Brooks wins silver medal in Senior division of Klippan Lady Open in Sweden

KLIPPAN, Sweden – High school star Karlee Brooks, who is with the Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC), won a silver medal in the Senior division at the respected Klippan Lady Open on Sunday.

Brooks, who was a member of the 2023 U17 World Team, was edged in the championship finals by 2022 U23 World silver medalist Magdalena Glodek of Poland, 5-4.

Brooks went an impressive 3-0 on Saturday to punch her ticket into the finals, when she scored a 12-0 technical fall over Lobna Icaoui of Tunisia, a fall in 4:15 against Lilya Cohen of France and a 5-4 decision over Maelyss Rousselet of France.

Brooks was the only one of the five U.S. athletes who are U20 eligible to win a medal in the Klippan Lady Open Senior division this year.

Placing fifth for the USA were Hanna Errthum at 62 kg and May Prado at 65 kg.

Errthum, who trains at the USOPTC, lost a tight 13-10 bout in a bronze-medal match to 2023 Nordic U17 champion Mirijam Hansen of Norway. Prado, a member of the 2023 U.S. U17 World Team, lost her four matches in a five-athlete round robin.

KLIPPAN LADY OPEN

At Klippan, Sweden, Feb. 17-18

Senior Medalists

50 kg

Gold - Miruko Sakane (Japan)        

Silver - Natalia Walczak (Poland)

Bronze - Agata Walerzak (Poland)

Bronze - Katie Ann Dutchak (Canada)

53 kg

Gold - Magdalena Glodek (Poland)

Silver - Karlee Brooks (USA)         

Bronze - Mihoko Takeuchi (Japan)

Bronze - Lobna Ichaoui (Tunisia)  

55 kg

Gold - Josefine Purschke (Germany)            

Silver - Amoryolivia Andrich (Germany)     

Bronze - Felicitas Domajeva (Norway)        

57 kg

Gold - Sowaka Uchida (Japan)

Silver - Tindra Dalmyr (Sweden)   

Bronze - Mia Oliver (France)         

Bronze - Celeste Sion (France)

59 kg

Gold - Luna Rothenberger (Germany)

Silver - Anna Tieliegina (Lithuania)

Bronze - Agnes Harström (Sweden)

62 kg

Gold - Konami Ono (Japan)

Silver - Siwar Bouseta (Tunisia)    

Bronze - Mirijam Hansen (Norway)

Bronze - Naemi Leistner (Germany)

65 kg

Gold - Vanja Gersak Peréz (Germany)

Silver - Ingrid Bergh Skar (Norway)

Bronze - Hedda Förare Berg (Sweden)

68 kg

Gold - Momoko Kitade (Japan)

Silver - Laura Köhler (Germany)

Bronze - Tindra Sjöberg (Sweden)

Bronze - Tilda Wanngård (Sweden)

72 kg

Gold - Lilly Schneider (Germany) 

Silver - Ambre Chevreau (France) 

Bronze - Elvira Ersson (Sweden)

76 kg

Gold - Samar Amer Ibrahim (Egypt)

Silver - Chang Huitsz (Taipei)

Bronze - Zaineb Sghaier (Tunisia)

U.S. Senior Women’s Freestyle results

50 kg – Rianne Murphy, Crown Point, Ind. (Wyoming Seminary), 15^th place

LOSS Roberta Luostarinen (Finland), fall, 1:38

50 kg – Genesis Cejudo, Phoenix, Ariz. (EAP), 17^th place

LOSS Julie Sabatie (France), fall

50 kg – Clare Booe, Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Wyoming Seminary), 10^th place

WIN Hsieh Meng Hsuan (Chinese Taipei), 11-10

LOSS Roberta Luostarinen (Finland), tech. fall, 10-0

53 kg – Karlee Brooks, Phoenix, Ariz. (EAP), silver medal

WIN Lobna Icaoui (Tunisia), tech. fall, 12-0

WIN Lilya Cohen (France), fall, 4:15

WIN Maelyss Rousselet (France), 5-4

LOSS Magdalena Glodek (Poland), 5-4

62 kg – Hanna Errthum, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Combat WC School of Wrestling/USOPTC), 5^th place

LOSS Siwar Bouseta (Tunisia), 10-5

LOSS Mirijam Hansen (Norway), 13-10

65 kg – May Prado, Marietta, Ga, (Level Up), 5^th place

LOSS Nora Svensson (Sweden), fall

LOSS Hedda Forare Berg (Sweden), fall, 1:02

LOSS Ingrid Bergh Skar (Norway), 9-0

LOSS Vanja Gersak Perez (Germany), tech fall 10-0