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Woody, Padilla win gold medals at Austrian Ladies Open as part of FILA Cadet tour

6/14/2005
Gary Abbott/USA Wrestling

Two talented young women wrestlers, Nicole Woody of Odenton, Md. and Tatiana Padilla of Laverne, Calif., claimed gold medals in the Cadet division at the Austrian Ladies Open in Gotzis, Austria, June 11-12.

A team of seven U.S. wrestlers participated in this international competition, and will conduct joint training opportunities in Europe, as part of USA Wrestling’s FILA Cadet women’s program.

“Overall we placed second in the Cadet tournament behind Germany Team I,” said U.S. coach Mike Marr. “I am extremely proud of our girls' performances. We now looking forward to a good week of training camp.”

Woody won three matches on the way to the title at 46 kg/101.25 lbs. She beat American teammate Cameron Yeik of Bremerton, Wash. in the gold-medal finals, 3-0-1-1.

Woody was third at the 2005 Body Bar FILA Cadet Nationals, and is a past Junior Nationals champion.

Padilla also had three straight wins to take the title at 52 kg/114.5 lbs.. She stopped Ramona Ballas of Germany in the championship finals, 4-1, 3-0.

Padilla was a Body Bar FILA Cadet National champion this year.

Overall, the U.S. won five medals. In addition to Yeik’s silver medal, the U.S. added a silver medal at 56 kg from Trinity Plessinger of Yucca, Calif at 56 kg/123.25 lbs.. Plessinger won her first two matches, then fell in the gold-medal match to Natascha Ballas of Germany, 4-1, 3-0.

Team USA alson scored a bronze medal at 49 kg from Schulyer Brown of Montpelier, Va. At 49 kg/108 lbs. Brown defeat Nadja Hartlieb of Austria in the bronze-medal match by pin in 23 seconds.

Austrian Ladies Cadet Open Results

6/13/2005
Gotzis, Austria
Entered by Gary Abbott

Team Scoring

Results By Weight
U.S. results

46kg/101.25 lbs. - Cameron Yeik , Bremerton, Wash, 2nd
dec. over Jaqueline Schellin (Germany II), 1-2, 3-1, 5-3
lost dec. to Nicole Woody (USA), 3-0, 1-1

46kg/101.25 lbs. - Nicole Woody, Odenton, Md. , 1st
pin Denise Kupfernagel (Germany III), 4:49
dec. Christin Kupfernagel (Germany I), 4-5, 3-1, 5-3
dec. Cameron Yeik (USA), 3-0, 1-1

49kg/108 lbs. - Schuyler Brown, Montpelier, Va., 3rd
lost pin to Katalin Palotai (Hungary), 3:59
pin Nadja Hartlieb (Austria I), 0:23

52kg/114.5 lbs. - Tatiana Padilla, Laverne, Calif. , 1st
dec. Angelika Glab (Poland II), 6-0, 6-0
dec. Ewelina Kowalczyk (Poland I,) 7-4, 3-1
dec. Ramona Ballas (Germany I), 4-1, 3-0

56kg/123.25 lbs. - Trinity Plessinger, Yucca, Calif. – 2nd
dec. Heather Thompson (USA), 7-4, 7-0 I
pin Nataly Galan (Canada), 0:50
loss pin to Natascha Ballas (Germany I), 2:41

56kg /123.25 lbs.- Heather Thompson, Schulerville, N.Y .
lost dec. Trinity Plessinger (USA), 7-4, 7-0

65 kg/143.25 lbs.- Katrina Wilborn, San Diego, Calif.
lost pin to Karin Stingelin (Switzerland), 2:38
lost pin to Ivonne Ewert (Germany II), 3:00

70kg /154.25 lbs. - Toni Rogers, Coppel, Texas
lost dec. to Eva-Maria Maierhofer (Austria), 0-2, 1-4
lost dec. to Lisa Hug (Germany II), 3-5, 0-5
lost dec. to Dominique Staab (Germany I), 0:15
lost dec. to Mariami Kolich (France), 0-6, 6-5, 0-6