Alev Kelter
 Alev Kelter during Match between: Ireland women's national rugby sevens team ‒ United States women's national rugby sevens team 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Leyla Alev Kelter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | March 21, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tampa, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leyla Alev Kelter (born March 21, 1991) is an American rugby sevens player.
Rugby career[]
She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team.[1][2] She also made the squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.
Kelter was named in the Eagles squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[3]
Soccer and Ice hockey[]
Kelter played for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team and the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team and later played both sports at the University of Wisconsin from 2009–2013.[4]
Personal life[]
Born to Scott and Leyla Kelter, she has two brothers and a twin sister, Derya Kelter, who also played soccer and ice hockey. Before she was nine, her family had moved four times because her father was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force.[5] Kelter attended Chugiak High School in Chugiak, Alaska. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin in 2015.[6][7] Kelter is a part of the LGBTQ community and has spoken out against banning transgender women from playing women's rugby.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Leyla Kelter". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on August 4, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Eagle River Olympian Alev Kelter headed back to international rugby stage". Alaska Dispatch News. July 17, 2017. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Rubinroit, Seth (August 3, 2016). "Who is Alev Kelter?". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ "Alev Kelter". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ "Alev Kelter". USA Rugby. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Alev Kelter". Team USA. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. elite and club rugby players join worldwide chorus against proposed trans ban". Out Sports. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Alev Kelter at USA Rugby
- Alev Kelter at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
- Alev Kelter at the International Olympic Committee
- Alev Kelter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Alev Kelter at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
- Alev Kelter on Twitter
- Alev Kelter on Instagram
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- United States international rugby sevens players
- Female rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of the United States
- Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
- Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer players
- American women's ice hockey defensemen
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Alaska
- Ice hockey players from Anchorage, Alaska
- Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- United States women's international rugby union players
- American female rugby union players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Twin sportspeople
- Twin people from the United States
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American women
- International player in 15-a-side and sevens rugby
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