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}} Sara McMann (born September 24, 1980) is an Irish-American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler. She is the first American woman in history to receive a silver medal in Olympic wrestling, which she won at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She wrestled in the Women's Freestyle 63 kg or 138.75 lb weight class. McMann won silver medal in the 2003 world championships and a bronze medal in the 2005 and 2007 world championships. She started wrestling at the age of 14 in Marion, North Carolina at McDowell High School. McMann is currently ranked as the No. 12 pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women's MMA Pound-For-Pound Rankings )〕 and the No. 7 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unified Women's Mixed Martial Arts Rankings )〕 As of August 10, 2015, she is #7 in official UFC women's bantamweight rankings.〔(UFC Fighter Rankings )〕 ==Personal life== McMann's parents are Paula Jean and Thomas William McMann. She has one sister, Nickolina, and had one brother, Jason. Jason, who wrestled at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was murdered January 23, 1999 at the age of 21. McMann attended McDowell High School in Marion, North Carolina where she was coached by Timothy Hutchins. In addition to wrestling, she participated in theatre productions. She earned a degree in Theatre at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the school's wrestling team under the coaching of Carl Poff from 1999 to 2003. She previously attended University of Minnesota Morris from 1998 to 1999, where she was coached by Doug Reese. In August 2010, McMann was awarded a MA/EDS with a major in mental health counseling from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.〔http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Sara-McMann〕〔http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100826/ARTICLES/100829781〕 McMann does volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity, a Christian housing ministry. She traveled to Sri Lanka with Olympic teammates to help victims of the Tsunami rebuild homes for those displaced by the tidal wave. She also helps with youth clubs and speaks to upcoming girls and boys about wrestling. On September 3, 2004, while driving her Jeep in Colorado on the way to Iowa with her fiance, former ASU three-time NCAA All-American wrestler Steven Blackford as her passenger, the vehicle ran off the road and rolled over. He was ejected from the vehicle, and died at the scene. McMann was hospitalized with a broken arm and other minor injuries, and later charged with careless driving.〔http://gazette.com/mcmann-close-to-plea-deal-for-charges-in-fatal-crash/article/7172〕 McMann is the mother of one child, a daughter who was born in 2009. The father is Trent Goodale〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sara McMann found love again in Coach Goodale )〕 former head wrestling coach at Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina. As of August 29, 2014 Sara McMann has officially taken on the nickname of "THE" Sara McMann. The nickname was originally started by her Revolution Fight Team and close friends. It became official upon her 5-year-old daughter saying "OMG is that "THE" Sara McMann."〔Trent Goodale〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sara McMann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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