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Kamal Bey

Kamal Ameer Bey (born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.

Kamal Bey
Personal information
Full nameKamal Ameer Bey
Born (1998-01-03) January 3, 1998 (age 26)
Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Weight class77 kg (170 lb)
EventGreco-Roman
ClubUS OTC
Sunkist Kids
TeamUSA
Coached byHerb House
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 77 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Buenos Aires 77 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Buenos Aires 77 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Acapulco 77 kg
US National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Fort Worth 77 kg
US Open Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Las Vegas 77 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Las Vegas 77 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Las Vegas 75 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere 74 kg

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

Senior Greco-Roman Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2020 Matteo Pellicone RS 7th at 77 kg
Loss 54-17   Wuileixis Rivas 5-7 January 15–18, 2020 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series

  Rome, Italy

Win 54-16   Nurbek Khashimbekov TF 14-5
2019 US Nationals   at 77 kg
Win 53-16   Jake Fisher 5-1 December 20–22, 2019 2019 Senior Nationals - US Olympic Trials Qualifier

  Fort Worth, Texas

Win 52-16   Corey Hope TF 14-1
Win 51-16   Alex Mossing TF 10-1
Win 50-16   Timothy Johnson Thompson Fall
Win 49-16   Anthonie Linares TF 10-0
2019 US World Team Trials   at 77 kg
Loss 48-16   Pat Smith 3-6 June 7–8, 2019 2019 Final X: Rutgers

  Piscataway, New Jersey

Loss 48-15   Pat Smith 1-2
Win 48-14   Pat Smith TF 11-2
2019 US Open   at 77 kg
Win 47-14   Pat Smith 7-5 April 27–29, 2019 2019 US Open Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 46-14   Peyton Walsh TF 10-1
Win 45-14   Fritz Schierl TF 12-0
Win 44-14   Burke Paddock TF 14-0
Win 43-14   Joseph Cornejo TF 8-0
2019 Pan American Championships   at 77 kg
Loss 42-14   Yosvanys Peña 1-3 April 18–21, 2019 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships

  Buenos Aires, Argentina

Win 42-13   David Choc 5-3
Win 41-13   Juan Angel Escobar TF 10-0
Win 40-13   Enrique Cuero TF 8-0
2019 Hungary Grand Prix 9th at 77 kg
Loss 39-13   László Szabó 2-4 February 23–24, 2019 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix - Polyák Imre Memorial

  Győr, Hungary

Win 39-12   Leo Drmola TF 11-0
2019 Zagreb Grand Prix at 77 kg
Loss 38-12   Rafael Iunusov DQ February 9–10, 2019 2019 Grand Prix of Zagreb Open

  Zagreb, Croatia

Win 38-11   Riccardo Vito Abbrescia 7-3
2019 Dave Schultz M. International   at 82 kg
Win 37-11   Carter Nielsen 6-4 January 24–26, 2019 2019 Dave Schultz Memorial International

  Colorado Springs, Colorado

Win 36-11   Vladyslav Dombrovskiy TF 11-2
Win 35-11   Spencer Woods TF 12-2
2018 World Championships 7th at 77 kg
Loss 34-11   Elvin Mursaliyev 2-6 October 20–28, 2018 2018 World Wrestling Championships

  Budapest, Hungary

Win 34-10   Reinier Jiménez 8-1
Win 33-10   Zhang Ridong TF 9-0
2018 Germany Grand Prix 17th at 80 kg
Loss 32-10   Khalid Kerchiyev 5-5 August 18–19, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Germany

  Dortmund, Germany

2018 US World Team Trials   at 77 kg
Win 32-9   Mason Manville TF 10-0 June 21–22, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials

  Tulsa, Oklahoma

Win 31-9   Mason Manville 5-3
2018 US Open   at 77 kg
Win 30-9   Peyton Walsh TF 8-0 April 24–28, 2018 2018 US Open Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 29-9   Jon Jay Chavez TF 10-0
Win 28-9   Brandon Mueller TF 10-0
Win 27-9   Dylan Reel Fall
2018 Bill Farrell M. International   at 77 kg
Win 26-9   Jesse Porter TF 13-4 March 30–31, 2018 2018 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  New York City, New York

Win 25-9   Kendrick Sanders 9-8
Win 24-9   Colin Schubert TF 8-0
2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado   at 77 kg
Win 22-9   Ariel Fis Batista TF 9-1 February 15–23, 2018 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado Ranking Series

  Havana, Cuba

Win 21-9   Luis Avendaño 11-4
Win 20-9   Juan Angel Escobar TF 8-0
Win 19-9   Yurisandy Hernandez Rios Fall
2018 USA vs. Serbia   at 80 kg
Loss 18-9   Viktor Nemeš TF 0-9 February 11, 2018 2018 USA vs. Serbia Special Dual Meet

  Boise, Idaho

2017 U23 World Championships 21st at 80 kg
Loss 18-8   Andrii Antoniuk TF 0-11 November 21–26, 2017 2017 U23 World Championships

  Bydgoszcz, Poland

2017 U23 World Team Trials   at 80 kg
Win 18-7   Thomas Brackett TF 8-0 October 7–8, 2017 2017 U23 World Team Trials

  Rochester, Minnesota

Win 17-7   Thomas Brackett TF 8-0
Win 17-7   Alex Meyer 9-7
Win 16-7   Zackery Bickford TF 9-0
2017 US Open & WTT   at 75 kg
Loss 15-7   Mason Manville TF 0-8 April 26–29, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Loss 15-6   Mason Manville 8-9
Win 15-5   Jon Jay Chavez 16-13 2017 US Open Championships
Win 14-5   Michael Hooker 6-2
2017 Zagreb Grand Prix   at 80 kg
Win 13-5   Michael Wagner Fall March 11, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Zagreb Open

  Zagreb, Croatia

Loss 12-5   Božo Starčević TF 2-10
Win 12-4   Yuya Maeta Fall
2017 Dave Schultz M. International   at 75 kg
Win 11-4   Jesse Porter 5-3 February 1–3, 2017 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International

  Colorado Springs, Colorado

Win 10-4   Kodai Sakuraba TF 8-0
Win 9-4   Roni Sosa TF 8-0
Win 8-4   Michael Donato TF 8-0
2016 Club World Championships 11th as Team USA
Win 7-4   Rustam Rakhmatulaev 9-4 December 8–9, 2016 2016 Club World Championships

  Budapest, Hungary

Win 6-4   Butkhuzi Karaia TF 12-4
Loss 5-4   Martin Szabo 10-12
Loss 5-3   Emrah Kuş TF 2-10
2016 Bill Farrell M. International   at 75 kg
Win 5-2   Alec Ortiz TF 15-5 November 10–12, 2016 2016 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  New York City, New York

Win 4-2   Bradley Dolezal Fall
2016 Dave Schultz M. International 4th at 75 kg
Loss 3-2   Alec Ortiz 12-19 January 28–30, 2016 2016 Dave Schultz Memorial International

  Colorado Springs, Colorado

Win 3-1   Robert Kokesh Fall
Loss 2-1   Dillon Cowan TF 3-11
Win 2-0   Barrett Stanghill Fall
Win 1-0   Alvis Almendra Fall

Awards and honors edit

  • 2019
    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

  1. ^ a b Holmes, Ryan (August 1, 2015). "Kamal Bey Leaving OPRF For OTC". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "KAMAL BEY". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Sachs, John (January 28, 2016), 2016 Dave Schultz Greco, retrieved July 6, 2020
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Results for the 2016 U.S. Open Greco and Womens wrestling event". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "CLUB WORLD CUP / GRECO-ROMAN (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Results for the 2017 U.S. Open Wrestling Championships wrestling event". FloWrestling.org. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "Grand Prix Zagreb Open (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Pan-American Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "Grand Prix of Germany 2018 (Brackets)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "World Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "Smith Claims First Schultz Title; Bey & Hancock Also Pull Through". Five Point Move. January 25, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  16. ^ "2019 Greco Roman World Team Trials Qualifiers After US Open". Fanatic Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "Pan-American Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "Smith Downs Bey in Three-Round Classic at Final X: Rutgers". Five Point Move. June 8, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "X-Man Makes Finals; US With SIX Athletes Chasing Medals in Zagreb". Five Point Move. February 9, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Goodwin, Cody (March 13, 2020). "USA Wrestling announces that 2020 Olympic Trials are postponed". Des Moines Register. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  24. ^ "Wrestling athlete Kamal Bey accepts USADA sanction for Whereabouts Rule Violation". USA Wrestling. October 30, 2020. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020.
  25. ^ "2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  26. ^ 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

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