Kamal Bey

American Greco-Roman wrestler (born 1998)

Kamal Bey

Personal information

Full name| Kamal Ameer Bey
Born|  (1998-01-03) January 3, 1998 (age 26)
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 (born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.

## 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] Bey also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[27]

## 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
* 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[edit]

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## External links[edit]

* Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
* Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
* Kamal Bey at Team USA (archived April 20, 2019)