Kayla Miracle


Kayla Colleen Kiyoko Miracle is an American wrestler competing through Campbellsville University, Kentucky. She is currently majoring in Sports Management.

Wrestling

Miracle is a two time U.S. Open Champion in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 University Nationals. She won the 2018 Klippan Lady Open in Sweden. In 2015, she won the 136-pound title in the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association finals in Saint Louis, Missouri. She is the fourth wrestler to win four Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association national titles.
In 2020, she won the silver medal at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, in the women's 62 kg division.
She currently trains at the Hawkeye Wrestling Club in Iowa City, Iowa.
On February 13, 2018, she was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week. She was selected to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Miracle won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She defeated Nathaly Grimán of Venezuela in her bronze medal match.
In 2024, Miracle won the gold medal in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico. She defeated Ana Godinez of Canada in her gold medal match. A few days later, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She qualified for the Olympics at the 2024 [United States Olympic trials (wrestling)|2024 United States Olympic trials] held in State College, Pennsylvania. She competed in the women's 62kg event at the Olympics.
Miracle is a lesbian and the first out LGBTQ Olympic wrestler.