Kamal Bey

Bey attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois until his junior year.^[1] During his high school years, he was a USAW Greco-Roman national champion (three-time All-American) and a folkstyle Illinois state champion.^[2] In August 2015, he opted to drop out of high school with 12th grade remaining, to focus on Greco-Roman wrestling and move to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[1]

Since arriving to the OTC in 2016, he became a UWW National Champion and once again placed at the Fargo Nationals.^[2] He went on to represent the United States in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Junior World Championships, placing eight, first and fifth respectively.^[3]

In 2016, he placed fourth at the Dave Schultz M. International^[4] and claimed a Bill Farrell M. International title.^[5] In December, he represented USA at the Club World Championships after winning the US Open^[6] and helped the team to place eleventh.^[7]

In 2017, he won a Dave Schultz M. International title,^[8] placed second at the US Open,^[9] third at the Zagreb Grand Prix,^[10] and twenty first at the U23 World Championships.^[11]

In 2018, he claimed championships at the US Open, Cerro Pelado International and Bill Farrell International.^[3] He also competed at the Pan American Championships but was forced to pull out of the tournament after he suffered an injury in his first match.^[12] He then went on to place seventeenth at the Germany Grand Prix after losing in the first round.^[13] In his final competition of the year, Bey competed at the World Championships, where he placed seventh.^[14]

In 2019, he claimed his second Dave Schultz M. International championship,^[15] his second-straight US Open championship,^[16] placed second at the Pan American Championships^[17] and made it to Final X, where he fell short.^[18] In December, he won the US National Championship and qualified for the Olympic Trials.^[19]

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.^[20] He was not suspended and competed days later at the Hungary Grand Prix.^[21]

In 2020, he placed seventh at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and he was then scheduled to compete at the 20' US Olympic Team Trials on April 4–5 at State College, Pennsylvania.^[22] 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.^[23]

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.^[24]

Bey won a bronze medal in his event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[25] A few days later, he competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[26] He was eliminated in his second match.^[26] Bey also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.^[27]

• Kamal Ameer Bey at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
• Kamal Ameer Bey at United World Wrestling
• Kamal Bey at Team USA (archived April 20, 2019)