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Patricia Miranda

1979 - Today

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Patricia Noriko Miranda (born June 11, 1979) is a former American collegiate wrestler. She became the first American woman in Olympic history to receive a medal in woman's Olympic wrestling, winning the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg or 106 lb weight class. As the daughter of political refugees from Brazil, Miranda began her wrestling career at age eleven by becoming the first female to wrestle at Redwood Middle School and Saratoga High School. Her father initially opposed her wrestling and once threatened to sue her high school for allowing his daughter to wrestle on the boys' team. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patricia Miranda is the 5,372nd most popular athlete (up from 5,952nd in 2019), the 18,885th most popular biography from United States (up from 19,298th in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patricia Miranda ranks 5,372 out of 6,025. Before her are Hans Gruhne, Ugo Legrand, Maksim Dyldin, Barakat Al-Harthi, Anthony Zambrano, and Julia Richter. After her are Alexander Loginov, Rosario Luchetti, Monique Henderson, Jamie Anderson, Maartje Paumen, and Bram Som.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Patricia Miranda ranks 1,238. Before her are Nobuhiro Sadatomi, Erald Dervishi, Fernando Soriano, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Roberto Fernández, and Daisuke Miyakawa. After her are Emmerson Boyce, Takayoshi Toda, Daisuke Aono, José Luís Santos da Visitação, Yuji Ishikawa, and Justin Roberts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Miranda ranks 18,893 out of 20,380. Before her are Ted Budd (1971), Kaitlin Sandeno (1983), Steve Alford (1964), Carly Gullickson (1986), Jarrett Allen (1998), and Adam Lamberg (1984). After her are Bex Taylor-Klaus (1994), Reggie Bush (1985), Percy Daggs III (1982), Charlie White (1987), Devin Harris (1983), and Lindsey Berg (1980).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Patricia Miranda ranks 685. Before her are Apolo Ohno (1982), DeeDee Trotter (1982), Garrett Muagututia (1988), Jorge Alvarez (null), Sheila Taormina (1969), and Kendra Harrison (1992). After her are Monique Henderson (1983), Jamie Anderson (1990), Tonja Buford-Bailey (1970), Kenny Bednarek (1998), Christian Coleman (1996), and Trayvon Bromell (1995).

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