Age, Biography and Wiki
Tricia Saunders was born on 21 February, 1966 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., is an American freestyle wrestler. Discover Tricia Saunders's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
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58 years old |
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Pisces |
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21 February, 1966 |
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21 February |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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United States
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She is a member of famous Wrestler with the age 58 years old group.
Tricia Saunders Height, Weight & Measurements
At 58 years old, Tricia Saunders height not available right now. We will update Tricia Saunders's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Tricia Saunders Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tricia Saunders worth at the age of 58 years old? Tricia Saunders’s income source is mostly from being a successful Wrestler. She is from United States. We have estimated Tricia Saunders's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Wrestler |
Tricia Saunders Social Network
Timeline
Saunders's grandfather was an All-American wrestler at the University of Michigan in 1930; her father, and her older brother, Jamie, were also wrestlers.
As a child, she would accompany her brothers to practice.
At age seven, Saunders was bored with watching and wanted to compete in wrestling herself.
Her father asked if she wanted to wrestle, in which she replied yes.
In her first tournament, at nine years old, she won seven of her nine matches, all against boys.
By the time she reached the "Regional Nationals", she was a force to be reckoned with in the 50-pound weight class.
Tricia Saunders (born as Patricia McNaughton; February 21, 1966) is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer in the sport of women's freestyle wrestling.
She earned a total of five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals, four gold and one silver.
Throughout her career she never lost to an American opponent, and collected eleven national titles.
Saunders was the first woman to be inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in Stillwater, Oklahoma and the first American woman to be inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in Istanbul, Turkey.
Saunders appeared as a featured guest on a 1975 episode of the syndicated version of To Tell The Truth.
She stopped wrestling against boys in folkstyle wrestling at age 12, compiling a record of 181-23 and was retired from wrestling up to that point.
After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin ten years later, Saunders returned to wrestling competition, this time in the international style of freestyle wrestling, competing against other women.
Saunders won the 1992 World Wrestling Championships in Villerbanne, France, competing at 103.5 lbs, becoming the first American woman to win a World title.
She won the silver medal at the 1993 World Championship, and three more Gold medals at the 1996, 1998, and 1999 Worlds, the most World titles of any American woman at the time.
Tricia is married to Townsend Saunders, a 1996 Olympic silver medalist in men's freestyle wrestling.
They have three children, two daughters, Tassia and Tatiana and a son, Townsend.
Saunders became one of the first coaches of the U.S. Women's Olympic Wrestling Team at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
Saunders is the namesake of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award, given by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The award honors the most outstanding high school seniors in women's wrestling.
Criteria include wrestling accomplishments, scholastic achievement, and community service.
In 2006, Saunders became the first woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
In 2011, she was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.
