Amit Elor

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American freestyle wrestler and brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner

Places

United States of America

Wrestler Amateur wrestler

Work field

Sports

Gender

Female

Birth

1 January 2004 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, USA

Star sign

Capricorn People who share this birthday

Age

21 years

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Biography

Amit Elor (born January 1, 2004) 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.

Background

Elor was born in California and is half Russian. 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 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. She defeated Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match. A month later, she won the gold medal in the 72 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.

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. On August 18, 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Amman, Jordan.

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)
- 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
- 2021 BJJBET Grand Prix – 1st (68 kg)