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Alyssa Lampe (1988) is an American wrestler. She won bronze medals in the 48 kg and 51 kg weight classes at the 2012 and 20133 Women's World Championships. She competes with the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club.

Career
As a teenager, Alyssa Lampe attended Tomahawk High School (Wisconsin), where she also began wrestling. She was the first female wrestler to qualify for the Wisconsin High School State Championships, competing at state three times and placing second in the 2006 State Championships. After high school, she attended Northern Michigan University, where she was part of the U.S. Olympic Education Program and trained with coaches Shannyn Gillespie and Tony DeAnda.

Lampe's first successes came at national level in 2004. She won medals at the U.S. Junior Championships from 2004 to 2006. In 2007, she won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships (U 20) in Beijing in the 48 kg weight class. This was her first medal win at an international championship. In 2008, she again won a bronze medal in the 48 kg weight class at the Junior World Championships (U 20) in Istanbul.

In 2009, after placing third at the U.S. Championships in 51 kg weight class and then competed again at that weight class at the Pan American Championships in Maracaibo. She won the title against competitors Terri McNutt (Canada) and Romina Gonzalez (Argentina). In the American World Championship elimination trial, she lost in 2009 to Clarissa Chun, who would be one of her main competitors in her weight class in the following years. In 2010, Lampe was the U.S. champion in the 48 kg weight class ahead of Mary Kelly, Sara Fulp-Allen and Victoria Anthony. She also won the World Championship Trials ahead of Clarissa Chun and Sara Fulp-Allen. At the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, she lost her first match against Iwona Matkowska, Poland, on points. Since Matkowska did not reach the final, Lampe was eliminated and came in 20th place.

In 2011, Lampe took second place behind Chun at the World Championship Trials and the U.S. Olympic Trials. She competed in the 51 kg weight class at the 2012 Women's World Championships, beating Angela Dorogan (Azerbaijan) and Roksanan Zasina (Poland), before losing to Sun Yanan (China). She would eventually earn a bronze medal by Elenora Abutalipowa of Kazakhstan.

In 2013, Lampe became USA champion for the second time in the 48 kg weight class and also won the World Championship Trials. At the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, she won another bronze medal with a win against Davi Nirmala (India), a loss against Eri Tosaka (Japan) and victories over Madalina Linguraru (Romania) Tatjana Amanschol-Bakatschuk (Kazakhstan) and Melanie LeSaffre (France).