Kamal Bey
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Full name | Kamal Ameer Bey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-01-03) January 3, 1998 (age 26) 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kamal Ameer Bey (/kəˈmɑːl ˈbeɪ/ kə-MAHL BAY;[1] born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.
High school
Bey 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
Bey 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
Senior Greco-Roman Matches | ||||||
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Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location |
2020 Matteo Pellicone RS 7th at 77 kg | ||||||
Loss | 54-17 | ![]() | 5-7 | January 15–18, 2020 | 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series | |
Win | 54-16 | ![]() | TF 14-5 | |||
2019 US Nationals ![]() | ||||||
Win | 53-16 | ![]() | 5-1 | December 20–22, 2019 | 2019 Senior Nationals - US Olympic Trials Qualifier | |
Win | 52-16 | ![]() | TF 14-1 | |||
Win | 51-16 | ![]() | TF 10-1 | |||
Win | 50-16 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Win | 49-16 | ![]() | TF 10-0 | |||
2019 US World Team Trials ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 48-16 | ![]() | 3-6 | June 7–8, 2019 | 2019 Final X: Rutgers | |
Loss | 48-15 | ![]() | 1-2 | |||
Win | 48-14 | ![]() | TF 11-2 | |||
2019 US Open ![]() | ||||||
Win | 47-14 | ![]() | 7-5 | April 27–29, 2019 | 2019 US Open Championships | |
Win | 46-14 | ![]() | TF 10-1 | |||
Win | 45-14 | ![]() | TF 12-0 | |||
Win | 44-14 | ![]() | TF 14-0 | |||
Win | 43-14 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
2019 Pan American Championships ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 42-14 | ![]() | 1-3 | April 18–21, 2019 | 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 42-13 | ![]() | 5-3 | |||
Win | 41-13 | ![]() | TF 10-0 | |||
Win | 40-13 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
2019 Hungary Grand Prix 9th at 77 kg | ||||||
Loss | 39-13 | ![]() | 2-4 | February 23–24, 2019 | 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix - Polyák Imre Memorial | |
Win | 39-12 | ![]() | TF 11-0 | |||
2019 Zagreb Grand Prix at 77 kg | ||||||
Loss | 38-12 | ![]() | DQ | February 9–10, 2019 | 2019 Grand Prix of Zagreb Open | |
Win | 38-11 | ![]() | 7-3 | |||
2019 Dave Schultz M. International ![]() | ||||||
Win | 37-11 | ![]() | 6-4 | January 24–26, 2019 | 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International | |
Win | 36-11 | ![]() | TF 11-2 | |||
Win | 35-11 | ![]() | TF 12-2 | |||
2018 World Championships 7th at 77 kg | ||||||
Loss | 34-11 | ![]() | 2-6 | October 20–28, 2018 | 2018 World Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 34-10 | ![]() | 8-1 | |||
Win | 33-10 | ![]() | TF 9-0 | |||
2018 Germany Grand Prix 17th at 80 kg | ||||||
Loss | 32-10 | ![]() | 5-5 | August 18–19, 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix of Germany | |
2018 US World Team Trials ![]() | ||||||
Win | 32-9 | ![]() | TF 10-0 | June 21–22, 2018 | 2018 US World Team Trials | |
Win | 31-9 | ![]() | 5-3 | |||
2018 US Open ![]() | ||||||
Win | 30-9 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | April 24–28, 2018 | 2018 US Open Championships | |
Win | 29-9 | ![]() | TF 10-0 | |||
Win | 28-9 | ![]() | TF 10-0 | |||
Win | 27-9 | ![]() | Fall | |||
2018 Bill Farrell M. International ![]() | ||||||
Win | 26-9 | ![]() | TF 13-4 | March 30–31, 2018 | 2018 Bill Farrell Memorial International |
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Win | 25-9 | ![]() | 9-8 | |||
Win | 24-9 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado ![]() | ||||||
Win | 22-9 | ![]() | TF 9-1 | February 15–23, 2018 | 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado Ranking Series | |
Win | 21-9 | ![]() | 11-4 | |||
Win | 20-9 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
Win | 19-9 | ![]() | Fall | |||
2018 USA vs. Serbia ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 18-9 | ![]() | TF 0-9 | February 11, 2018 | 2018 USA vs. Serbia Special Dual Meet | |
2017 U23 World Championships 21st at 80 kg | ||||||
Loss | 18-8 | ![]() | TF 0-11 | November 21–26, 2017 | 2017 U23 World Championships | |
2017 U23 World Team Trials ![]() | ||||||
Win | 18-7 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | October 7–8, 2017 | 2017 U23 World Team Trials | |
Win | 17-7 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
Win | 17-7 | ![]() | 9-7 | |||
Win | 16-7 | ![]() | TF 9-0 | |||
2017 US Open & WTT ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 15-7 | ![]() | TF 0-8 | April 26–29, 2017 | 2017 US World Team Trials | |
Loss | 15-6 | ![]() | 8-9 | |||
Win | 15-5 | ![]() | 16-13 | 2017 US Open Championships | ||
Win | 14-5 | ![]() | 6-2 | |||
2017 Zagreb Grand Prix ![]() | ||||||
Win | 13-5 | ![]() | Fall | March 11, 2017 | 2017 Grand Prix of Zagreb Open | |
Loss | 12-5 | ![]() | TF 2-10 | |||
Win | 12-4 | ![]() | Fall | |||
2017 Dave Schultz M. International ![]() | ||||||
Win | 11-4 | ![]() | 5-3 | February 1–3, 2017 | 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International | |
Win | 10-4 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
Win | 9-4 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
Win | 8-4 | ![]() | TF 8-0 | |||
2016 Club World Championships 11th as Team USA | ||||||
Win | 7-4 | ![]() | 9-4 | December 8–9, 2016 | 2016 Club World Championships | |
Win | 6-4 | ![]() | TF 12-4 | |||
Loss | 5-4 | ![]() | 10-12 | |||
Loss | 5-3 | ![]() | TF 2-10 | |||
2016 Bill Farrell M. International ![]() | ||||||
Win | 5-2 | ![]() | TF 15-5 | November 10–12, 2016 | 2016 Bill Farrell Memorial International |
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Win | 4-2 | ![]() | Fall | |||
2016 Dave Schultz M. International 4th at 75 kg | ||||||
Loss | 3-2 | ![]() | 12-19 | January 28–30, 2016 | 2016 Dave Schultz Memorial International | |
Win | 3-1 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Loss | 2-1 | ![]() | TF 3-11 | |||
Win | 2-0 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Win | 1-0 | ![]() | Fall |
Awards and honors
- 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
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- ^ "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
- Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
- Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Kamal Ameer Bey at Olympics.com
- Kamal Bey at Team USA (archive April 20, 2019)