At age 20, Amit Elor of Walnut Creek, Calif., is the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history.
As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, wrestler Amit Elor, from Walnut Creek , Calif., still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport.Perhaps it’s because she’s not so far removed from that point.Elor, just 20 years old, defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 on Tuesday in the 68-kilogram final at the Paris Games to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female."I’m still in disbelief," she said.
And when I experience something like that, it just reminds me that everything is worth it. All the hard days, the grind, it’s all worth it for moments like these."She said she achieved her success by choosing not to overthink."Often when we feel like we need to rise for an occasion, we think we need to make changes and adjustments," she said. "But the truth is, we don’t. We should always be trying our very best.
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