Tricia Saunders
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Tricia Saunders (born as Patricia McNaughton; February 21, 1966)[1] is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer in the sport of women's freestyle wrestling.[2] She earned a total of five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals, four gold and one silver. Throughout her career she never lost to an American opponent, and collected eleven national titles.
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Born | (1966-02-21) February 21, 1966 (age 58) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saunders was the first woman to be inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in Stillwater, Oklahoma and the first American woman to be inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in Istanbul, Turkey.[3]