Kristie Marano

Kristie Marano

Army World Class Athlete Program Sgt. Iris Smith (left) wrestles against New York Athletic Club's Kristie Marano (right) in the women's 158.5-pound final of the 2007 U.S. National Wrestling Championships April 6 at Las Vegas Convention Center.
Personal information
Birth name	Kristie Stenglein
Born	(1979-01-24) January 24, 1979 (age 45) Albany, New York, U.S.
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States World Championships 2000 Sofia 68 kg 2003 New York City 67 kg 1996 Sofia 75 kg 1997 Clermont-Ferrand 75 kg 1998 Poznań 75 kg 1999 Boden 75 kg 2007 Baku 72 kg 2002 Chalcis 67 kg 2006 Guangzhou 72 kg Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 72 kg

Kristie Davis (née Karen Stenglein, later Kristie Marano, born January 24, 1979) is a wrestler from Albany, New York.

Davis won nine medals at the women's World Championships in freestyle wrestling, two of which were gold. In 2004, Davis (who was competing as Kristie Marano at the time) received the James M. Cooke Memorial Award as the New York Athletic Club's (NYAC) Athlete of the Year.^[1] She was the third woman to receive this award.

In 2002, she was awarded Women's Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling.^{[citation needed]}

Kristie married Link Davis, the head coach of the Emmanuel College wrestling team, and went by Kristie Davis in 2016. She is an alumna of Colonie Central High School and Hudson Valley Community College and Pikes Peak Community College. She has a daughter named Kayla from her first marriage.^[2]

Davis came out of retirement in 2016, in an unsuccessful attempt to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 75 kg class.

References

1. "United States Olympic Committee - WRESTLING: Kristie Marano receives James M. Cooke Award as NYAC Athlete of the Year". usoc.org. February 16, 2005. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
2. "USATODAY.com - With family in center ring, wrestler's life is no circus". usatoday.com. Retrieved October 4, 2022.

External links

• Kristie Davis at the International Wrestling Database