Jamill Kelly is an American

United States

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 freestyle

Freestyle wrestling

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 wrestler. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games where he earned a silver medal. Up until August 2010 he was the head coach of Dallas Dynamite Wrestling Club in Dallas, Texas.

Early life

Kelly attended Atwater High School

Atwater High School

Atwater High School is a secondary school in Atwater, California and a part of the Merced Union High School District....

 in Atwater, California

Atwater, California

Atwater is a city on U.S. Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of 151 feet . The population as of the 2010 census was 28,168.-Geography:...

 and placed fourth in the state wrestling tournament as a senior. He spent one year at Lassen Community College then transferred to Oklahoma State where he became a three time letter winner.

2004 Olympics

Though he never won a state high school tournament or a national title in college, Kelly did win the 2004 USA Nationals and the US Olympic trials at 66 kg (145.5 lbs) to represent the US in Athens

Athens

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. After winning both pool matches 3-0, he defeated eventual bronze medalist Makhach Murtazaliev

Makhach Murtazaliev

Makhach Dalgatovich Murtazaliev is a Russian Olympic wrestler who won the bronze medal for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.In 2006, he went up to the next weight category and was the 2007 World and European champion at 74 kg....

 of Russia

Russia

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 in the semifinal, 3-1. In the Gold Medal match, Kelly faced Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 Elbrus Tedeyev

Elbrus Tedeyev

Elbrus Tedeyev is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

. Tedeyev would win the gold 3-1 leaving Kelly with the silver.