Following the amazing victory by Jewish American wrestler Amit Elor, 20, she expressed solidarity with the State of Israel and its people after the October 7 massacre by displaying a yellow ribbon pin in support of the hostages and talking about her connection to the Israeli people. 4 View gallery Amit Elor ( Photo: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic ) Although she represents the U.S.
, quite a few Israeli spectators eagerly followed Elor's wrestling final on Tuesday evening. The 20-year-old Jewish-American wrestler won a gold medal in Paris in her first Olympic Games, after a 0:3 victory against Meerim Zhumanazarova from Kyrgyzstan in the -68 kg weight category. She became the youngest American wrestler to ever win a gold Olympic medal.
Elor is the youngest daughter of two Israelis who immigrated to the U.S. in 1980.
Her father, Yair, a former Israeli shot put champion, moved to America with his wife Elana and they raised a family of magnificent wrestlers. Amit, the youngest of six children had no choice but to pursue a wrestling career after being hooked on the sport by her older siblings Ronny and Orry, who won wrestling competitions as teenagers. 4 View gallery ( Photo: Reuters ) Aside from the Olympic gold medal, Elor hasn't lost a match in the previous five years.
Since her last loss in 2019, she has won eight world championships in both age-group and senior-level competitions, gone 41-0 in international competition and outscored opponents by a combined score of 353-8. "I’m surp.