Kristie Marano

Kristie Davis (née Karen Stenglein, later Kristie Marano) (born January 24, 1979) is a wrestler from Albany, New York.

Kristie Marano
Army World Class Athlete Program Sgt. Iris Smith (left) wrestles against New York Athletic Club's Kristie Marano in the women's 158.5-pound final of the 2007 U.S. National Wrestling Championships April 6 at Las Vegas Convention Center.
Personal information
Birth nameKristie Stenglein
NationalityAmerican
Born (1979-01-24) January 24, 1979
Albany, New York, USA
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling

Davis won nine medals at the Women's World Championships in wrestling, two of which were gold. In 2004, Davis (who was competing as Kristie Marano at the time) received the James M. Cooke Memorial Award as the New York Athletic Club's (NYAC) Athlete of the Year.[1] She was the third woman to receive this award.

In 2002, she was awarded Women's Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling.

Kristie married Link Davis, the head coach of the Emmanuel College wrestling team, and went by Kristie Davis in 2016. She is an alumna of Colonie Central High School and Hudson Valley Community College and Pikes Peak Community College. She has a daughter named Kayla[2] from her first marriage.

Davis came out of retirement in 2016 in an unsuccessful attempt to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 75 kg class.

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