Clarissa Chun - 2008 United States Olympian

Chinese Ancestry:
Clarissa is of mixed generation Chinese lineage.with her dad and grandparents from Oahu (3rd and 4th generation)

History - the Chinese immigrants:
Chun History
Wong Chong Yao (1852-1926) was born in 1852 in Cheongshan district, Province of Kwangtung, China. He arrived in Hawaii on April 2, 1881 on USS Lydia, possibly to work on the island of Kauai. Using his brother, Wong, Chong Lun’s record, Wong Chong Yao left China to find work in Hawaii. Before leaving China, Wong Chong Yao married Ching Shee* in 1880. Ching Shee was born in Tin Bin district of Kwangtung Province, China Canton, China). Ching Shee’s brother paid for her passage to Hawaii. Ching Shee arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1887.

Japanese Ancestry:
Clarissa is of 3rd generation Japanese Ancestry with her mom and grandparents from Kauai, Hawaii.

International Award Winning Wrestler

• 2008: First place - women’s freestyle wrestling 105.5-pound division at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling and Judo.
• 2008: Gold Medal: Pan American Wrestling Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• 2008: Silver Medal: Guelph Open, Guelph, Canada
• 2006: U.S. Senior Nationals - Gold Medal
• 2005: 1st Place 2005 Sunkist Kids / ASU International Open
• 2004: U.S. Olympic Trials runners-up
• Placed second at the U.S. Olympic Trials in women’s wrestling (the first year with the style in the Olympics) (48 kg)
• USA Wrestling’s Women’s University National Champion
• Consistently ranked No. 2 by USA Wrestling
• April 14, 2003: USA Wrestling’s Women’s University National Champion in St. Joseph, Minn.
• 2002: was among the charter group of about 20 women invited to the U.S. Olympic Training Center when its women’s wrestling facility opened.
• 2002: Fourth place, U.S. Nationals
• 2001: Represented USA in first Women’s World Cup 2001 in Levalois, France
• 2001-02: Runner-up at USA World Team Trials
• 2001: Won international open in Phoenix
• 2001: USA Wrestling’s Women’s University National Champion
• 2001: Won international open in Sweden
• 2000-02: Silver medal at Pan American Championships
• 2000 U.S. World Team member.
• 2000: U.S. Collegiate Nationals champion
• 1999: Hawaii State champion wrestler
• Wrestling USA Magazine’s High School Girls All-America Team
• 1998: Hawaii State champion wrestler - the first year girls wrestling was a sanctioned sport.