Amit Elor, a 20-year-old from Walnut Creek, defeated Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova on Tuesday in the 68-kilogram final at the Paris Games to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female.
gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport.Elor, just 20 years old, defeated Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 on Tuesday in the 68-kilogram final at the Paris Games to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female.
She became the third American woman to win gold, following Helen Maroulis in 2016 and Tamyra Mensah-Stock in 2021. Women started wrestling at the Olympics in 2004."It was one of the best moments in my life," she said. "I think I'm going to remember it for my entire life. It's one of the best feelings in the world. And when I experience something like that, it just reminds me that everything is worth it.
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