Alev Kelter
| Date of birth | March 21, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Leyla Alev Kelter March 21, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leyla Alev Kelter (born March 21, 1991) is an American rugby sevens player. 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]
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.[4]
Soccer and Ice hockey careers
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.[5]
References
- ^ "Leyla Kelter". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ^ "Eagle River Olympian Alev Kelter headed back to international rugby stage". Alaska Dispatch News. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
- ^ "Alev Kelter". Team USA. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
- ^ Rubinroit, Seth (2016-08-03). "Who is Alev Kelter?". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
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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 Olympic Games
- 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 players
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Alaska
- Ice hockey people from 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