Sport: Wrestling (76kg)

Birthday: January 15th, 1991

Birthplace: Denver, CO

College: DeVry University; University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Five-time world champion – 2012 (67kg), 2014 (75kg), 2015 (75kg), 2018 (76kg), 2019 (76kg). Adeline missed the world championships in 2017 due to injury, but returned to take the title one year later. the Two-time world championships bronze medalist – 2011 (67kg); 2013 (72kg). Pan Am Games gold medalist 2015 (75kg). Pan Am Championships gold medalist, 2019, 2021 (both 76kg). Pan Am Championships silver medalist, 2020 (76kg). In this latter competition, Adeline made the final but withdrew, having fractures some ribs in an earlier round. 2016 Olympian, where she entered the competition as favorite, but suffered the disappointment of going out in the quarter-finals.

Arguably, the greatest female wrestler of all time, Adeline began wrestling as a child; her father was her first coach. She began living and training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO in 2009.  She is the first female wrestler to have her own signature wrestling shoe, the ASICS Aggressor 3 L.E, which she designed herself.  Adeline is a vocal advocate for equality of opportunity in athletics.

Adeline secured a silver medal in women’s freestyle 76kg wrestling at the Tokyo Games, following a loss in the final to Aline Rotter Focken of Germany, 3-7 VP01.