WOMEN'S OLYMPIC TEAM DID YOU KNOW?
Pirozhkova was born in Russia, and moved to the U.S. when she was three years old.
She returned to Russia for the 2010 World Championships, where she captured a silver medal in Moscow.
Her father, Sergey, passed away in 2011.
She was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams prior to the Olympic Games in London.
She has made the last four U.S. World Teams in women's freestyle wrestling.
She is the third-oldest of nine children.
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