Alyssa Lampe

Career

High school Originally from Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Lampe wrestled for Tomahawk High School. She was the first female wrestler to qualify for the state wrestling meet, and the first girl to wrestle for a Wisconsin state championship. She competed at state three times and placed second at the 2006 State Championships. During her senior year, she won 47 of 53 matches, but lost the Division 2 state title to Thane Antczak of Chetek/Prairie Farm by a score of 6–3 after defeating Antczak 2–1 in the individual sectional finals.

Collegiate After high school, she attended Northern Michigan University, where she was part of the U.S. Olympic Education Program and trained with coaches Shannyn Gillespie and Tony De Anda. In May 2007, Lampe was recognized as the women's freestyle athlete of the semester at the U.S. Olympic Education Center. She eventually decided to move to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to join the U.S. Olympic Training Center resident program. At the training center, she trained with coaches Terry Steiner and Izzy Iboinikov. She again won a bronze medal in the weight class at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Istanbul.

In 2009, after placing third at the U.S. Championships in weight class, Lampe won the title in that same weight class at the Pan American Championships in Maracaibo. She won the title against competitors Terri McNutt (Canada) and Romina Gonzalez (Argentina). In 2010, Lampe was the U.S. champion in the weight class ahead of Mary Kelly, Sara Fulp-Allen and Victoria Anthony. She also won the World Championship Trials ahead of Clarissa Chun and Sara Fulp-Allen. At the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, she lost her first match against Iwona Matkowska, Poland, on points. Since Matkowska did not reach the final, Lampe was eliminated and came in 20th place.

In 2011, Lampe took second place behind Chun at the World Championship Trials and the U.S. Olympic Trials. She competed in the weight class at the 2012 Women's World Championships, beating Angela Dorogan (Azerbaijan) and Roksanan Zasina (Poland), before losing to Sun Yanan (China). She would eventually earn a bronze medal by Elenora Abutalipowa of Kazakhstan.

Lampe won back-to-back bronze medals at the 2012 and 2013 Senior World Championships. 2004 1st Body Bar 2005 3rd Junior Nationals 2005 1st Body Bar Women's FILA Cadet Nationals in El Cajon, California 2005 3rd FILA Junior Body Bar 2006 2nd Junior Nationals 2007 1st Missouri Valley Showcase in Marshall, Missouri (senior division) 2007 5th Senior National Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 1st Body Bar FILA Junior National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado 2007 3rd Junior World Championships (U 20) in Beijing, China 2007 5th U.S. World Team Trials 2008 1st New York Athletic Club International Open 2008 4th Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado 2008 2nd U.S. World Team Trials 2008 3rd Junior World Championships (U 20) in Istanbul, Turkey 2008 7th U.S. Nationals 2009 5th Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado 2009 1st Pan American Championship in Maracaibo, Venezuela 2009 1st New York Athletic Club International Open 2009 3rd Sunkist Kids International Open 2009 2nd U.S. World Team Trials 2009 3rd U.S. Nationals 2010 1st World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa 2012 1st U.S. Women's World Team Wrestle-Off in Colorado Springs, Colorado 2012 2nd U.S. Olympic Team Trials 2013 1st U.S. World Team Trials 2013 1st U.S. Open 2014 5th World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2014 2nd Open Cup of Russia 2014 1st Bill Farrell International in New York 2014 3rd Spanish Grand Prix 2014 2nd Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colorado 2014 1st U.S. World Team Trials at Madison, Wisconsin 2014 1st U.S. Open at Las Vegas, Nevada 2014 3rd Klippan Lady Open 2015 3rd Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada 2015 9th World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada 2015 3rd Cerro Pelado International in Cuba 2015 1st U.S. World Team Trials 2015 2nd U.S. Open 2016 3rd Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier 2016 3rd Olympic test event in Brazil 2019 13th Poland Open 2019 1st Senior Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas 2020 3rd Senior Nationals Retirement (2016–2019) Lampe took a hiatus from the sport in 2016. In December 2019, she returned to wrestling with a No. 1 finish at the 2019 Senior Nationals.

In her first competition back, Lampe won the December 2019 Senior Nationals title at the weight class in Fort Worth, Texas.

Coaching Lampe started coaching as a volunteer assistant coach at Norwich University in 2019.

Awards Lampe was named the 2013 USA Wrestling Women's Wrestler of the Year and 2013 U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler. TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week in 2013 after winning the Poland Open championship.