Team U.S.A. wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock, who won the gold medal last week at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will use her Olympic winnings \u2026<\/b>
\nTeam U.S.A. wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock, who won the gold medal last week at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will use her Olympic winnings to make her mom\u2019s \u201cdream come true\u201d by buying her a food truck. \u201cShe\u2019s always doing back-breaking work and\u2026 I\u2019ve just seen her struggling ever since my dad died and I don\u2019t like seeing it,\u201d Mensah-Stock,28, told People on Friday. Mensah-Stock\u2019s father, Prince Mensah, from Ghana, died in a 2009 car accident while returning from one of her high school matches in Louisiana. After her mom remarried, she kept her dad\u2019s last name, Mensah. \u201cHe was by far my biggest fan,\u201d she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamyra Mariama Mensah Stock (@mensahtamyrastock) \u201cI love representing the U.S.,\u201d she said in a tear-filled exchange with reporters after her Olympic win Tuesday. \u201cI love living there. I love it. And I\u2019m so happy I get to represent USA!\u201d \u201cI love representing the U.S.,\u201d says American Olympian Tamyra Mensah-Stock, after winning gold for @USAWrestling in Tokyo. \u201cI love living there. I love it. And I\u2019m so happy I get to represent USA!\u201d Congrats, @MensahTamStock! ???????? pic.twitter.com\/oX0eyTzr4U Faithwire (@faithwirenews) August 3,2021 Mensah-Stock also thanked God after her win. \u201cOf course, I surprise myself,\u201d she told reporters Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s by the grace of God I\u2019m even able to move my feet. I just leave it in His hands, and I pray that all the practice\u2026 my coaches put my through pays off and, every single time, it does.\u201d U.S. Olympic gold winners receive $37,500 from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. \u201cI wanted to give my mom $30,000 so she can get a food truck, \u2018cause it\u2019s her dream,\u201d Mensah-Stock, who lives in Katy, Texas, said. \u201cAnd I told her five years ago, \u2018Alright mommy, I\u2019ll get you your food truck, but you gotta be responsible. So my mom\u2019s gettin\u2019 her food truck! She\u2019s gonna have her little cooking business. She can cook really, really well. Barbecue!\u201d Before her Olympic gold win, Mensah-Stock won two state championships at Morton Ranch High School in Katy, and two college titles at Wayland Baptist in Plainview, Texas. She competed in track and field as well in high school, but took up wrestling after her twin sister Tarkiya switched sports. She married fellow high school wrestler Jacob Stock, but told the Houston Chronicle they did not start dating until her junior year of college. \u201cHe said the reason why he didn\u2019t want to date me (in high school) was because he thought I was too much of a good girl and he didn\u2019t want to taint my aura with what he had to offer. And I was like, \u2018Whatever,\u2019\u201d she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamyra Mariama Mensah Stock (@mensahtamyrastock) As for the future, Mensah-Stock said she will continue wrestling and wants to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Other plans include her interest in a job with World Wrestling Entertainment, but also wants to start a family and hopes to have a future in college coaching. \u201cI definitely find pleasure in getting beat up and beating up people,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve never wanted to be predictable or be good at one move. I want to be good at as many moves as I can so that I have an answer for whatever anybody throws at me.\u201d<\/p>\n