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Clarissa Chun

クラリサ・チャン　/　くらりさ・ちゃん

American amateur wrestler

August 27, 1981 (age 44)　・　Honolulu, United States

amateur wrestler

My Take

What gets me about Clarissa Chun is the math: a 150 cm wrestler from Honolulu walking into a sport built for size and walking out with an Olympic medal, the first ever for a woman from Hawaii. That is leverage, technique and sheer stubbornness winning over raw mass. I admire even more what came next. Rather than coast on her record, she became a coach, now leading Iowa's women's program and pouring her hard-won knowledge into the next generation. The medal proves she was great; the coaching proves she is generous. That second act is the part I find genuinely inspiring.

Overview

Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun (陳美玲) is the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes Women's wrestling program, formerly, the USA Wrestling assistant National coach and an American Olympic women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler. Chun was the first female wrestler from Hawaii to win a medal at the Olympics.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Clarissa Chun
Name (Japanese): クラリサ・チャン
Reading: くらりさ・ちゃん
Born: August 27, 1981 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rooster
Origin: Honolulu, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 150 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: amateur wrestler

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: President Theodore Roosevelt High School
University: University of Colorado

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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