüello of Venezuela.[11] In the same year, she also competed in the women's freestyle competition of the 2019 Wrestling World Cup.

In 2021, Hildebrandt won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.[13] She also won the gold medal in this event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[14][15]

At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in March 2020, she earned a quota place for the United States, and in April 2021 at the U.S. Team Trials, she secured her place to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[16][17] She lost her semi-final in a close match after leading 7–2 mid-way through her bout and 7–6 with only 12 seconds to go, but her opponent Sun Yanan of China won a 4-point throw at the death and Hildebrandt lost.[3][18] In her bronze medal match she defeated Oksana Livach of Ukraine.[3]

Two months after the Olympics, Hildebrandt won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[19][20] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[21][22] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.[23]

Hildebrandt won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[24][25] She defeated Alina Vuc of Romania in her bronze medal match.[25]

In 2023, Hildebrandt won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[26][27] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[28] As a result, Hildebrandt earned a quota place for the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[29] She qualified for the Olympics at the 2024 United States Olympic trials held in State College, Pennsylvania.

Hildebrandt won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2024 Olympics.[30][31] She defeated Yusneylys Guzmán of Cuba in the gold medal match.[31] Vinesh Phogat of India initially qualified for the final but was disqualified for being above the stipulated weight.

Personal life

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Hildebrandt graduated from King University in 2015.[32]

Championships and accomplishments

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2013 Pan American Wrestling Championships Panama City, Panama 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2015 Pan American Wrestling Championships Santiago, Chile 1st Freestyle 55 kg
2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 53 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd Freestyle 53 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Freestyle 53 kg
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Freestyle 53 kg
2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st Freestyle 50 kg
Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
World Championships Oslo, Norway 2nd Freestyle 50 kg
2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships Acapulco, Mexico 1st Freestyle 50 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Freestyle 50 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 50 kg
2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 1st Freestyle 50 kg

References

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