Areana Villaescusa

2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 55 kg/121 lbs.

Years on Team USA:43 (2019-20, 2021-22, 2023-25) 

Residence: Fountain, Colo.

Hometown: Rio Rico, Ariz.

Club: U.S. Army WCAP

Personal Coach: Bruce Robinson

High School: Rio Rico, Ariz.

Born: September 21, 1996

Senior World Teams 

2024 Senior Worlds (5th at 55 kg)

Military World Teams

2024 Military Worlds (4th at 55 kg), 2019 World Military Games (7th at 53 kg), 2017 Military Worlds (4th at 58 kg)

Career Highlights 

• U.S. Senior World Team member

• Three-time U.S. Military World Team member

• Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist

• Two-time U.S. Open runner-up

Career Biography

2024: Fifth in Senior World Championships in Tirana, Albania… Fourth in CISM World Military Championships in Erevan, Armenia… Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Senior World Team Trials champion… Fourth in Senior Nationals (Dec. 2023)…

2023: Fourth in Bill Farrell Memorial International… Seventh in Polyak Imre & Vargo Janos Memorial (Hungary)… Third in U.S. Open… Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up…

2022: Eighth in U.S. Open…

2021: Third in Senior World Team Trials…

2020: Second in U.S. Open (Dec. 2019)…

2019: Seventh in CISM World Military Games in Wuhan, China… Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… Bill Farrell Memorial International bronze medalist… Fourth in Grand Prix of Germany… Second in World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… Second in U.S. Open… 

2017: Fourth in CISM World Military Championships in Klaipeda, Lithuania… Fourth in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2015: Fourth in Guelph Open (Canada)…
2014: Eighth in U.S. Open…

High School: Attended Rio Rico High School in Arizona…

Age-Group: Second in 2019 U23 World Team Trials… Second at 2017 U23 World Team Trials…Fifth in 2016 University Nationals…Fourth in 2016 UWW Junior Nationals… Second in 2015 UWW Junior Nationals… Second in 2014 Junior Nationals… Eighth in 2014 UWW Junior Nationals…Seventh in 2013 Junior Nationals… Third in 2013 UWW Cadet Nationals… Second in 2012 UWW Cadet Pan American Championships…

Personal: Her rank is Sergeant (SGT) with the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Carson, Colo.