Group U.S.A. wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock, who won the gold medal last week at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will use her Olympic earnings to make her mom’s “dream come true” by purchasing her a food truck.
“She’s constantly doing back-breaking work and … I have actually simply seen her struggling ever since my father died and I do not like seeing it,” Mensah-Stock, 28, informed People on Friday. Mensah-Stock’s daddy, Prince Mensah, from Ghana, passed away in a 2009 car accident while returning from among her high school matches in Louisiana. After her mama remarried, she kept her papa’s surname, Mensah. “He was without a doubt my greatest fan,” she stated.
“I like representing the U.S.,” she stated in a tear-filled exchange with reporters after her Olympic win Tuesday. “I love living there. I like it. And I’m so happy I get to represent USA!”
“I enjoy representing the U.S.,” states American Olympian Tamyra Mensah-Stock, after winning gold for @USAWrestling in Tokyo. “I enjoy living there. I enjoy it. And I’m so pleased I get to represent USA!”
Congrats, @MensahTamStock!.?.!! ????????pic.twitter.com/oX0eyTzr4U– Faithwire(@faithwirenews)August 3, 2021 Mensah-Stock also thanked God after her win
.”Obviously, I amaze myself,”she informed reporters Tuesday.”It’s by the grace of God I’m even able to move my feet. I simply leave it in His hands, and I
pray that all the practice … my coaches put my through settles and, each and every single time, it does.” USA’s Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock celebrates her gold medal success versus Nigeria’s True blessing Oborududu in their ladies’s freestyle 68kg wrestling final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021.( Photo by Jack GUEZ/ AFP )(Picture by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) U.S. Olympic gold winners get$37,500 from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. “I wanted to provide my mom $ 30,000 so she can get a food truck, ’cause it’s her dream,”Mensah-Stock, who lives in Katy, Texas, said.”And I informed her five years earlier,’Alright mommy, I’ll get you your food truck, but you got ta be accountable. So my mama’s gettin’her food truck! She’s gon na have her little cooking organization. She can cook really, really, actually well. Barbecue! “Before her Olympic gold win, Mensah-Stock won two state championships at Morton Cattle ranch High School in Katy, and 2 college titles at Wayland Baptist in Plainview, Texas.
She completed in track and field also in high school, but used up wrestling after her twin sis Tarkiya switched sports. She wed fellow high school wrestler Jacob Stock, however told the Houston Chronicle they did not begin dating up until her junior year of college.” He stated the reason he didn’t want to date me(in high school) was since he thought I was excessive of a good girl
and he didn’t want to taint my aura with what he had to offer. And I resembled,’Whatever,'”she said. As for the future, Mensah-Stock said she will continue wrestling and wishes to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Other strategies include her interest in a job with World Wrestling Home entertainment, but also wishes to begin a household and wants to
have a future in college coaching. “I certainly find enjoyment in getting battered and beating up people,”she said.”I’ve never wanted to be predictable or be proficient at one move. I wish to be good at as numerous moves as I can so that I have a response for whatever anybody tosses at me.”