Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-06)

53 JUNE 2022

CLARISSA CHUN

IOWA WOMEN’S

WRESTLING COACH

In 1998, Hawai‘i created

the nation’s first girls

wrestling high school

state championships, and

17-year-old Chun won the

title. In November 2021,

the Olympic bronze

medalist was named the

coach at Iowa, the first

Power 5 school to add

women’s wrestling as a

varsity program.

PHOTOGRAPH BY

TODD ROSENBERG

ANGELA RUGGIERO

COFOUNDER AND CEO OF

SPORTS INNOVATION LAB

A four-time Olympian and
1998 hockey gold medalist,
Ruggiero is a champion
for equality in sports. The
42-year-old heads up a sports
market research firm called
the Sports Innovation Lab,
which recently launched a
data-driven campaign aimed
at generating investment
in women’s sports.
PHOTOGRAPH BY
BILLIE WEISS

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