Tayla Ford
New Zealand Olympian: 1559
commonwealth games
Medals
2
Biography
EVENT: Wrestling - Freestyle 68kg Women
Tayla Ford has been involved in wrestling for more than 20 years, competing nationally and internationally since she was 16. She became New Zealand's first ever female Olympic wrestler when she competed at Paris 2024.
Ford has won multiple Continental championships for her country in wrestling which led her to qualify and compete for New Zealand on big stages such as Youth Olympic Games 2010, Commonwealth Games 2014, World Championships 2015-2019 and Commonwealth Games 2018 and 2022. She has two Commonwealth Games bronze medals to her name, won at Birmingham 2022 and Glasgow 2014.
Ford continues to fine tune her wrestling while also applying her skills to different grappling arts such as Jiujitsu.
She was born in Nelson, raised in Christchurch and lives in Adelaide.
athlete
Fast facts
- Sport
- Wrestling - Freestyle
- Birth place
- Nelson
- Born
- 1993
- Height
- 165cm
Olympic Summer GamesParis 2024
Wrestling - Freestyle(68kg - Women)
- Performance: 0-6
- Result: Loss
- Period 1: 0-4
- Period 2: 0-2
Commonwealth GamesBirmingham 2022
Wrestling - Freestyle(68kg - Women)
- Performance: 4-0
- Result: Win
- Placed: 3 of 9
- 1st Period: 4 - 0
- VFA
- Victory by fall
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast 2018
Wrestling - Freestyle(62kg - Women)
- Performance: 5-6
- Result: Loss
- Placed: 4 of 5
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow 2014
Wrestling - Freestyle(58kg - Women)
- Performance: 5-0
- Result: Win
- Placed: 3 of 9
Olympic Summer Youth GamesSingapore 2010
Wrestling - Freestyle(60kg - Women)
- Performance: Win
- Result: 8-3
- Placed: 7 of 9
- Final placing of 7th Overall