2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 68 kg/149.9 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 3 (2022-25)

Residence: Walnut Creek, Calif.

Hometown: Walnut Creek, Calif.

Regional Training Center: New York City Regional Training Center

Club: Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

College: Diablo Valley College

High School: Pleasant Hill, Calif. (College Park High School)

Born: Jan. 1, 2004 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Height: 5’7”

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Gold at 72 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2023 U23 Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2023 U20 Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2022 U23 Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2022 U20 Worlds (Gold at 72 kg), 2021 U20 Worlds (Gold at 68 kg), 2021 U17 Worlds (Gold at 69 kg), 2019 U17 Worlds (Bronze at 69 kg), 2019 U17 Beach Worlds (Gold at 50+ kg)

Career Highlights

Nine-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
Youngest Senior World champion in U.S. history, doing so at age 18 in 2022
Two-time 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

Career Biography

2024: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier finalist in Acapulco, Mexico, qualifying the U.S. to compete at 68 kg at the 2024 Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestle-Off champion…

2023: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… U23 World Championships gold medalist in Tirana, Albania… U20 World Championships gold medalist in Amman, Jordan… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Final X champion… U20 Nationals champion…
2022: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… U23 World Championships gold medalist in Pontevedra, Spain… U20 World Championships gold medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria… Final X champion… U20 Nationals champion… U23 Nationals champion…
2021: Junior (U20) World Championships gold medalist in Ufa, Russia… Cadet (U17) World Championships gold medalist in Budapest, Hungary… UWW Junior Nationals champion… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…
2019: Cadet (U17) World Championships bronze medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria… Cadet (U17) Beach World Championships gold medalist in Odessa, Ukraine… UWW Cadet Nationals champion…

College: Currently taking online classes at Diablo Valley College with plans to either transfer to a four-year university or continue pursuing a degree online… Interested in pursuing studies in statistics, applied math and psychology…

High School: 2019 California (CIF) girls state champion as a freshman for College Park High School…

Age-Group: 2019 Western Regional champion in freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle… U15 Pan American Championships gold medalist… 2018 Schoolgirl Nationals champion… 2016 Novice USA Wrestling Kids Nationals champion in freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle… 2016 Novice USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2015 Western Regional champion in freestyle… 2014 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Tour of America Las Vegas Royal Crush champion…

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…

Awards: 2019 California high school state “Champion of Champions” award recipient…

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