Alev Kelter

Alev Kelter
Date of birth (1991-03-21) March 21, 1991
Place of birth Tampa, Florida
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-Present United States 9 (32)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2014 United States -
Medal record
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team
Alev Kelter
Born Leyla Alev Kelter
(1991-03-21) March 21, 1991
Tampa, Florida
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Association football career
Playing position Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Wisconsin Badgers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 United States U20
Ice hockey career
Position Defense
Shot Right
Played for Wisconsin Badgers
National team  United States
Playing career 2009–2013

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

  1. ↑ "Leyla Kelter". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Pan American Games. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ "TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eagle River Olympian Alev Kelter headed back to international rugby stage". Alaska Dispatch News. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Alev Kelter". Team USA. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  5. ↑ Rubinroit, Seth (2016-08-03). "Who is Alev Kelter?". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
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