Amit Elor
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Walnut Creek, California, U.S.[1] | January 1, 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2019–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 72 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | New York City Regional Training Center[2] New York Athletic Club Al Wahda Club Jiu-Jitsu Academy[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Helen Maroulis, Elena Pirozhkova[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Valentin Kalika (head coach) Terry Steiner (formally) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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)
Freestyle record
Personal life
Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook.[4]
She dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Micael Galvâo[16]
References
- ^ "Amit Elor: College Park's Pin-Seeking Phenom". sportstarsmag.com. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Amit Elor practices with Pirozhkova". amitelor.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "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. Retrieved August 30, 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
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