Kamal Ameer Bey (/kəˈmɑːl ˈbeɪ/ kə-MAHL BAY;[1] born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.
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| Full name | Kamal Ameer Bey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 3, 1998 Bellwood, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army WCAP Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Herb House | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school
editBey attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois until his junior year.[2] During his high school years in Illinois, he was a USAW Greco-Roman national champion (three-time All-American) and a folkstyle Illinois state champion.[3]
In August 2015, Bey move to Colorado to train at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and to complete his secondary education at Pine Creek High School.[4]
Greco-Roman
editBey was the U.S. Senior Greco-Roman national champion in 2016 and began training at the Olympic Training Center.[5] He went on to represent the United States in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Junior World Championships, placing eight, first and fifth respectively.[6]
In 2016, he placed fourth at the Dave Schultz M. International[7] and claimed a Bill Farrell M. International title.[8] In December, he represented USA at the Club World Championships after winning the US Open[9] and helped the team to place eleventh.[10]
In 2017, he won a Dave Schultz M. International title,[11] placed second at the US Open,[12] third at the Zagreb Grand Prix,[13] and twenty first at the U23 World Championships.[14]
In 2018, he claimed championships at the US Open, Cerro Pelado International and Bill Farrell International.[6] He also competed at the Pan American Championships but was forced to pull out of the tournament after he suffered an injury in his first match.[15] He then went on to place seventeenth at the Germany Grand Prix after losing in the first round.[16] In his final competition of the year, Bey competed at the World Championships, where he placed seventh.[17]
In 2019, he claimed his second Dave Schultz M. International championship,[18] his second-straight US Open championship,[19] placed second at the Pan American Championships[20] and made it to Final X, where he fell short.[21] In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.[22]
On February 9–10, 2019, Bey competed against Rafael Iunusov in the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Grand Prix. While down 2 points to 6, Bey attacked Iunusov with a right hook to the chin at the end of the match, this led to a disqualification loss.[23] He was not suspended and competed days later at the Hungary Grand Prix.[24]
2020 Olympics
In 2020, Bey placed seventh at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and he was then scheduled to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania.[25] However, the event was postponed for 2021 along with the Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving all the qualifiers unable to compete.[26]
On October 30, 2020, it was announced by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that Bey had accepted a one-year long suspension, after failing to properly inform and maintain his whereabouts information, missing his opportunity to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[27]
2024 Olympics
Bey represented the United States in the Men's Greco-Roman 77 kilogram wrestling competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[28] and was the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion.[29][30]
Leading up to the Garmes, Bey won the bronze medal at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico,[31] a few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament.[32] He was eliminated in his second match.[32] Bey also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[33]
Greco-Roman record
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Awards and honors
edit- 2019
Pan American Championships (77 kg)
US Nationals (77 kg)- US World Team Trials (77 kg)
- US Open (77 kg)
- 2018
- US World Team Trials (77 kg)
- US Open (77 kg)
- 2017
- US U23 World Team Trials (80 kg)
- US World Team Trials (75 kg)
- US Open (75 kg)
References
edit- ^ "BEY Kamal Ameer". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Holmes, Ryan (August 1, 2015). "Kamal Bey Leaving OPRF For OTC". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "#TeamUSATuesday: Greco-Roman National Team member Kamal Bey". USA Wrestling. March 26, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ McFadden, Ryan. Greco-Roman wrestler Kamal Bey came to Colorado to chase Olympic glory. Now he’s ready to fulfill his dreams in Paris. The Denver Post. July 14, 2024. https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/14/kamal-bey-summer-olympics-journey-paris/#:~:text=Kamal%20is%20one%20of%2016,Athletes%20from%20Russia%20and%20Belarus.
- ^ Kamal Bey. Athlete Bio. USA Wrestling. https://www.themat.com/profiles/kamal-bey
- ^ a b "KAMAL BEY". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ Sachs, John (January 28, 2016), 2016 Dave Schultz Greco, retrieved July 6, 2020
- ^ Abbott, Gary (November 12, 2016). "Bey, Hancock claim U.S. Greco-Roman golds at Bill Farrell International". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Results for the 2016 U.S. Open Greco and Womens wrestling event". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "CLUB WORLD CUP / GRECO-ROMAN (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (February 1, 2017). "Bey and Hancock win U.S. Open finals rematches to capture Dave Schultz Memorial Greco-Roman golds". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Results for the 2017 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships wrestling event". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Grand Prix Zagreb Open (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Kamal Bey: "Short time is enough time. 40 seconds on the clock, no problem."". USA Wrestling. October 12, 2017. Archived from the original on July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Grand Prix of Germany 2018 (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "World Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Smith Claims First Schultz Title; Bey & Hancock Also Pull Through". Five Point Move. January 25, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Greco Roman World Team Trials Qualifiers After US Open". Fanatic Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Pan-American Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Smith Downs Bey in Three-Round Classic at Final X: Rutgers". Five Point Move. June 8, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Taylor (December 21, 2019). "Bey, Sancho, Fuenffinger, Miller, Schultz and Anderson win Senior National titles in Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "X-Man Makes Finals; US With SIX Athletes Chasing Medals in Zagreb". Five Point Move. February 9, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ "World Champion Azizli Headlines Hungarian Grand Prix Entry List". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody (December 22, 2019). "Wrestling: Iowa's Spencer Lee wins Senior Nationals, qualifies for 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials". Hawk Central. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Goodwin, Cody (March 13, 2020). "USA Wrestling announces that 2020 Olympic Trials are postponed". Des Moines Register. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Wrestling athlete Kamal Bey accepts USADA sanction for Whereabouts Rule Violation". USA Wrestling. October 30, 2020. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020.
- ^ McFadden, Ryan. Greco-Roman wrestler Kamal Bey came to Colorado to chase Olympic glory. Now he’s ready to fulfill his dreams in Paris. The Denver Post. July 14, 2024. https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/14/kamal-bey-summer-olympics-journey-paris/#:~:text=Kamal%20is%20one%20of%2016,Athletes%20from%20Russia%20and%20Belarus.
- ^ Kamal Bey. Athlete Bio. USA Wrestling. https://www.themat.com/profiles/kamal-bey
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
External links
edit- Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
- Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Kamal Ameer Bey at Olympics.com
- Kamal Ameer Bey at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Kamal Bey at USA Wrestling
- Kamal Bey at Team USA (archive April 20, 2019)