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Clarissa Chun is an American sport wrestler who was born on 27 August, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. She is a two-time World Champion, four-time Pan American Champion, and a two-time U.S. National Champion. She is also the first American woman to win a World Championship in wrestling.
Chun began wrestling at the age of 12 and was a three-time Hawaii state champion in high school. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and was a four-time All-American. She won the U.S. National Championship in 2005 and 2006 and the World Championship in 2008 and 2010.
Chun is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 112 pounds. She is currently single and has no children.
Chun has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She has earned her wealth through her successful career as a wrestler. She has also appeared in several television shows and movies, including the Netflix series GLOW.
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27 August |
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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
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United States |
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She is a member of famous Wrestler with the age 43 years old group.
Clarissa Chun Height, Weight & Measurements
At 43 years old, Clarissa Chun height is 1.5 m and Weight 105.5 lb.
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1.5 m |
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105.5 lb |
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Clarissa Chun Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Clarissa Chun worth at the age of 43 years old? Clarissa Chun’s income source is mostly from being a successful Wrestler. She is from United States. We have estimated
Clarissa Chun's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Clarissa Chun Social Network
Timeline
Chun is currently an assistant coach for USA Wrestling's women's national team. On May 15, 2018, she was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
105.5-pound division at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling and Judo – Beijing, China.
Chun became the first women's freestyle wrestler to be nominated to her second Olympic Team after her stellar performance at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling in Iowa City, Iowa, on April 22, 2012.
Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg, Chun qualified for the bronze-medal match by launching World bronze medalist Iwona Matkowska of Poland to her back and recording a dramatic second-period fall in the repechage. Chun knocked off 2004 Olympic gold medalist Iryna Merleni of Ukraine 1–0, 3–0 to capture a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics. Chun twice wrestled in the bronze medal match at the Olympics, winning her medal in London and taking fifth in Beijing. She was a five-time world team member, winning the world title in 2008.
Chun's successful seasons included winning the U.S. Senior National titles, and international titles from the Canada Cup, New York AC Freestyle International, Poland Open, Mongolia Championships, Russia International and Pan American Games. Chun also represented the U.S. at the FILA Women's World Cup in China in 2009 and Japan in 2012.
In 2008, Chun taught English to kindergarten students in Japan.
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic wrestling team trials in June, Chun gained the admiration of fans and media alike by staging a huge upset of seven-time national champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Patricia Miranda. In the process, Chun, who stands 4 feet 11, fulfilled a lifelong dream, becoming the first wrestler from Hawai'i to qualify for a U.S. Olympic team.
Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 48 kg, after winning the first two matches, Chun fell to world champion Chiharu Icho of Japan in the semifinals in an overtime tiebreaker (last to score). She lost in the bronze-medal match to 2004 gold medalist Irini Merleni of Ukraine, and made her mark at the international level by finishing fifth.
Two months after the 2008 Olympic Games, Chun turned in a superb effort to capture a gold medal at the World 2008 Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She relied on her defense in pulling out a gritty 1–0, 1–0 finals win over Kazakhstan's Jyldyz Eshimova-Turtbayeva at the Yoyogi National Stadium.
Prior to her senior campaign, Chun accepted an invitation to attend the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, eventually earning her degree from the University of Colorado branch there. After placing second in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2004, the first year women's wrestling competition was held at the Games, she made the squad four years later.
Chun was one of the charter members of the Valley program when it began in 1999, and was one of its most decorated. She placed second in the U.S. World Team Trials and medaled in both the U.S. Nationals and Pan American Games during all three of her seasons in Marshall—along with winning several college-level competitions.
Chun came from a judo background, winning five junior national championships before she tried wrestling in her junior year at Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. She captured the state wrestling title in 1998, the first year girls wrestling was a sanctioned sport.
Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun (陳美玲; born August 27, 1981) is the USA Wrestling assistant National coach and an American Olympic women's freestyle 48 kg (105.5 lbs) wrestler. She is the first female wrestler from Hawaii to win a medal at the Olympics.