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2012 Olympic Team Media Guide

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2012 OLYMPIC TEAM COACHES WOMEN'S FREESTYLE COACH KEITH WILSON as a coach for the last four U.S. World Teams from 2008-11. He coaches 2012 Olympians Clarissa Wilson, of Colorado Springs, has served Chun and Kelsey Campbell with the Sunkist Kids. The U.S. placed third in the World in 2011, fifth in 2009 and sixth in 2009. Wilson was also a World Team coach with the 2008 U.S. Women's World Team in Tokyo, Japan, which placed fourth in the World team standings and featured gold medalist Clarissa Chun and bronze medalist Tatiana Padilla. He was also a coach with the 2009 U.S. tured numerous women's freestyle national team titles with Wilson as coach. The club was the Div. II national champions at the 2012 U.S. Open. The Sunkist Kids had five 2010 World Team members in women's wrestling – Alyssa Lampe, Jessica Medina, Tatiana Padilla, Kelsey Campbell and Stephany Lee. World Cup Team, which competed in Taiyuan, China. The U.S. was fifth in the standings with a 2-2 team record. He was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team staff, and has also coached at the Pan American Championships. Wilson was named 2010 Women's Coach World champion and 2008 Olympian Clarissa Chun, and has worked directly on a regular basis with a number of other national-caliber women wrestlers. Wilson is the owner and a coach at Rough Wilson is the personal coach for 2008 of the Year by USA Wrestling. He has been a club coach with the Sunkist Kids since 2001. The Sunkist Kids have cap- House MMA and Fitness in Colorado Springs, Colo. His club specializes in wrestling, No-Gi Grappling, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay-Thai, kickboxing, boxing and person- al fitness. A native of Virginia, Wilson was a Greco-Roman Team USA member compet- ing for the U.S. Marine Corps. He also later competed for the U.S. Army. Wilson wres- tled on the college level for Oklahoma. 2012 USA Wrestling Media Guide - 15

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