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Dominique Parrish

2022 World champion at 53 kg in Belgrade; 2024 Olympian in Paris; 2x WCWA champion at Simon Fraser; 2x California state champion

Scotts Valley, CA · Scotts Valley HS · Simon Fraser University

By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 10, 2026

Dominique Parrish
Photo: Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com

Dominique Parrish grew up in Scotts Valley, California, and wanted nothing to do with wrestling. Her father, Mike, coached the sport, and watching her older sister get pinned settled the question. Then, in sixth grade, her friends signed her up for a wrestling camp as a prank, and she kept wrestling after it ended.

She wrestled for her father at Scotts Valley High School and won a Central Coast Section title at 116 pounds in 2014. She won California state titles in 2014 and 2015, the second at 116 pounds over Alex Hedrick of Bella Vista. At Simon Fraser University, coached by Justin Abdou, she won WCWA titles at 123 pounds in 2018 in Oklahoma City and 2019 in Marietta, Georgia. She made three U23 World Teams and won the U.S. Open in December 2019.

At the 2022 World Championships in Belgrade, her first at the senior level, she technical-falled Mercedesz Denes of Hungary and Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador 10-0 apiece. She beat Maria Prevolaraki of Greece 3-1 in the semifinals, then won the final at 53 kg, about 117 pounds, over Khulan Batkhuyag of Mongolia 4-2. She outscored the bracket 27-3.

She later said few opponents had notes on her that year. The next year opponents had prepared and she went out in the qualifying rounds.

In 2024 she reached the final of the Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier in Acapulco, where her 9-6 semifinal win over Laura Herin Avila of Cuba qualified the United States at 53 kg. On April 20 in State College she swept 2016 Olympian Haley Augello 2-1 and 5-2 to make her first Olympic team. In Paris she lost by fall to two-time World champion Akari Fujinami of Japan on Aug. 7, then lost her repechage match to Batkhuyag the next day and placed 11th. She trains at the Beaver Dam Regional Training Center in Corvallis, Oregon.

She lives in Corvallis, Oregon, and wrestles at 53 kg for the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club.

Results

SeasonLevelEventWeightPlaceNote
2013-14High schoolCentral Coast Section Championships, San Jose116 lb1stWon as a junior at Scotts Valley High School, where her father Mike Parrish, a high school coach since 1983, was her coach
2013-14High schoolCIF Girls Wrestling State Invitational Championships1stHer first California state title, for Scotts Valley High School, after placing second in 2013.
2014-15High schoolCIF Girls Wrestling State Invitational Championships, Visalia116 lb1stShe beat Alex Hedrick of Bella Vista in the final at 116 pounds to repeat as state champion.
2017-18CollegeWCWA National Championships, Oklahoma City123 lb1stSimon Fraser finished second in the team standings, five points off the lead, with Parrish one of three individual champions alongside Abby Lloyd and Mallory Velte
2018-19CollegeWCWA National Championships, Marietta, Ga.123 lb1stShe repeated at 123 pounds and Simon Fraser was second by 4.5 points; she was a four-time All-American for the program and won the 2019 Miranda Medal as the top U.S. college women's wrestler
2019SeniorU.S. Open1stHeld in December 2019; she was also the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion and a Final X runner-up that year, and made U23 World Teams in 2017, 2018 and 2019
2021SeniorU.S. Olympic Team Trials3rdHer father later said the near miss made her ask whether she wanted to keep going
2022SeniorPan American Championships1stShe also won Final X in 2022 and took bronze at the Yasar Dogu in Turkey
2022SeniorWorld Championships, Belgrade, Serbia53 kg1stHer first Senior World Championships; two 10-0 technical falls over Mercedesz Denes (Hungary) and Lucia Yepez Guzman (Ecuador), a 3-1 semifinal over Maria Prevolaraki (Greece), and a 4-2 final over 2022 Asian runner-up Khulan Batkhuyag (Mongolia) in which she answered a tying takedown with a leg attack of her own. She outscored her opponents 27-3 across two days at Stark Arena.
2023SeniorWorld Championships, Belgrade, Serbia53 kg22ndShe won Final X again in 2023 and was fifth at the Pan American Championships
2024SeniorPan American Olympic Games Qualifier, Acapulco, Mexico53 kgFeb. 28 to March 1, 2024 at Hotel Mundo Imperial. She opened with a 10-0 technical fall over Pan American Games bronze medalist Antonia Valdes Arriagada of Chile, then beat 2020 Olympian Laura Herin Avila of Cuba 9-6 in the semifinals. That semifinal win qualified the United States to enter 53 kg at the Paris Olympic Games. No placement is given because USA Wrestling's profile calls her a finalist while United World Wrestling's athlete record lists her first. She also won the Poland Open that year.
2024SeniorU.S. Olympic Team Trials, State College, Pa.53 kg1stApril 20, 2024; she swept 2016 Olympian Haley Augello in two matches, 2-1 and then 5-2, scoring an inside trip early in the second bout and countering a late leg attack for the clinching takedown
2024SeniorOlympic Games, Paris, France53 kg11thAug. 7 and 8, 2024; she lost by fall to two-time World champion Akari Fujinami (Japan), who won the weight class, in the opening round, and Fujinami reaching the final pulled her into repechage the next day, where Khulan Batkhuyag (Mongolia) beat her by fall. Batkhuyag was the wrestler she had beaten 4-2 for the 2022 World title.

What we could not confirm

Anything not on this page, a high school record, a final score, a season, was left out because no primary source stated it when this was written. If you have a bracket, a program, or a clipping, send it and the page gets the number.

Sources

  1. https://www.themat.com/profiles/dominique-parrish · USA Wrestling profile: age 29, hometown Scotts Valley, Calif., education Simon Fraser University; ranked No. 1 at 53 kg/116 lbs for 2024-25; eight years on Team USA (2017-25); residence Corvallis, Ore.; regional training center Beaver Dam RTC; club Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club; high school Scotts Valley, Calif.; 2024 Olympic Games 11th at 53 kg; 2023 Senior Worlds 22nd and 2022 Senior Worlds gold at 53 kg; U23 Worlds seventh in 2019, fifth in 2018, ninth in 2017; 2024 Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier finalist in Acapulco, qualifying the U.S. at 53 kg, plus Poland Open champion, U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion and Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier wrestle-off champion; 2023 Final X champion and fifth at Pan Ams; 2022 World champion, Pan American champion, Yasar Dogu bronze and Final X champion; 2021 third at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials; U.S. Open champion in December 2019; 2018 and 2019 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds for Simon Fraser, second in 2017 and third in 2016, coached by Mike Jones; 2014 and 2015 California high school state champion for Scotts Valley High School, second in 2013; 2019 Miranda Medal winner; the ranking line reads '2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 53 kg/116 lbs.' and 'Years on Team USA: 8 (2017-25)', residence Corvallis, Ore., club Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, with no 2025 or 2026 competition block
  2. https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/dominique-parrish · Team USA profile: Dominique Parrish, Olympian 2024, hometown Scotts Valley, CA, education Simon Fraser University; Olympic Games Paris 2024 at 53 kg; 2023 Senior Worlds 22nd and 2022 Senior Worlds gold at 53 kg; Senior World gold medalist, two-time U.S. World Team member, Pan American Championships gold medalist, U.S. Open champion, three-time U23 U.S. World Team member, two-time WCWA national champion and four-time All-American for Simon Fraser, two-time California high school state champion
  3. https://nwhof.org/news/parrish-captures-world-championship-gold-hildebrandt-velte-win-bronze · USA Wrestling report from Belgrade: Parrish won 53 kg gold at the 2022 Senior World Championships, parading the American flag around center mat in Stark Arena, with a 4-2 win over 2022 Asian runner-up Khulan Batkhuyag of Mongolia in which she led 2-0, was tied 2-2 on a Batkhuyag takedown, then hit a leg attack for the winning score; she had a pair of 10-0 technical falls over Mercedesz Denes of Hungary and Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador and a 3-1 semifinal over Maria Prevolaraki of Greece, outscoring opponents 27-3; it was her first Senior World Championships; a native of Scotts Valley, Calif., she won two WCWA national titles for Simon Fraser and was training in Tempe, Ariz. with the Sunkist Kids; final placings list Parrish gold, Batkhuyag silver, Prevolaraki and Vinesh Phogat bronze
  4. https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/08/06/sv-wrestler-dominique-parrish-hopes-to-take-world-by-storm-2024-summer-olympics/ · Aug. 6, 2024 Santa Cruz Sentinel: Parrish, 28, a former Scotts Valley High athlete, competed at 53 kg in Paris and was ranked No. 26 in the world; she suspects her 2022 gold came partly because few opponents had notes on her, and a year later she fell out in the qualifying rounds; her father was a coach and former competitor and she wanted nothing to do with the sport after watching her older sister get pinned, until friends signed her up for a wrestling camp as a prank in sixth grade; she won the California state tournament twice and also wrestled boys at area tournaments; a photo caption shows Scotts Valley High junior Parrish winning the Central Coast Section title at 116 pounds in San Jose in 2014; her first Paris match was against No. 3 seed Akari Fujinami of Japan, a two-time World champion at 53 kg. This story says she was a training partner for Helen Maroulis in Tokyo while the Pajaronian says she was a training partner for Jacarra Winchester, so the Tokyo detail is left out.
  5. https://pajaronian.com/scotts-valley-native-dom-parrish-earns-trip-to-summer-olympics/ · Pajaronian: Parrish, 27, beat 2016 Olympian Haley Augello two matches to none in the 53 kg final at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials in State College, Pa. on April 20, 2024; her father Mike Parrish, a high school coach since 1983, was her coach at Scotts Valley and said the 2021 near miss made her question whether she wanted to continue; she moved from the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club in Phoenix to the Beaver Dam RTC in Corvallis, Ore., working with Nate Engel; she went to the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico on Feb. 28 to March 1, 2024. This story says she was a training partner for Jacarra Winchester at the Tokyo Olympics, which conflicts with the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
  6. https://www.olympedia.org/results/2008145 · Olympedia results for the 2024 Olympic women's featherweight freestyle (53 kg) event, held 7 and 8 August 2024 with 16 entrants: Dominique Parrish (USA) placed 11th with no wins; in the round of 16 on 7 August on Mat B, Akari Fujinami (JPN) beat Parrish by fall; the bracket carries a Repechage Round One block dated 8 August 2024, 'Batkhuyagiin Khulan (MGL) Fall Dominique Parrish (USA)', and dates the event 7-8 August 2024
  7. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12451725-2024-olympic-wrestling-trials-live-updates · FloWrestling live updates from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: at women's freestyle 53 kg, Parrish won round one 2-1, then in round two scored an inside trip for an early 2-0 lead, added a shot-clock point for 3-0 at the break, and countered an Augello leg attack for a takedown to win 5-2 and take the Olympic spot
  8. https://nwcaonline.com/news/2026/7/1/national-wrestling-coaches-association-justin-abdou-set-to-retire-after-legendary-sfu-career.aspx · July 1, 2026 National Wrestling Coaches Association feature on Justin Abdou's retirement at Simon Fraser: with three individual national champions, Abby Lloyd at 116 pounds, Dominique Parrish at 123 and Mallory Velte at 143, SFU finished second at the 2018 WCWA Championships in Oklahoma City by five points; at the 2019 WCWA national meet in Marietta, Ga., SFU was second by 4.5 points with Parrish repeating as the 123-pound titlist; Mike Jones retired from coaching in 2017; 'After the retirement of Jones from coaching in 2017, Abdou took over the history-making women's program', which puts Abdou, not Jones, over the 2018 and 2019 WCWA title teams
  9. https://www.ksbw.com/article/scotts-valley-wrestler-wins-gold-at-2022-world-wrestling-championships/41254175 · Sept. 17, 2022 KSBW: Scotts Valley native Dominique Parrish won the gold medal at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia; she wrestled at 53 kilograms
  10. https://www.cifstate.org/sports/girls_wrestling/girls_past_results_records/gwr_recap · CIF's own girls wrestling recap, headed '2015 State Championships Final Results' from the fifth annual CIF Girls Wrestling State Invitational Championships in Visalia: '(116-pounds) Dominique Parrish, Scotts Valley d. Alex Hedrick, Bella Vista'
  11. https://www.themat.com/news/2024/february/29/parrish-miracle-and-elor-leap-to-women-s-freestyle-olympic-quotas-for-team-usa · Feb. 29, 2024 USA Wrestling report from the Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier in Acapulco: Parrish beat 2020 Olympian and 2023 Pan American Games silver medalist Laura Herin Avila of Cuba 9-6 in the 53 kg semifinals to earn the U.S. quota, after a 10-0 technical fall over Pan American Games bronze medalist Antonia Valdes Arriagada of Chile earlier that day; the event ran Feb. 28 to March 1 at Hotel Mundo Imperial
  12. https://www.themat.com/news/2026/april/28/2026-world-team-trials-challenge-tournament-women-s-freestyle-qualifiers · April 28, 2026 USA Wrestling qualifier list for the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, May 14-15 at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Ky.: under 53 kg, 'Dom Parrish - 2024 U.S. Olympic Team member'. The page says eligibility runs through its criteria 'in order' and that criterion (a) is '2024 Senior Women's Freestyle Olympic or World Team Member', so the entry is automatic and is not a 2026 result. This is the most recent page found that ties her to senior competition.
  13. https://uww.org/athletes/parrish-dominique-olivia · United World Wrestling athlete record for PARRISH Dominique Olivia (USA, women's wrestling, Seniors, 53 kg): '1st' against '2024 Seniors Pan-American OG Qualifier', Mexico, February 2024, which conflicts with USA Wrestling calling her a finalist at that event; '11th' against '2024 Olympic Games', France, August 2024. The record lists no competition after August 2024, its four most recent entries being the 2024 Olympic Games, the 2024 Seniors Pan-American OG Qualifier, the 2024 Seniors Pan-American Championships and the 2024 1st Ranking Series - Zagreb Open.
  14. https://nwhof.org/news/women-s-freestyle-senior-world-team-trials-champions-crowned · National Wrestling Hall of Fame report on the 2026 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament: the 53 kg placement list reads '1st - Elena Ivaldi (California) tech. fall Sydney Petzinger (Lehigh RTC/NYAC), 23-12' and '3rd - Jaslynn Gallegos (Cardinal WC) dec. Kaelani Shufeldt (Cardinal WC), 9-6'. Parrish is not in it.

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