2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 50 kg/110 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 11 (2014-25)

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hometown: Granger, Ind.

Club: New York Athletic Club

Personal Coach: Brad Harper

College: King University

High School: Mishawaka, Ind. (Penn High School)

Born: Sept. 23, 1993

Height: 5’3”

Olympic Teams

2020 Olympic Games (Bronze at 50 kg)

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 50 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 50 kg), 2021 Senior Worlds (Silver at 50 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Ninth at 53 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Silver at 53 kg), 2016 Senior Worlds (10th at 55 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2013 Junior Worlds (10th at 55 kg), 2013 World University Games (8th at 55 kg), 2012 Junior Worlds (11th at 55 kg)

Career Highlights

• Olympic Games bronze medalist

• Four-time Senior World Championships medalist

• Six-time U.S. World Team member

• Pan-American Games gold medalist

• Seven-time Pan-American Championships gold medalist

• Four-time Final X champion

• Two-time U.S. Open champion

• Two-time WCWA national champion and four-time finalist for King University

Career Biography

2024: Poland Open silver medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2023: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Polyak Imre and Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) gold medalist… Final X champion…

2022: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Zouhaier Sghaier Tournament (Tunisia) gold medalist… Final X champion…

2021: Olympic Games bronze medalist in Tokyo, Japan… Senior World Championships silver medalist in Oslo, Norway… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Henri Deglane Grand Prix (France) gold medalist… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2020: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier (Canada) silver medalist… Matteo Pellicone Tournament (Italy) gold medalist… U.S. Open champion…

2019: Ninth at Senior World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan... Pan American Games gold medalist… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) gold medalist… Dan Kolov International (Bulgaria) bronze medalist… Final X champion…

2018: Senior World Championships silver medalist in Budapest, Hungary… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Grand Prix of Spain gold medalist… Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial gold medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) bronze medalist… Fifth at Poland Open… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion…

2017: Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) silver medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Fifth in Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial… Second in U.S. World Team Trials…

2016: 10th in Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) silver medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… 10th in Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials champion… Third in U.S. Open…

2015: Pan American Championships gold medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… 10th in Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… Third at U.S. World Team Trials… Third at U.S. Open…

2014: Bill Farrell Memorial International bronze medalist… Second in Phase II World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Fifth in Grand Prix of Spain… Fifth in Dave Schultz Memorial International…

2013: 10th in Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria… Eighth in World University Games in Kazan, Russia… Pan American Championships gold medalist… New York Athletic Club International gold medalist… Austrian Ladies Open gold medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) silver medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth in U.S. Open…

2012: 11th in Junior World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand… Second in University Nationals

2010: Fifth in Sunkist Kids International Open…

College: 2015 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds for King University… 2014 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds... Second in 2013 WCWA National Championships at 123 pounds… Second in 2012 WCWA National Championships at 123 pounds… Coached by Jason Moorman…

Age-Group: 2011 Junior Nationals champion… Second in 2010 Junior Nationals… Third in 2010 Junior Pan American Championships… Second in 2010 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals… 2010 Body Bar FILA Cadet Nationals champion…

Personal: Daughter of Nancy and Chris Hildebrandt… Has two brothers, Cory and Drew, and one sister, Amy… Drew earned NCAA All-American honors twice at Central Michigan and placed second in 2014 Junior Nationals in freestyle… Hobbies include reading and playing video games… U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete…

Awards: 2018 USA Wrestling Women’s Wrestler of the Year… Outstanding Wrestler at the 2018 Pan American Championship… Outstanding Wrestler at the 2018 U.S. Open… Outstanding Wrestler at 2016 Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials…

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