Forrest Molinari

Forrest Ann Molinari (born September 4, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.^[1][2] She is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Wrestling Championships.

Forrest Molinari

Forrest Molinari at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Full name	Forrest Ann Molinari
Born	(1995-09-04) September 4, 1995 (age 27)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	65 kg 68 kg
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Hawkeye Wrestling Club
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  United States World Championships 2021 Oslo 65 kg Pan American Championships 2018 Lima 65 kg 2022 Acapulco 65 kg 2023 Buenos Aires 68 kg 2017 Lauro de Freitas 69 kg Yasar Dogu Tournament 2019 Istanbul 65 kg 2022 Istanbul 65 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 Krasnoyarsk 65 kg 2020 Krasnoyarsk 68 kg

Career

Molinari competed in the women's 67 kg event at the 2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.^[3] At the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 69 kg event.^[4]

Molinari competed in the women's freestyle event of the Wrestling World Cup in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In 2018, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 65 kg event at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.^[5] A few months later, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.^[6][7] She lost her bronze medal match in both the women's 65 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary and in the same event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.^[8][9] In 2019, Molinari defeated Maya Nelson in the women's 65 kg event at the Final X: Rutgers event held in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States. A month later, she won the gold medal in the women's 65 kg event at the 2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[10]

In 2020, at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event.^[11][12]

In January 2021, Molinari won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane held in Nice, France.^[13] In June 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.^[14][15] A few months later, Molinari won one of the bronze medals in the women's 65 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.^[2][16] She defeated Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus in her bronze medal match.^[2][16]

In January 2022, Molinari won the silver medal in the women's 65 kg event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.^[17][18] In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's 65 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[19] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[20][21]

Molinari won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2023 held in Nice, France.^[22] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.^[23] A few months later, Molinari also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[24]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2017	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lauro de Freitas, Brazil	3rd	Freestyle 69 kg
2018	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	Freestyle 65 kg
2021	World Championships	Oslo, Norway	3rd	Freestyle 65 kg
2022	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Acapulco, Mexico	1st	Freestyle 65 kg
2023	Pan American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Freestyle 68 kg

References

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3. "2015 World Junior Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
4. "2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
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6. Pavitt, Michael (May 4, 2018). "Cubans earn further Greco-Roman golds at Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved October 6, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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11. Abbott, Gary (January 26, 2020). "Forrest Molinari wins bronze medal on final day of Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia". Team USA. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
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14. Rowbottom, Mike (June 11, 2021). "Adekuoroye scatters Rio 2016 medallists en route to gold at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
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16. Price, Karen (October 6, 2021). "Adeline Gray Makes History With Record Sixth Wrestling World Title". Team USA. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
17. Miller-Gregorio, Taylor (January 28, 2022). "Bruntil becomes seventh U.S. woman to win Yariguin, Maroulis and Kilty to wrestle for gold, Dieringer and McKenna in hunt for bronze". Team USA. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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24. Lloyd, Owen (May 5, 2023). "Burroughs and Hildebrandt extend remarkable Pan-American Wrestling Championships records". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forrest Molinari.

• Forrest Molinari at the International Wrestling Database