Kamal Bey

Kamal Ameer Bey OLY ( ; 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. During his high school years in Illinois, he was a USAW Greco-Roman national champion, three-time Greco-Roman All-American, and a Illinois folkstyle state champion.

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.

Greco-Roman

Bey was the U.S. Senior Greco-Roman national champion in 2016 and began training at the Olympic Training Center. He went on to represent the United States in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Junior World Championships, placing eight, first and fifth respectively.

In 2016, he placed fourth at the Dave Schultz M. International and claimed a Bill Farrell M. International title. In December, he represented USA at the Club World Championships after winning the US Open and helped the team to place eleventh.

In 2017, he won a Dave Schultz M. International title, placed second at the US Open, third at the Zagreb Grand Prix, and twenty first at the U23 World Championships.

In 2018, he claimed championships at the US Open, Cerro Pelado International and Bill Farrell International. 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. He then went on to place seventeenth at the Germany Grand Prix after losing in the first round. In his final competition of the year, Bey competed at the World Championships, where he placed seventh.

In 2019, he claimed his second Dave Schultz M. International championship, his second-straight US Open championship, placed second at the Pan American Championships and made it to , where he fell short. In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.

On February 9Ã¢ÂÂ10, 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. He was not suspended and competed days later at the Hungary Grand Prix.

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 4Ã¢ÂÂ5 at State College, Pennsylvania. 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.

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.

2024 Olympics

Bey represented the United States in the Men's Greco-Roman 77kilogram wrestling competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and was the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion. Bey lost to his opponent, Akzhol Makhmudov, and ultimately placed 11th in the final standing.

Leading up to the Garmes, Bey won the bronze medal at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico, a few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. He was eliminated in his second match. Bey also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Greco-Roman record

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

External links

Kamal Bey at USA Wrestling