Ali Bernard
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 Ali Bernard facts

• Wrestling Greco-Roman-style in high school at New Ulm High School, she earned the Minnesota state high school championship in 2004
• Bernard received a college scholarship to compete in women's wrestling at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, where she won four national college titles
• At the US qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics she earned a bye to compete against 2004 bronze medal-winner Katie Downing, whom she defeated in two matches at the 2008 qualifying match in Las Vegas; that feat earned her a spot to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, competing for the United States
• She competed in the freestyle 72 kg/158
• 5 lbs class, because Greco-Roman-style is not yet an Olympic sport for women
• At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bernard defeated Nigeria's Amarachi Obiajunwa, then lost to China's Wang Jiao which put her in the repechage competition for a bronze medal
• In those matches, she defeated Sweden's Jenny Fransson before losing to Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi, placing fourth in her class
• She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships, beating Fransson, Wang Jiao and Ohenewa Akuffo before losing to Stanka Zlateva
• As Zlateva reached the final, Bernard was able to fight for the bronze medal, beating Guzel Manyurova to win it
• Bernard originally lost to Stephany Lee at the 2012 Olympic trials