Kamal Bey
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | US OTC Sunkist Kids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Herb House | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kamal Ameer Bey (born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.
High school[edit]
Bey attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois until his junior year.[1] During his high school years, he was a USAW Greco-Roman national champion (three-time All-American) and a folkstyle Illinois state champion.[2] In August 2015, he opted to drop out of high school with 12th grade remaining, to focus on Greco-Roman wrestling and move to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]
Greco-Roman[edit]
Cadet & Junior[edit]
Since arriving to the OTC in 2016, he became a UWW National Champion and once again placed at the Fargo Nationals.[2] He went on to represent the United States in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Junior World Championships, placing eight, first and fifth respectively.[3]
Senior[edit]
In 2016, he placed fourth at the Dave Schultz M. International[4] and claimed a Bill Farrell M. International title.[5] In December, he represented USA at the Club World Championships after winning the US Open[6] and helped the team to place eleventh.[7]
In 2017, he won a Dave Schultz M. International title,[8] placed second at the US Open,[9] third at the Zagreb Grand Prix,[10] and twenty first at the U23 World Championships.[11]
In 2018, he claimed championships at the US Open, Cerro Pelado International and Bill Farrell International.[3] 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.[12] He then went on to place seventeenth at the Germany Grand Prix after losing in the first round.[13] In his final competition of the year, Bey competed at the World Championships, where he placed seventh.[14]
In 2019, he claimed his second Dave Schultz M. International championship,[15] his second-straight US Open championship,[16] placed second at the Pan American Championships[17] and made it to Final X, where he fell short.[18] In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.[19]
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.[20] He was not suspended and competed days later at the Hungary Grand Prix.[21]
In 2020, he placed seventh at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and he was then scheduled to compete at the 20' US Olympic Team Trials on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania.[22] 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.[23]
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.[24]
Bey won a bronze medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[25] A few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[26] He was eliminated in his second match.[26]
Greco-Roman record[edit]
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]
- ^ a b Holmes, Ryan (August 1, 2015). "Kamal Bey Leaving OPRF For OTC". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "#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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
- Kamal Bey at Team USA (archived April 20, 2019)
- American male sport wrestlers
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Bellwood, Illinois
- Sportspeople from Illinois
- Amateur wrestlers
- Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Wrestlers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling