BIOGRAPHY

Patricia Noriko Miranda was born on June 11, 1979 in Manteca, California. She is the first American woman in Olympic history to receive a medal in woman's wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics games in Athens, Greece. She wrestled in the 48 kg or 106 lb weight class in which she received the bronze medal. Miranda began her wrestling career at age eleven by becoming the first female to wrestle on both her middle and high school teams at Redwood middle school and Saratoga High School respectively. She continued wrestling at Stanford University and eventually earned a spot on the all-male NCAA Division 1 roster as a 125-pound starter. During her senior year, Miranda became only the second woman in NCAA history to beat a male opponent in competition and the first in more than a decade to do so at the time. In female competition, Miranda has had strong success including two World Championship silver medals and an Olympic bronze medal. Miranda earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in International Policy Studies from Stanford University. In 2007, she received her Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School.

Athletic Achievements

• 2004 Olympic Bronze medalist
• Silver medalist at 2000 World Championships
• 2002 Freestyle National Champion
• World Team Trial Champion
• 2002 Pan American Champion