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Born | Walnut Creek, California, U.S. | January 1, 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2019–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | New York City Regional Training Center [1] New York Athletic Club Al Wahda Club Jiu-Jitsu Academy [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Valentin Kalika (head coach) Terry Steiner (formally) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amit Elor (born January 1, 2004 [3] ) is an American freestyle wrestler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. She competes at 72 kilograms in amateur wrestling. She is a senior, junior and cadet world champion. [4]
Elor was born in California and is half Russian. [5] Amit was a skilled judoka at a young age, representing the United States in the female INTL Intermediate division at +43kg in 2013, aged nine. Amit started wrestling at the age of ten. [6] [ failed verification ]
Elor has trained in wrestling almost her whole life. During her years of high school, Elor won multiple high school tournaments. [7] [8]
After meeting Soviet coach Valentin Kalika, Elor started training in freestyle wrestling, where she has outstanding achievements at cadet and junior levels. She won the junior world's twice in Ufa, Russia and Sofia, Bulgaria. In September 2022, Amit became the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history after winning the world title in Belgrade, Serbia at 18 years old. [9] [10] She defeated Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match. [11] A month later, she won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain. [12]
She competed at the World Cup 2022, it was her second senior tournament and as a team member she finished in 4th.
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [13] On August 18, 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan. [14]
In 2024, at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico, she earned a quota place for the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. [15] [16]
Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook [6] and dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Micael Galvâo. [20]
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