Amit Elor

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Amit Elor
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2004-01-01) January 1, 2004 (age 20)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.[1]
Years active2019–present
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class72 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubNew York City Regional Training Center[2]
New York Athletic Club
Al Wahda Club Jiu-Jitsu Academy[3]
PartnerHelen Maroulis, Elena Pirozhkova[4]
Coached byValentin Kalika (head coach)
Terry Steiner (formally)
Medal record
Womens's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 72 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Pontevedra 72 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia 72 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ufa 68 kg
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 69 kg

Amit Elor (born January 1, 2004[5]) is an American female freestyle wrestler and brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. She competes at 72 kilograms in amateur wrestling. She is a senior, junior and cadet world champion.[6]

Background

Elor was born in California, U.S. She has Russian roots. Amit started wrestling at the age of seven.[4]

Wrestling career

Folkstyle

Elor has trained in wrestling almost her whole life. During her years of high school, Elor won multiple high school tournaments.[7][8]

Freestyle

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]

Championships and achievements

  • 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)[13]
    • 2022 Senior World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72 kg)
    • 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – 1st (72 kg)
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
    • Purple belt[14]
    • 2021 BJJBET Grand Prix – 1st (68 kg)[15]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle International Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
U23 2022 World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 72 kg
Win 20–1 Poland Wiktoria Chołuj TF 11–0 October 20–21, 2022 U23 World Championships

Spain Pontevedra, Spain

Win 19–1 Romania Larisa Nițu 4F–0
Win 18–1 France Kendra Dacher 13F–2
2022 Senior World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 72 kg
Win 17–1 Kazakhstan Zhamila Bakbergenova 10–0 September 14–15, 2022 Senior World Championships

Serbia Belgrade, Serbia

Win 16–1 Japan Masako Furuichi 3–2
Win 15–1 Turkey Buse Tosun 4F–0
Win 14–1 Ukraine Anastasiya Alpyeyeva TF 10–0
2022 Junior World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 72 kg
Win 13–1 Kazakhstan Anastassiya Panassovich TF 10–0 August 15–21, 2022 Junior World Championships

Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria

Win 12–1 India Reetika Reetika TF 12–1
Win 11–1 Hungary Zsófia Virág TF 10–0
Win 10–1 Tunisia Zaineb Sghaier Fall
Zouhaier Sghaier 8th at 72 kg
9–1 Tunisia Zaineb Sghaier Forfeit July 14–17, 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier

Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia

9–1 India Bipasha Bipasha Forfeit
2021 Junior World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 68 kg
Win 9–1 Russia Elizaveta Petliakova TF 10–0 August 16–22, 2021 2021 Junior World Championships

Russia Ufa, Russia

Win 8–1 Slovakia Molnar Zsuzsanna TF 11–0
Win 7–1 India Arju Arju TF 10–0
2021 Cadet World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 69 kg
Win 6–1 Ukraine Yevhenii Siedykh Fall July 19–25, 2021 2021 Cadet World Championships

Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Win 5–1 Belarus Viktoryia Radzkova Fall
Win 4–1 Romania Barbara Abigel Sere TF 10–0
Cadet World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 69 kg
Win 3–1 Tunisia Zaineb Sghaier TF 12–0 July 29–04, 2019 2019 Cadet World Championships

Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria

Loss 2–1 Japan Honoka Naka 1–3
Win 2–0 Hungary Lili Újfalvi TF 10–0
Win 1–0 Ukraine Karolina Povk TF 12–0

Personal life

Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook.[4]

She dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Micael Galvâo[16]

References

  1. ^ "Amit Elor: College Park's Pin-Seeking Phenom". sportstarsmag.com. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "NYCRTC's Young Star Amit Elor Seeks World Domination After Double World Titles". nycrtc.org. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Amit Elor is an Al Wahda BJJ club member". events.uaejjf.org.
  4. ^ a b c "Amit Elor practices with Pirozhkova". amitelor.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Amit Elor Seeking World Domination One Competition At A Time". flowrestling.org. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "Amit Elor Selected as USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week". teamusa.org. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, CA) | Trackwrestling Profile".
  8. ^ "Amit Elor on Flowrestling". flowrestling.org. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "Susaki storms to third world gold at 50kg". uww.org. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  10. ^ Brennan, Eliott (September 15, 2022). "Olympic champion Stock-Mensah resumes title success at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  13. ^ "Amit's bio on UWW". uww.org. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  14. ^ "FAIXA ROXA! I'm so happy to be promoted to purple belt". facebook.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
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