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Patricia Miranda

As the United States' first Olympic medalist in women's wrestling, Patricia is also a six-time national champion, three-time World Medalist, and Pan American Games Gold Medalist. Patricia distinguished herself in college by wrestling for a Division I men's program. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford and holds a J.D. from Yale. Patricia is fluent in Portuguese, was formerly the director of Project START programming, and is a co-founder of 5 Ring Insight.

  • 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Member of first-ever U.S. Women's Olympic Wrestling Team
  • Two-time World Silver Medalist (2000, 2003) and World Bronze Medalist (2006)
  • 2003 and 2007 World Cup Gold Medalist
  • (Named Most Outstanding Wrestler, 2003)
  • 2003 Pan American Games Gold Medalist
  • Six-time U.S. Nationals champion (2002-04, 2006-08)
  • Graduate of Yale Law School (2007)
  • Started as a senior on Stanford University's men's varsity wrestling team at 125 lbs (2002).

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