Kylie Welker

Kylie Welker
Personal information
Full nameKylie Renee Welker
Born (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003
Franksville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sport
Country United States
SportWrestling
Weight class
76 kg
Event
Freestyle
College teamIowa
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Tirana72 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Zagreb76 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Monterrey76 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Coralville76 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Madrid72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Tirana72 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Novi Sad76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Belgrade76 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago76 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Ufa76 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia61 kg

Kylie Welker (born 17 December 2003) is an American freestyle wrestler.[1][2]

Wrestling career

International

She reached the semifinals of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 72kg competition by defeating Canadian Aleah Nickel with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, French Pauline Lecarpentier 4–0 in the second round, and Chinese Jiang Qian in the quarterfinals with a 7–2 lead. In the semifinals, she lost to Japan's Ami Ishii with a 12-1 technical superiority. She defeated Romanian Alexandra Anghel 5–2 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal.[3]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.[4]

NCAA

Welker competes for the University of Iowa's Hawkeyes women's wrestling team, where she has won both team and individual titles at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships.[5]

She was a three-time finalist for the Anthony-Maroulis Trophy (2024, 2025 and 2026).[6][7][8]

Championships and accomplishments

Freestyle wrestling

  • NCAA
    • 2026 NCAA Women’s Wrestling Champion - 180 lbs.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Kylie Renee Welker profile page". uww.org.
  2. ↑ "Kylie Renee Welker". hawkeyesports.com.
  3. ↑ "Women – Seniors – 72 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "2025 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Welker beats Makoyed in last match, as Iowa edges North Central to win its first NCWWC team title". 10 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Abbott, Gary (April 4, 2024). "Adaugo Nwachukwu of William Penn named 2024 USA Wrestling Women's College Wrestler of the Year". USA Wrestling. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  7. ↑ Immel, Richard (April 8, 2025). "Kennedy Blades of Iowa named 2025 USA Wrestling Women's College Wrestler of the Year". USA Wrestling. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ Immel, Richard (April 2, 2026). "Audrey Jimenez wins 2026 USA Wrestling Anthony-Maroulis Trophy". USA Wrestling. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  9. ↑ Brown, Olivia (March 9, 2026). "The first NCAA women's wrestling champions are crowned. How bright is the sport's future?". NCAA. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
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