Tricia Saunders

In 2006, Saunders became the first woman to be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 2011, she was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Saunders became one of the first coaches of the U.S. Women's Olympic Wrestling Team at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.

Tricia is married to Townsend Saunders, the 1996 Olympic freestyle wrestling silver medalist. They have three children, two daughters, Tassia and Tatiana and a son, Townsend.

Tricia Saunders won the 1992 World Wrestling Championships in Villerbanne, France, competing at 103.5 lbs, the first American woman to win a World title. She won the silver medal at the 1993 World Championship, and three more Gold medals at the 1996, 1998, and 1999 Worlds, the most World titles of any American woman.

Saunders appeared as a featured guest on a 1975 episode of the syndicated version of To Tell The Truth.

Tricia Saunders (born as Patricia McNaughton; February 21, 1966 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American amateur wrestler. She is a true pioneer of the sport of Women's Freestyle Wrestling. She earned a total of five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals: four gold and one silver. Throughout her career she never lost to an American, and collected eleven national titles.

Saunders's grandfather was an All-American wrestler at the University of Michigan in 1930; her father, and her older brother, Jamie, were also grapplers. As a child, she would accompany her brothers to practice. Tricia then seven, announced she was bored with watching. Her father asked if she wanted to wrestle and she replied with a yes. In her first tournament, at nine years old, she won seven of her nine matches, all against boys. By the time she reached the "Regional Nationals", she was a force to be reckoned with in the 50-pound weight class.