Ali Bernard (b. April 11, 1986, New Ulm, Minnesota) is a female wrestler who earned a bye in women\s freestyle wrestling qualifying her to compete against 2004 bronze medal-winner Katie Downing, whom she defeated in two matches at the 2008 qualifying match in Las Vegas; that feat earned her a spot to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, competing for the United States. She competed in the freestyle 72kg/158.5 lbs class, because Greco-Roman-style is not yet an Olympic sport for women.[1] Bernard defeated Nigeria\s Amarachi Obiajunwa, then lost to China\s Jiao Wang which put her in the repechage competition for a bronze medal. In those matches, she defeated Sweden\s Jenny Frannson before losing to Japan\s Kyoko Hamaguchi, placing fourth in her class.[2] Wrestling Greco-Roman-style in high school at New Ulm High School, she earned the Minnesota state high school