Iris Smith
American freestyle wrestler (born 1979)
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Born | (1979-10-15) October 15, 1979 (age 44) Albany, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Army WCAP | ||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Shon Lewis | ||||||||||||||
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Iris Smith (born October 15, 1979) is an American freestyle wrestler who won the 2005 women's world title in the 72 kg division. A daughter of Brent James and Betty Smith, she attended Dougherty Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia, where she played basketball and served as student council president.
Smith has three brothers, Dominique, Kenderson and Westley, and four sisters, Cheavelia, Tyuana, Nicole, and Sasha. She holds a rank of Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. She missed the 2001 World Championships because it overlapped with her military training program.[1]
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World Champions in women's heavyweight (76 kg)
- 1987: Patricia Rossignol (FRA)
- 1989: Miyako Shimizu (JPN)
- 1990: Yayoi Urano (JPN)
- 1991: Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1992: Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1993: Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1994: Mitsuko Funakoshi (JPN)
- 1995: Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1996: Liu Dongfeng (CHN)
- 1997: Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 1998: Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 1999: Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2000: Christine Nordhagen (CAN)
- 2001: Edyta Witkowska (POL)
- 2002: Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2003: Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
- 2005: Iris Smith (USA)
- 2006: Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2007: Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2008: Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2009: Qin Xiaoqing (CHN)
- 2010: Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2011: Stanka Zlateva (BUL)
- 2012: Jenny Fransson (SWE)
- 2013: Zhang Fengliu (CHN)
- 2014: Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2015: Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2017: Yasemin Adar (TUR)
- 2018: Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2019: Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2021: Adeline Gray (USA)
- 2022: Yasemin Adar (TUR)
- 2023: Yuka Kagami (JPN)
- 1987–2001: 75 kg
- 2002–2013 : 72 kg
- 2014–2017 : 75 kg
- 2018–present : 76 kg