When Clarissa Chun perched on the local pool’s starting blocks — readying for a race in the first sport to catch her heart, swimming — she was easily a foot shorter than the other girls on the line.

This story first appeared in HER Stories - Spring 2024, a biannual special section distributed by The Gazette that features stories of Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of ...

WAIMEA — Hawai‘i native and Olympic gold medalist Clarissa Chun, recently inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, will return to Kaua‘i to lead a wrestling clinic Friday morning at the Clem ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nearly a decade ago, Clarissa Chun walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City with an Olympic dream. She went on to qualify for the 2012 U.S Olympic women's wrestling team and ...

Hawaii hadn’t yet sanctioned girls wrestling, but rumors were that it was on the cusp and, indeed, the association would make that move by Chun’s junior year. The physicality of wrestling came easily ...

IOWA CITY — Clarissa Chun checked all the boxes. She is an accomplished wrestler, earning an Olympic bronze medal and was Hawaii’s first female state champion. She has experience coaching at the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Iowa Hawkeyes have named Olympian and USA Wrestling assistant coach Clarissa Chun as the head coach of the new University of Iowa women's wrestling team. Athletic ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two-time Olympian Clarissa Chun has been named coach of the new Iowa women's wrestling program, athletic director Gary Barta announced Thursday. Iowa announced in September it ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Editor's note: The above video is from Sept. 23. The University of Iowa has hired Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun as its first women's wrestling coach. The Hawkeyes, who in ...

IOWA CITY — Clarissa Chun walked into Carver-Hawkeye Arena smiling ear to ear. She sat down and shared stories. She’s been to Iowa City many times — competitions, camps, etc. — but now she’s an ...

For the second consecutive season, Iowa women's wrestling coach Clarissa Chun has been named the USA Wrestling Women's Coach of the Year. Chun shares the award with 2004 Olympic silver medalist Sara ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Earlier today Gary Barta, the Henry B. and Patricia B. Tipple Director of Athletics Chair of the University of Iowa, named Clarissa Chun as the head coach of the University of ...