DID YOU KNOW? WOMEN'S OLYMPIC TEAM
Chun is one of just five U.S. women's wrestlers to win a World title. Tricia Saunders, Sandra Bacher, Kristie Davis and Iris Smith are the other four.
She is the first two-time U.S. Olympian in women's freestyle wrestling. Olympic teammate Ali Bernard became the second.
She grew up in Hawaii, and is part Chinese and part Japanese.
She won a World title in Tokyo, Japan, in 2008, just two months after reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
She was an accomplished athlete in judo before she starting wrestling in high school.
She was Hawaii's first state champion in female wrestling.
She spent time teaching elementary school students in Japan after her breakthrough season in wrestling in 2008.
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