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| Full name | Kamal Ameer Bey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 3, 1998 Bellwood, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | US OTC Sunkist Kids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Herb House | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kamal Ameer Bey (born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.
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 twelfth grade remaining, to focus on Greco-Roman wrestling and move to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1]
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]
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]
Pan American Championships (77 kg)
US Nationals (77 kg) US World Team Trials (77 kg) US Open (77 kg) US World Team Trials (77 kg) US Open (77 kg) US U23 World Team Trials (80 kg) US World Team Trials (75 kg) US Open (75 kg)
