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Whitney Conder
5x U.S. World Team member, 2011 to 2019; 2007 Junior World champion; 2x Pan American Games champion for the Army's WCAP
Puyallup, WA · Puyallup High School HS · Northern Michigan University
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 24, 2026
Whitney Conder is from Puyallup, Washington. She wrestled on the Puyallup High School boys' team and twice placed at the state tournament, once at the 2005 Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome.
She wrestled two years at Northern Michigan University, home of the U.S. Olympic Education Center. In 2007 she won the Junior World Championships in Beijing. In 2008 she moved to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
She made her first Senior World Team in 2011 at 51 kg, about 112 pounds, and placed 13th in Istanbul. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials she placed fourth at 48 kg. She served in the Army from 2012 to January 2023 and wrestled for its World Class Athlete Program.
In 2014 she won the U.S. Open, and she won the World Team Trials at 53 kg to make her second World Team. She placed ninth at the World Championships in Tashkent and took silver at the Military World Championships.
In 2015 she beat Michaela Hutchison of Titan Mercury WC 8-0 and 13-0 at the World Team Trials. She won the Pan American Games title at 53 kg near Toronto and placed 16th at the World Championships in Las Vegas.
At the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials she lost the 53 kg final to Helen Maroulis, who went on to win Olympic gold for the United States.
At 50 kg she beat Victoria Anthony of the Sunkist Kids 7-3 for her fifth U.S. Open title in 2018, then beat her again at Final X for a fourth World Team. She also won the 2018 Pan American Championships.
In 2019 she won a second Pan American Games title and made her fifth Senior World Team. That October, at the Military World Games in Wuhan, China, she beat Kseniya Stankevich of Belarus 9-2 and Nada Ashour of Egypt 11-0. She took silver after a 6-5 loss to Yuyan Li of China.
Now Whitney Cox, she is an Army veteran and a former head coach of the Siena Heights University women's team.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Age group | Junior World Championships, Beijing | 1st | USA Wrestling lists her 2007 Junior World gold in Beijing, China, as the start of her international career. | |
| 2011 | Senior | World Championships, Istanbul | 51 kg | 13th | Her first Senior World Team. |
| 2012 | Senior | U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Iowa City | 48 kg | 4th | Clarissa Chun won the weight and the Olympic bronze medal in London. |
| 2014 | Senior | U.S. World Team Trials | 53 kg | 1st | She also won the U.S. Open that year. The win put her on the World Team at 53 kg. |
| 2014 | Senior | World Championships, Tashkent | 53 kg | 9th | Her second Senior World Team. |
| 2014 | Senior | Military World Championships, Fort Dix, New Jersey | 2nd | Silver medal, listed in USA Wrestling's record of her World Championship experience. | |
| 2015 | Senior | U.S. World Team Trials, Madison, Wisconsin | 53 kg | 1st | 2-0. Beat Challenge Tournament winner Michaela Hutchison of Titan Mercury WC 8-0, then by 13-0 technical fall, for her third World Team. |
| 2015 | Senior | Pan American Games, Toronto | 53 kg | 1st | She pinned Yamilka Del Valle of Cuba to reach the final at the Mississauga Sports Centre and won the gold medal. |
| 2015 | Senior | World Championships, Las Vegas | 53 kg | 16th | Her third Senior World Team. |
| 2016 | Senior | U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Iowa City | 53 kg | 2nd | Lost the 53 kg final to Helen Maroulis. |
| 2018 | Senior | U.S. Open | 50 kg | 1st | Beat Victoria Anthony of the Sunkist Kids 7-3 in the final. Her fifth U.S. Open title. |
| 2018 | Senior | Final X | 50 kg | 1st | 2-1. Beat Victoria Anthony of the Sunkist Kids two bouts to one, winning the first and third, for her fourth Senior World Team. |
| 2019 | Senior | Pan American Games | 1st | Her second Pan American Games title, after 2015. | |
| 2019 | Senior | Military World Games, Wuhan, China | 50 kg | 2nd | Beat Kseniya Stankevich of Belarus 9-2 and Nada Ashour of Egypt 11-0 and lost 6-5 to Yuyan Li of China, taking the silver medal. |
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 to the operator, Joe Spisak, at joe@spisak.co and the page gets the number.
Sources
- https://tacomaathletic.com/page/daa-2015-whitney-conder · Tacoma Athletic Commission, 2015 female Athlete of the Year. From Puyallup High School, she won three letters and twice placed at the state tournament against boys, including the 2005 Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome. She went on to Northern Michigan University and in 2008 to the Olympic Training Center. She placed fourth at 48 kg at the 2012 Olympic Trials and won the 2014 World Team Trials and U.S. Open.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2018/june/15/final-x-preview-for-50-kg-women · USA Wrestling, June 2018, Final X preview at 50 kg. Her World Championship record from the 2007 Junior Worlds gold in Beijing to 16th at the 2015 Worlds, her 2018 U.S. Open title over Victoria Anthony, 7-3, and her 2015 Pan American Games and 2018 Pan American Championships titles.
- https://www.themat.com/team-usa/world-team-history · USA Wrestling, World Team history. Whitney Conder is listed on the women's freestyle World Team in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019, ninth in 2014. Helen Maroulis is on the same U.S. list.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2015/june/13/ragan-gray-conder-clodgo-earn-world-team-berths-in-womens-freestyle · USA Wrestling, June 2015. Conder beat Michaela Hutchison 8-0 and 13-0 at the World Team Trials in Madison, Wisconsin, to make her third World Team at 53 kg.
- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/171355/army-athletes-coaches-bolster-team-usa-performance-pan-am-games · U.S. Army, July 2015. Sgt. Whitney Conder of the World Class Athlete Program won gold in women's freestyle at the Pan American Games in Toronto.
- https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2080304/soldier-athletes-help-team-usa-win-team-title-panam-games · U.S. Army photo, July 2015. Conder pinned Yamilka Del Valle of Cuba to reach the 53 kg final at the Pan American Games and went on to win the gold medal.
- https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2524140/soldiers-compete-2016-us-olympic-wrestling-trials · U.S. Army photo, April 2016. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in Iowa City, Conder beat Shelby Morrison 10-0 in the first round and advanced to the 53 kg final.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2019/may/19/field-for-final-x-in-womens-freestyle-is-completed-at-world-team-trials-challenge-tournament · USA Wrestling, May 2019. Four-time World Team member and 2018 Final X champion Whitney Conder would face Victoria Anthony again. Their 2018 series went to three bouts, and Conder won the first and third.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2019/september/13/meet-your-2019-usa-world-wrestling-team · USA Wrestling, September 2019. Whitney Conder made her fifth Senior World Team at 50 kg.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2019/september/16/first-four-usa-women-get-draws-for-world-championships · USA Wrestling, September 2019, from Nur-Sultan. Conder, of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, was making her fifth Senior World Championships appearance and is a two-time Pan American Games champion, 2015 and 2019.
- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/349380/army-wrestler-takes-silver-military-world-games · U.S. Armed Forces Sports, October 2019. At the Military World Games in Wuhan, Staff Sgt. Whitney Conder of Puyallup beat wrestlers from Belarus and Egypt and lost 6-5 to Yuyan Li of China for silver at 50 kg.
- https://theopenmat.com/articles/tom645d3bc3c222f · The Open Mat, May 2023. Whitney Cox, whose maiden name is Whitney Conder, was named head women's wrestling coach at Siena Heights University. She wrestled two years for Northern Michigan and served in the Army from 2012 to January 2023.
- https://shusaints.com/sports/wwrest/coaches/cox-whitney · Siena Heights University, coach biography of Whitney Cox. A Puyallup native and Army veteran, née Whitney Conder, she was hired as the program's second head coach.
- https://shusaints.com/sports/wwrest/coaches/durocher-patrick · Siena Heights University, biography of head coach Patrick Durocher. He worked alongside former Siena Heights coach Whitney Cox in the 2023-24 season.
- https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12535624-womens-freestylers-building-unbreakable-bond-through-armys-wcap-program · FloWrestling, May 2024. A feature on the Army's World Class Athlete Program lists Whitney Conder among its women's freestyle alumni, a 2007 Junior World champion with five Senior World Teams.
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