Olympic gold medalist Amit Elor to be honored in parade NBC Bay Area [Video]

Olympic women’s wrestling gold medalist Amit Elor is set to be honored in a parade in Walnut Creek on Saturday for her performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The parade was made possible after an online community push urging the city to recognize her accomplishments. The city initially rejected the idea but changed its tune after massive pushback.

“That didn’t sit well with me,” said Adam Low, who initially reached out to the city. “[I] posted in some groups [and it] gained a little movement.”

The 20-year-old Walnut Creek native became the youngest American wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal.

Elor took down Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 in the women’s freestyle 68kg final at the Paris Olympics.

Elor’s dominance was very real to her opponents. She had a 31-2 advantage over four matches and was not scored upon in her final three contests.

She became the third American woman …