Helen Maroulis is a professional American freestyle wrestler. She is also known by her birth name Helen Louise Maroulis. She specializes in the 55-kg, 53-kg, and 57-kg categories. The two-time Olympian has bagged a gold in 2016 and a bronze in 2020. Maroulis has 3 gold, silver, and bronze two each at the World Championships, a total of seven medals.
The 2018 Pan American Games gold medalist also won a World Cup gold and silver medal winner in 2013 and 2009 respectively. Maroulis has 3 Pan American Championships medals (2 gold and 1 bronze), and 4 Golden Grand Prix (1 gold and 3 bronze). Maroulis, the one-time Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin gold medalist has three medals at the World Juniors Championships, one silver, and two bronze. Helen Maroulis has 23 medals in her tally in major competitions.
Helen Maroulis Nationality
Helen Maroulis holds the nationality of the United States. Maroulis represented the United States in every competition such as the Olympics, World Championships, World Cup, Golden Grand Prix, World Juniors Championships, etc. She earned all of her medals as an individual from the United States and a member of the Team USA as well. She created history by winning gold in women's freestyle wrestling as the first woman from the United States following her win against Saori Yoshida in the 2016 Olympics. She participated in the Pan American Games and Pan American Championships as an individual from the USA and bagged 4 medals in total.
What is Helen Maroulis’ Ethnicity?
Helen Maroulis has a Greek-American ethnic background. Her father Yiannis "John" Maroulis originally hails from Greece and her mother Paula is an individual from the United States. She has two brothers, Tony, and Michael Maroulis, and both of them are of the same ethnic background as her. Maroulis's paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants to the in the 1960s USA after they left their home island, Kalamos. Following her gold medal win, she received honors from the local community when she went on to visit the island.
Helen Maroulis Hometown
Rockville, Maryland, United States is the hometown and birthplace of Helen Maroulis, where she was born and raised. The first female wrestler at the State Wrestling Championships of Maryland was a student at the Magruder High School. She beat an opponent in a tournament who had 99 high school victories. Following this, Maroulis was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler in that tournament. She was also associated with Marquette Senior High School, Missouri Baptist University, and Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
FAQs on Helen Maroulis
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A. Helen Louise Maroulis is the birth name of Helen Maroulis.
