Kylie Welker

Kylie Welker (born 17 December 2003) is an American freestyle wrestler.

Wrestling career

International She reached the semifinals of the 2024 World Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, in the women's freestyle 72kg competition by defeating Canadian Aleah Nickel with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, French Pauline Lecarpentier 4–0 in the second round, and Chinese Jiang Qian in the quarterfinals with a 7–2 lead. In the semifinals, she lost to Japan's Ami Ishii with a 12-1 technical superiority. She defeated Romanian Alexandra Anghel 5–2 in the bronze medal match and won the bronze medal.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

NCAA Welker competes for the University of Iowa's Hawkeyes women's wrestling team, where she has won both team and individual titles at the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships.

She was a three-time finalist for the Anthony-Maroulis Trophy (2024, 2025 and 2026).

Championships and accomplishments Freestyle wrestling NCAA 2026 NCAA Women’s Wrestling Champion - 180 lbs.