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
- Date: 09/14/2024 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Location: Civic Park
1375 Civic Dr
Walnut Creek, California 94596 - Introduction: Come celebrate with us as we honor Amit Elor’s gold medal achievement in person!
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)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, gold (68 kg)
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.