Kamal Bey

Kamal Ameer Bey OLY ( ; born January 3, 1998) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.

High school Bey attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois until his junior year. During his high school years in Illinois, he was a USAW Greco-Roman national champion, three-time Greco-Roman All-American, and a Illinois folkstyle state champion.

In August 2015, Bey move to Colorado to train at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and to complete his secondary education at Pine Creek High School.

Greco-Roman

Bey was the U.S. Senior Greco-Roman national champion in 2016 and began training at the Olympic Training Center. He went on to represent the United States in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Junior World Championships, placing eight, first and fifth respectively.

In 2016, he placed fourth at the Dave Schultz M. International and claimed a Bill Farrell M. International title. In December, he represented USA at the Club World Championships after winning the US Open and helped the team to place eleventh.

In 2017, he won a Dave Schultz M. International title, placed second at the US Open, third at the Zagreb Grand Prix, and twenty first at the U23 World Championships.

In 2018, he claimed championships at the US Open, Cerro Pelado International and Bill Farrell International. He then went on to place seventeenth at the Germany Grand Prix after losing in the first round. In his final competition of the year, Bey competed at the World Championships, where he placed seventh.

In 2019, he claimed his second Dave Schultz M. International championship, his second-straight US Open championship, placed second at the Pan American Championships and made it to Final X, where he fell short. In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.

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. He was not suspended and competed days later at the Hungary Grand Prix.

2020 Olympics

In 2020, Bey placed seventh at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and he was then scheduled to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania. 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.

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.

2024 Olympics

Bey represented the United States in the Men's Greco-Roman 77kilogram wrestling competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and was the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion. Bey lost to his opponent, Akzhol Makhmudov, and ultimately placed 11th in the final standing.

Leading up to the Garmes, Bey won the bronze medal at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico, a few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament. He was eliminated in his second match.

Greco-Roman record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Loss 54-17

Rome, Italy Win 54-16

Win 53-16

Fort Worth, Texas Win 52-16

Win 51-16

Win 50-16

Win 49-16

Loss 48-16

Piscataway, New Jersey Loss 48-15

Win 48-14

Win 47-14

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 46-14

Win 45-14

Win 44-14

Win 43-14

Loss 42-14

Buenos Aires, Argentina Win 42-13

Win 41-13

Win 40-13

Loss 39-13

Győr, Hungary Win 39-12

Loss 38-12

Zagreb, Croatia Win 38-11

Win 37-11

Colorado Springs, Colorado Win 36-11

Win 35-11

Loss 34-11

Budapest, Hungary Win 34-10

Win 33-10

Loss 32-10

Dortmund, Germany

Win 32-9

Tulsa, Oklahoma Win 31-9

Win 30-9

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 29-9

Win 28-9

Win 27-9

Win 26-9

New York City, New York Win 25-9

Win 24-9

Win 22-9

Havana, Cuba Win 21-9

Win 20-9

Win 19-9

Loss 18-9

Boise, Idaho

Loss 18-8

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Win 18-7

Rochester, Minnesota Win 17-7

Win 17-7

Win 16-7

Loss 15-7

Las Vegas, Nevada Loss 15-6

Win 15-5

Win 14-5

Win 13-5

Zagreb, Croatia Loss 12-5

Win 12-4

Win 11-4

Colorado Springs, Colorado Win 10-4

Win 9-4

Win 8-4

Win 7-4

Budapest, Hungary Win 6-4

Loss 5-4

Loss 5-3

Win 5-2

New York City, New York Win 4-2

Loss 3-2

Colorado Springs, Colorado Win 3-1

Loss 2-1

Win 2-0

Win 1-0

Awards and honors

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)