Amit Elor
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Background[edit]
She was born in California to Israeli parents of Russian origin who had come to the US to attend university.[5][6] 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.[7][failed verification]
Wrestling career[edit]
Folkstyle[edit]
Elor has trained in wrestling almost her whole life. During her years of high school, Elor won multiple high school tournaments.[8][9]
Freestyle[edit]
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.[10][11] She defeated Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match.[12] A month later, she won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[13]
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.[14] On August 18, 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan.[15]
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.[16][17]
Championships and achievements[edit]
- Amateur wrestling:
- 2019 Cadet World Wrestling Championships – 3rd (69 kg)
- 2021 Cadet World Wrestling Championships – 1st (69 kg)
- 2021 Junior World Wrestling Championships – 1st (68 kg)
- 2022 Junior World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72 kg)
- 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series – 8th (72 kg)[18]
- 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72 kg)
- 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72 kg)
- 2022 World Cup – 4th (72 kg)
- 2023 Junior World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72kg)
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
Freestyle record[edit]
Personal life[edit]
Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook[7] and dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Micael Galvâo.[21]
References[edit]
- ^ "NYCRTC's Young Star Amit Elor Seeks World Domination After Double World Titles". nycrtc.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Amit Elor is an Al Wahda BJJ club member". events.uaejjf.org.
- ^ "Amit Elor Seeking World Domination One Competition At A Time". flowrestling.org. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Amit Elor Selected as USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "Amit Elor: College Park's Pin-Seeking Phenom". sportstarsmag.com. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ^ "Amit Daughter of Israelis makes US wrestling history with gold medal win". jpost.com. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Amit Elor practices with Pirozhkova". amitelor.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, CA) | Trackwrestling Profile".
- ^ "Amit Elor on Flowrestling". flowrestling.org. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ "Susaki storms to third world gold at 50kg". uww.org. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (September 15, 2022). "Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "Результаты первенства мира по спортивной борьбе U-20 (ОБНОВЛЯЕТСЯ)". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Qualified NOCs at 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Amit's bio on UWW". uww.org. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ "FAIXA ROXA! I'm so happy to be promoted to purple belt". facebook.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.[self-published]
- ^ "Com apenas 17 anos, americana cumpre promessa e doa R$ 24 mil para projeto social em Manaus; veja". lance.com.br. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ "Campeã no GP Selection BJJBET, americana Amit Elor cumpre promessa e doa R$ 24 mil para o projeto social Dream Art Manaus". tatame.com.br. March 25, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.