Clarissa Chun
Ring name(s)	Clarissa Chun
Weight	105.5 lb.
Billed weight	48 kg
Born	August 27, 1981 (1981-08-27) (age 28) Honolulu, Hawaii
Website	Official site (Hawaii)

Clarissa Chun (陳美玲, born August 27, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Chinese-Japanese-American Olympic Women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs)wrestler. She attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri.

At the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team trials in June, Clarissa Chun, a diminutive athlete from Hawai'i, gained the admiration of fans and media alike by staging a huge upset of seven-time national champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Patricia Miranda.

In the process, Chun, who stands 4 feet 11, fulfilled a lifelong dream, becoming the first wrestler from Hawai'i to qualify for a U.S. Olympic team.

2008 World champion Clarissa Chun highlighted the 48 kg weight class. She has had a tremendous season winning her second career U.S. Senior Nationals title and second Pan American title. Chun also represented the U.S. at the Women's World Cup in China this year. She placed fifth at the 2008 Olympics, making her mark on the international level. ^[1]

[edit] International Award Winning Wrestler

2009: Gold Medal: Canada Cup, Guelph, Canada ^[2]
2009: 1st place - in U.S. World Team Trials ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}
2009: Gold Medal: Pan American Wrestling Championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
2009: 1st place - in U.S. Nationals ^{[10][11] [12] [13]}
2008: Women's Freestyle World Championships - First place - Gold Medal - 48 kg ^[14]
2008: 1st place - in U.S. World Team Trials ^[15]
2008: 5th place - Olympics - Beijing, China ^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]}
2008: U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion - First place - women's freestyle wrestling ^{[26] [27] [28] [29]}
105.5-pound division at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling and Judo - Beijing, China.
2008: Fourth in U.S. Nationals
2008: Gold Medal: Pan American Wrestling Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. ^{[30] [31]}

2008: Silver Medal: Guelph Open, Guelph, Canada ^[32]

2007: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials
2007: Third in U.S. Nationals

2007: Third in Guelph Open (Canada)

2006: U.S. Senior Nationals - Gold Medal ^[33]
2006: Second in New York AC Holiday International Open

2006: Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open champion

2006: U.S. Nationals champion

2006: Vehbi Emre Golden Grand Prix champion (Turkey) ^{[34] [35] [36]}

2006: Tenth in Ivan Yarygin Memorial International (Russia)

2006: Second in Klippan Ladies Golden Grand Prix (Sweden) ^[37]

2005: Sunkist Kids/ASU International champion - 1st Place 2005 Sunkist Kids / ASU International Open ^{[38] [39]}

2005: Second in NYAC Holiday Championships ^[40]

2005: Clansmen International champion (Canada) ^[41]

2005: Third in U.S. World Team Trials

2004: Second in Sunkist Kids International Open

2004: Fourth in World Cup

2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials - runners-up

Placed second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in women's wrestling (the first year with the style in the Olympics) (48 kg)

2004: Second in U.S. Nationals

2004: Sixth in Ivan Yarygin Memorial International (Russia)

2004: Fourth in Dave Schultz Memorial International

USA Wrestling's Women's University National Champion

Consistently ranked No. 2 by USA Wrestling

2003: Second in Sunkist Kids International Open

2003: Second in U.S. World Team Trials

2003: Second in U.S. Nationals

2003: Fourth in Klippan Ladies Open (Sweden)

April 14, 2003: USA Wrestling's Women's University National Champion in St. Joseph, Minn.

2002: Second in U.S. World Team Trials - Runner-up ^[42]

2002: Fourth in U.S. Nationals

2002: Third in Pan American Championships

2002: was among the charter group of about 20 women invited to the
U.S. Olympic Training Center when its women's wrestling facility opened. ^[43]

2001: Sunkist Kids International Open champion

2001: Fourth in World Cup

2001: Second in U.S. World Team Trials - Runner-up

2001: Third in U.S. Nationals

2001: Klippan Ladies Open champion (Sweden)

2001: Second in Pan American Championships

2001: Missouri Valley International Open champion

2001: Second in Minnesota - Morris Women's Open

2001: Third in Manitoba Open (Canada)

2001: Represented USA in first Women's World Cup 2001 in Levalois, France

2001: Won international open in Phoenix

2001: USA Wrestling's Women's University National Champion

2001: Fifth in Junior World Championships

2000: DNP in World Championships

2000: Second in Pan American Championships

2000: Second in U.S. World Team Trials

2000: Second in U.S. Nationals

2000: Dave Schultz Memorial International champion

2000: Minnesota-Morris Women's Open champion

2000-02: Silver medal at Pan American Championships

2000-01: FILA Junior Nationals champion

2000: Third in University Nationals

2000 U.S. World Team member

2000: U.S. Collegiate Nationals champion

2000: Eighth in Junior World Championships

1999: Third in Sunkist Kids International Open

1999: Third in Sunkist Kids International Open

1999: USA Age-Group: Fourth in 2004 University World Championships

1999: Hawaii State champion wrestler

Wrestling USA Magazine's High School Girls All-America Team

1999 USGWA High School Nationals - Third ^[44]

1998: Hawaii State champion wrestler - the first year girls wrestling was a sanctioned sport. ^[43]

CAREER NOTES: (themat.com)

• 2000 U.S. World Team member
• 2006 U.S. Nationals champion
• Third in 2005 U.S. World Team Trials
• 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
• Four-time U.S. Nationals runner-up (1999-2000, 2003-04)
• Four-time U.S. World Team Trials runner-up (2000-03)
• Fifth in 2001 Junior World Championships
• Three-time University Nationals champion (2001, 2003-04)

[edit] External links

• {Clarissa KML Chun}
• Official site (Hawaii)
• Articles (USA)
• Honolulu Advertiser's Article
• NBC Olympics Biography
• Article

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