Wrestlers · Senior level
Gracie Figueroa
4x California state champion at Selma, 193-0; 2016 Cadet World bronze medalist at 56 kg; 2019 WCWA national champion as a Menlo freshman
Selma, CA · Selma HS · Menlo College
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 3, 2026
Gracie Figueroa went 193-0 at Selma High School in California's Central Valley. She won four straight CIF state titles in four different weight classes, at 111 pounds in 2015, 116 in 2016, 126 in 2017 and 121 in 2018. Nobody had won four state titles in four different classes before. Her teammate Alleida Martinez also won four, and the Bears took three straight team titles.
On September 15, 2016, she took bronze at 56 kg, about 123 pounds, at the Cadet World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. She lost her opener, won 7-6 over Anna Szel of Hungary in the wrestlebacks, then beat Anastasia Sizenko of Russia 6-5 for third. In 2017 she became the first woman to win UWW Cadet and Junior national titles in the same weekend, at 56 kg and 59 kg. That fall she won the first girls' match ever held at FloWrestling's Who's Number One, beating Macey Kilty of Wisconsin 6-4 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
She went to Menlo College with Martinez and went 31-3 as a freshman at 116 pounds. She entered the postseason ranked first in the country, won the WCWA national title on February 9, 2019, and finished second at the NAIA championships. The next season she went 5-0 at 130 pounds and won the conference title. She made five U.S. World Teams and won five Fargo national titles.
She coached at Fresno City College, at Selma High School and then at King University, where she was interim head coach when the Tornado placed fifth at the 2025 national championships. She entered the U.S. Open that April after three years away from competing, and she now trains full time in Iowa City.
She trains in Iowa City as a resident athlete with the Iowa Women's Wrestling Club, which re-signed her in June 2026 to keep backing her run at a World and Olympic team.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | High school | CIF California State Championships | 111 lb | 1st | First of four straight state titles |
| 2015-16 | High school | CIF California State Championships | 116 lb | 1st | |
| 2016 | Age group | Cadet World Championships, Tbilisi, Georgia | 56 kg | 3rd | September 15, 2016; she lost her opener 12-0 to Anastasia Nichita of Moldova, beat Anna Szel of Hungary 7-6 in the wrestlebacks, then beat returning Cadet World bronze medalist Anastasia Sizenko of Russia 6-5 in the bronze medal match. It was her second straight Cadet Worlds; she told USA Wrestling she had not placed the year before, so no 2015 finish is given. |
| 2016-17 | High school | CIF California State Championships | 126 lb | 1st | |
| 2017 | Age group | UWW Cadet and Junior National Championships | 56 kg and 59 kg | 1st | She was the first woman to win Cadet and Junior national titles in the same weekend, taking one at 56 kg and the other at 59 kg |
| 2017 | High school | FloWrestling Who's Number One, Bethlehem, PA | 1st | She won the first girls' match held at the event, beating Cadet national champion Macey Kilty of Wisconsin 6-4 | |
| 2017-18 | High school | CIF California State Championships | 121 lb | 1st | 33-0; 193-0 career. She beat Corona's Caitlin Cardenas 9-0 in the final; fourth straight title and the first girl to win four state titles in four different weight classes; Cal-Hi Sports State Girls Athlete of the Year for 2017-18 |
| 2018-19 | College | WCWA National Championships | 116 lb | 1st | 31-3. Feb. 9, 2019; she entered ranked first in the country at the weight, and won the OCU Blue Chip Invitational, the West Coast Tournament of Champions, the Menlo Open and the Oregon Classic during the season |
| 2018-19 | College | NAIA National Championships | 116 lb | 2nd | Her second All-America honor of the same season |
| 2019-20 | College | Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships | 130 lb | 1st | 5-0. One of three Menlo wrestlers to go undefeated that season; named an All-American at the end of the year |
| 2025 | Senior | U.S. Open Championships, Las Vegas | did not place | She entered in April 2025 after three years away from competing, then signed with the Iowa Women's Wrestling Club that August as its second resident athlete |
What we could not confirm
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Sources
- https://www.calhisports.com/2018/07/22/state-athlete-of-year-gracie-figueroa/ · 2017-18 Cal-Hi Sports State Girls Athlete of the Year from Selma High School; four straight CIF state titles at 111 pounds in 2015, 116 in 2016, 126 in 2017 and 121 in 2018, the first girl to win four state titles in four different weight classes; 193-0 career and 33-0 as a senior; beat Corona's Caitlin Cardenas 9-0 in the 2018 final; first woman to win UWW Cadet and Junior national titles in the same weekend, at 56 kg and 59 kg; won the first women's match at FloWrestling's Who's Number One in Bethlehem, Pa., beating Macey Kitty 6-4; teammate Alleida Martinez also won four state titles and Selma won three straight team titles; signed with Menlo College; two-time Cadet freestyle national champion who represented the U.S. four times at age-group world championships with a bronze in 2016
- https://www.themat.com/news/2016/september/15/kilty-figueroa-ortega-wrestling-for-bronze-at-cadet-worlds · Sept. 2016 Cadet World Championships in Tbilisi: Figueroa, returning for her second straight Cadet Worlds, lost 12-0 to Anastasia Nichita of Moldova at 56 kg, beat Anna Szel of Hungary 7-6 in repechage and reached the bronze medal match against Anastasia Sizenko of Russia; she was a four-time Fargo champion from California
- https://menloathletics.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/gracie-figueroa/6338 · Menlo College roster: 2018-19 freshman season 31-3 at 116 pounds, the most wins on the team, with titles at the OCU Blue Chip Invitational, West Coast Tournament of Champions, Menlo Open and Oregon Classic; entered the postseason ranked No. 1 at 116, won the WCWA national title and finished second at the NAIA national tournament; 2019-20 went 5-0 at 130, won the CCC championship and was named an All-American; prepped at Selma High School
- https://kingtornado.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/coaches/gracie-figueroa/943 · King University coaching bio: Figueroa, a native of Selma, Calif., joined the Tornado staff in Sept. 2024; first-ever female Who's Number One champion, four-time undefeated California state champion, five-time Fargo national champion, five-time World Team member, bronze medalist at the 2016 Cadet World Championships at 56 kg; won a collegiate national championship at 116 pounds at Menlo; coached at Fresno City College and Selma High School
- https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/14049146-bret-fry-named-new-king-womens-wrestling-coach · April 4, 2025: King finished fifth at the 2025 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships with Gracie Figueroa as interim head coach, with seven All-Americans and two finalists, before Bret Fry was hired on April 3, 2025
- https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/14472671-national-champion-gracie-figueroa-joins-iowa-womens-wrestling-club · Aug. 25, 2025: the Iowa Women's Wrestling Club signed Figueroa as its second resident athlete, joining Macey Kilty; four-time undefeated California state champion, five-time Fargo national champion, five-time World Team member, Cadet World bronze medalist, collegiate national champion and runner-up; she joined the King University women's wrestling staff in 2024 and entered the 2025 U.S. Open after a three-year break from competing; the IWWC was founded in 2023 as the first club dedicated to American women wrestlers after college
- https://iowawomenswrestlingclub.com/iowa-womens-wrestling-club-re-signs-gracie-figueroa/ · June 8, 2026: the Iowa Women's Wrestling Club re-signed Figueroa, who joined the club in August 2025 and is a key member of its resident athlete program; the Selma, California, native is a four-time undefeated California state champion, five-time Fargo national champion, five-time U.S. World Team member, Cadet World bronze medalist and collegiate national champion; she stepped away from competition for three years to begin coaching before returning to training in Iowa City
- https://hanfordsentinel.com/community/selma-kingsburg/figueroa-martinez-win-national-championships/article_86291ec9-fd92-5afd-b55c-2616ffb781ec.html · Hanford Sentinel photo caption: former Selma wrestler Gracie Figueroa won an individual national championship as a freshman at Menlo College at the WCWA College Women's Nationals on Feb. 9; she was a four-time undefeated CIF state champion for Selma
- https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?postId=121801094 · TrackWrestling, Sept. 15, 2016: 'Figueroa bounced back from an opening-round defeat to take third at 56 kilograms' and 'Figueroa downed returning Cadet World bronze medalist Anastasia Sizenko 6-5 in the bout for bronze'; Figueroa is quoted saying 'it's a stepping stone from last year; I didn't even place', which rules out the 10th-place figure. The same report spells the Wisconsin wrestler Macey Kilty.
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