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Walnut Creek to Hold Gold Medal Celebration with Amit Elor

by CC News
Walnut Creek

Join the City of Walnut Creek at  Civic Park for a Gold Medal Celebration honoring local hero and amazing freestyle wrestler Amit Elor, fresh off her gold medal victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics!

There will be a question-and-answer session with Amit and two of her coaches and an opportunity to take photos with the gold medalist. Bring a blanket to sit on or low-backed chairs.

Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the gold medalist in person and show your support. RSVP for this FREE event. See you there!

Gold Medal Celebration with Amit Elor


Per her bio

Personal
  • Daughter of Elana and Yair Elor, who were born in Israel and moved to the U.S. in 1980 to attend college
  • Youngest of six children—three boys and three girls
  • Older sister Ronny and older brother Orry were successful wrestlers, both winning USA Wrestling Junior Nationals titles, who inspired her to join the sport
  • Has a dog named Saoirse
  • Has had chickens, ducks and a goose as pets
  • Enjoys cooking, baking, hiking and lifting
  • Participated in a variety of sports throughout her youth, including horseback riding, judo, gymnastics, rhythmic Gymnastics, cheerleading, ballet, tap dancing, tennis, taekwondo and jiu-jitsu
  • Purple belt in jiu-jitsu
  • Has had the same strength coach since 10-years-old—David Miller of Forma Gym
  • Favorite breakfast is oatmeal or Greek yogurt
  • Has watched the television series Futurama through multiple times
  • Often likes to run while listening to sad music
Olympic Experience
  • 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 gold)
World Championships Experience
  • 2023 Senior Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Gold at 72 kg)
Career Highlights
  • Eight-time gold medalist at World Championship events across the U17, U20, U23 and Senior age divisions—includes the freestyle and beach wrestling disciplines
  • Two-time Senior World Championships gold medalist
  • U23 World Championships gold medalist
  • Three-time U20 World Championships gold medalist
  • U17 World Championships gold medalist
  • U17 Beach World Championships gold medalist
  • Two-time U17 World Championships medalist
  • Two-time U.S. Senior World Team member
  • Pan American Championships gold medalist

In the coming weeks we will share more information about a celebration for gold medal winner basketball player Sabrina Ionescu. Sabrina is currently busy scoring points for the playoff-bound New York Liberty.

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