Amit Elor (born January 1, 2004) is an American

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

and

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practitioner. She competes at 72 kilograms in amateur wrestling. She is a senior, junior and cadet world champion.

Background

She was born in California to Israeli parents of Russian origin who had come to the US to attend university. 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.

Wrestling career

Folkstyle

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

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

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, Russia and

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, 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. She defeated

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of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match. A month later, she won the gold medal in the 72kg event at the

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held in Pontevedra, Spain. She competed at the

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, 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

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On August 18, 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Amman,

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. 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

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held in Paris, France.

Championships and achievements

*Amateur wrestling: **2019 Cadet World Championships – 3rd (69 kg) **2021 Cadet World Championships – 1st (69 kg) **2021 Junior World Championships – 1st (68 kg) **2022 Junior World Championships – 1st (72 kg) **2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series – 8th (72 kg) **2022 Senior World Championships – 1st (72 kg) **2022 U23 World Championships – 1st (72 kg) **2022 World Cup – 4th (72 kg) **2023 Junior World Championships – 1st (72kg) *Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: **Purple belt **2021 BJJBET Grand Prix – 1st (68 kg)

International freestyle wrestling record

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Personal life

Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook and dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elor, Amit American female sport wrestlers 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Walnut Creek, California Sportspeople from California Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century American sportswomen