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Kamal Bey

Personal information
Full name	Kamal Ameer Bey
Born	(1998-01-03) January 3, 1998 (age 27) Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
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 Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  United States Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 77 kg Pan American Championships 2023 Buenos Aires 77 kg 2019 Buenos Aires 77 kg 2024 Acapulco 77 kg US National Championships 2019 Fort Worth 77 kg US Open Championships 2018 Las Vegas 77 kg 2019 Las Vegas 77 kg 2017 Las Vegas 75 kg Junior World Championships 2017 Tampere 74 kg

Kamal Ameer Bey OLY (/kəˈmɑːl ˈbeɪ/ kə-MAHL BAY; 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 All-American) and a folkstyle Illinois 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 Final X, where he fell short. In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.

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. 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 4–5 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 77 kilogram wrestling competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and was the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion.

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

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

• 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)

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External links

• Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
• Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database
• Kamal Ameer Bey at Olympics.com
• Kamal Bey at USA Wrestling
• Kamal Bey at Team USA (archive April 20, 2019)
• Kamal Bey on Instagram

• American male sport wrestlers
• 1998 births
• Living people
• People from Bellwood, Illinois
• Sportspeople from Cook County, 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
• People from Oak Park, Illinois
• Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic wrestlers for the United States