Jamill Kelly

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Jamill Kelly (born October 25, 1977 in Atwater , California ) is an American wrestler . He won a silver free style lightweight medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics .

Career

Jamill Kelly grew up in Atwater and attended high school there. At this high school he also learned wrestling (free style). As a high school wrestler, he did not have much success. His best result of that time was a 4th featherweight finish in the California State High School Championships . Jamill Kelly then attended Oklahoma State University. He came into the hands of former Olympic champion John Smith (wrestler) , who worked there as a coach in Stillwater . John Smith formed Jamill Kelly into a world-class wrestler within a short time, who also started for the Gator Wrestling Club.

In 2001 Jamill Kelly was US student champion (NCAA champion) in the featherweight division, came in 2nd place at the Sunkist Kids Open and took 3rd place in the USA championship. After he had prevailed in the qualification for the Pan American Championships, he went to these, which took place in Santo Domingo , in the featherweight division. He reached the 2nd place behind the Cuban Carlos Julian Ortiz Castillo.

In 2002 Jamill Kelly became US runner-up in the lightweight division and came in 3rd place in the elimination for the world championship.

In 2003 he came in the US lightweight championship only on 5th place, but won the elimination for the world championship before Chris Bono and Doug Schwab . He was then initially used at the Pan American Games, where he came in second behind Serguet Rondon Pedroso from Cuba and ahead of Edison Hurtado Lerma from Colombia . At the subsequent World Championships in New York City , he won the lightweight in his first fight over Ramesh Kumar from India , but then lost again to Serguet Rondon Pedroso and only reached 28th place.

In 2004 Jamill Kelly won the US Olympic elimination against Jared Lawrence , whom he defeated twice in three fights. At the Olympic Games in Athens , where he started in the lightweight, he then showed what he was made of and won with victories over Ruslan Bodisteanu , Moldova , Elman Asgarow from Azerbaijan and the favorite Makhach Murtasalijew from Russia and a defeat against Elbrus Tedejew from Ukraine , the silver medal .

After these games, Jamill Kelly ended his active wrestling career. From 2002 to 2005 he worked as an assistant in the administration of Oklahoma State University. He also founded the Cowboy Wrestling Club in 2001 and worked there as a wrestling trainer. Since 2006 he has been an assistant wrestling coach at Harvard University.

Jamill Kelly

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, F = free style, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight, up to 61 kg or 66 kg body weight)

  • 2001, 2nd place , Pan American Championships in Santo Domingo , F, Fe, behind Carlos Julian Ortiz Castillo, Cuba a . before Michael C. Francis, Canada ;

National successes

  • 2001, 1st place, USA Student Championship (NCAA_Championships), F, Fe,
  • 2001, 3rd place, USA Championship, F, Fe,
  • 2001, 3rd place, USA elimination for the world championship, F, Fe,
  • 2002, 2nd place, USA Championship, F, Le,
  • 2002, 3rd place, USA elimination for the world championship, F, Le,
  • 2003, 5th place, USA Championship, F, Le,
  • 2003, 1st place, USA elimination for the World Championship, F, Le, in front of Chris Bono u. Doug Schwab,
  • 2004, 1st place, USA elimination for the Olympic Games, F, Le, ahead of Jared Lawrence

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer ,
  • US Wrestling Association website,
  • Oklahoma State University website,
  • Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • Website "sports123.com"
personal data
SURNAME Kelly, Jamill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Atwater , California, USA