Jenna Burkert
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Full name | Jenna Rose Burkert | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | May 9, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jenna Rose Burkert (born May 9, 1993) is a retired[1] American freestyle wrestler and currently an amateur wrestling coach.[2] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Burkert competed in the girls' freestyle 60 kg event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore.
Burkert also competed in the women's 60 kg event at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in the women's 59 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary and in the women's 57 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[5][6]
In 2019, Burkert won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[7][8] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[4][9]
In 2024, she announced retirement from wrestling.[1] In May 2024, she announced her join to the Bixby Wrestling High School as a coach.[2]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 2nd | Freestyle 57 kg |
2021 | World Championships | Oslo, Norway | 3rd | Freestyle 55 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Klingman, Kyle (February 3, 2024). "Jenna Burkert Announces Retirement From Wrestling". Fowrestling. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Duckworth, Seth (May 16, 2024). "Jenna Burkert Named Associate Head Coach at Bixby". owrestle. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ Houston, Michael (October 5, 2021). "Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ^ "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Gregory, Ryan (August 8, 2019). "The Women Of USA Wrestling Show Up Strong, Earn Three Medals In Lima". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Price, Karen (October 6, 2021). "Adeline Gray Makes History With Record Sixth Wrestling World Title". Team USA. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jenna Burkert at the International Wrestling Database
- Jenna Burkert at Olympedia
- Living people
- 1993 births
- American female sport wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in wrestling
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century American sportswomen