Dorothy Yeats

Dorothy Yeats (born 29 July 1993)[2] 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."

Dorothy Yeats

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993[1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1]
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Quebec Wrestling Academy
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's freestyle wrestling World Championships 2012 Strathcona County 67 kg Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 69 kg Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 69 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk 69 kg Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore 70 kg

Daughter of five-time Olympian Doug Yeats, who won gold at the 1979 Pan American Games,[1] 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.[3]

In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[4][5]