Jade Parsons

Jade Mariah Parsons (born 6 November 1990)[1] is a Canadian freestyle wrestler.

Jade Parsons
Personal information
Full nameJade Mariah Parsons
Born (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990
Sport
CountryCanada
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class53 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubBrock Wrestling Club
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 53 kg
Pan American Wrestling Championships
2020 Ottawa 53 kg

Career

In 2018, she competed at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden without winning a medal. Later that year, she represented Canada in the women's freestyle event of the 2018 Wrestling World Cup. In the pool stage she lost her matches against Becka Leathers and Mayu Mukaida but she secured a win against Liliana Juarez. Canada went on to compete for fifth place against Belarus. In this match Parsons lost against Iryna Kurachkina though Canada did win enough matches to finish in fifth place. In 2018, she also competed in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary without winning a medal.[2] Parsons was eliminated in her first match by Zhang Qi.[2]

In 2019, she represented Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru and she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event.[3] In the same year, she also competed in the women's freestyle 55 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal.[4] Parsons lost her first match against Nanami Irie of Japan and she was eliminated in her next match against Olga Khoroshavtseva of Russia.[4]

At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, she won the silver medal in the 53 kg event.[5] In the final, she lost against Luisa Valverde of Ecuador.[5]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Freestyle 53 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa, Canada 2nd Freestyle 53 kg

References
  1. "Jade Parsons". Wrestling Canada Lutte. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. Etchells, Daniel (8 March 2020). "Arthur wins first Pan American Wrestling Championships title for Jamaica". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 March 2020.


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