Dorothy Yeats, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dorothy Yeats

Canadian sport wrestler

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1993

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Dorothy Yeats

  • Dorothy Yeats (born 29 July 1993) is a Canadian wrestler and Commonwealth Games champion.
  • She won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  • She also wrestled at Vanier College in Montreal, where she is on the school's Wall of Fame.
  • She once said about Vanier College, "I never even considered going anywhere else.
  • I’m glad I came here.
  • I don’t think I could have excelled at my sport anywhere else." Daughter of five-time Olympian Doug Yeats, who won gold at the 1979 Pan American Games, Dorothy participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.
  • She won the gold medal in the girls' freestyle 70 kg event, defeating Jinju Moon of South Korea in the final.
  • In 2012, she faced Adeline Gray of USA in the gold medal match at the world championship.
  • Although she was defeated, the 19-year-old walked away with a silver medal.
  • She in also the 2012 and 2013 Junior World Champion at 67 kg.In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.

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