Amit Elor

American freestyle wrestler

Amit Elor

Personal information

Born

(2004-01-01) January 1, 2004 (age 20)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.

Years active

2019–present

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Sport

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

Women's freestyle wrestling

Representing the United States
World Championships
	2022 Belgrade	72 kg
	2023 Belgrade	72 kg
Pan American Championships
	2023 Buenos Aires	72 kg
World U23 Championships
	2022 Pontevedra	72 kg
	2023 Tirana	72 kg
Junior World Championships
	2021 Ufa	68 kg
	2022 Sofia	72 kg
	2023 Amman	72 kg
Cadet World Championships
	2021 Budapest	69 kg
	2019 Sofia	69 kg

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

Elor is American-Israeli, she was born in California to Israeli parents who had come to the US to attend university.^[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]}

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]

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]

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)^[17]
- 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:
- Purple belt^[18]
- 2021 BJJBET Grand Prix – 1st (68 kg)^[19]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle International matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2023 Junior World Championships at 72 kg
Win	25–1	Bukrenaz Sert	TF 11–0	August 17–18, 2023	Junior World Championships	Amman, Jordan
Win	24–1	Yuka Fujikura	TF 10–0
Win	23–1	Patrycja Dorota Cuber	5^F–0
Win	22–1	Tastanbek Shamshiyabanu	TF 10–0
2022 World Cup 4th at 72 kg
Win	21–1	Qiandegenchagan Qiandegenchagan	5–0	December 10–11, 2022	World Cup	Coralville, US
U23 2022 World Championships at 72 kg
Win	20–1	Wiktoria Chołuj	TF 11–0	October 20–21, 2022	U23 World Championships	Pontevedra, Spain
Win	19–1	Larisa Nițu	4^F–0
Win	18–1	Kendra Dacher	13^F–2
2022 Senior World Championships at 72 kg
Win	17–1	Zhamila Bakbergenova	10–0	September 14–15, 2022	Senior World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	16–1	Masako Furuichi	3–2
Win	15–1	Buse Tosun	4^F–0
Win	14–1	Anastasiya Alpyeyeva	TF 10–0
2022 Junior World Championships at 72 kg
Win	13–1	Anastassiya Panassovich	TF 10–0	August 15–21, 2022	Junior World Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria
Win	12–1	Reetika Reetika	TF 12–1
Win	11–1	Zsófia Virág	TF 10–0
Win	10–1	Zaineb Sghaier	Fall
Zouhaier Sghaier 8th at 72 kg
	9–1	Zaineb Sghaier	Forfeit	July 14–17, 2022	Zouhaier Sghaier	Tunis, Tunisia
	9–1	Bipasha Bipasha	Forfeit	July 14–17, 2022	Zouhaier Sghaier	Tunis, Tunisia
2021 Junior World Championships at 68 kg
Win	9–1	Elizaveta Petliakova	TF 10–0	August 16–22, 2021	2021 Junior World Championships	Ufa, Russia
Win	8–1	Molnar Zsuzsanna	TF 11–0
Win	7–1	Arju Arju	TF 10–0
2021 Cadet World Championships at 69 kg
Win	6–1	Yevhenii Siedykh	Fall	July 19–25, 2021	2021 Cadet World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	5–1	Viktoryia Radzkova	Fall
Win	4–1	Barbara Abigel Sere	TF 10–0
Cadet World Championships at 69 kg
Win	3–1	Zaineb Sghaier	TF 12–0	July 29–4, 2019	2019 Cadet World Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria
Loss	2–1	Honoka Naka	1–3
Win	2–0	Lili Újfalvi	TF 10–0
Win	1–0	Karolina Povk	TF 12–0

Personal life

Amit is a dog lover and likes to cook^[6] and dates Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Micael Galvâo.^[20]

References

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^ "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 Daughter of Israelis makes US wrestling history with gold medal win". jpost.com. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
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^ "Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, CA) | Trackwrestling Profile".
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^ "Susaki storms to third world gold at 50kg". uww.org. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
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^ "Результаты первенства мира по спортивной борьбе U-20 (ОБНОВЛЯЕТСЯ)". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
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^ "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.