Patricia Miranda

Olympic wrestler

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Born

11 June 1979, Manteca

Citizenship

United States

Sport

amateur wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

152 cm (5 ft 0 in)

Weight

48 kg (106 lb)

Patricia Noriko Miranda (born June 11, 1979) is a former American collegiate wrestler. She became the first American woman in Olympic history to receive a medal in woman's Olympic wrestling, winning the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg or 106 lb weight class.

As the daughter of political refugees from Brazil, Miranda began her wrestling career at age eleven by becoming the first female to wrestle at Redwood Middle School and Saratoga High School. Her father initially opposed her wrestling and once threatened to sue her high school for allowing his daughter to wrestle on the boys' team. He eventually allowed her to wrestle as long as she maintained a 4.0 grade point average.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q467555 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.