Alev Kelter Explained
Birth Name: | Leyla Alev Kelter |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1991 |
Birth Place: | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
Weight: | 165 lb |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 2016–present |
Repteam1: | United States |
Repcaps1: | 15 |
Reppoints1: | 32 |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2014 |
Ru Sevensnationalteam1: | United States |
Ru Sevensnationalcomp1: | - |
Module2: | Embed: | yes | Header-Color: | - b0c4de;
| Collegeyears1: | 2009–2013 | Nationalyears1: | 2009 |
Embed: | yes | Shoots: | Right | Sex: | f | Ntl Team: | USA | Career Start: | 2009 | Career End: | 2013 |
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Leyla Alev Kelter (; born March 21, 1991)[1] is an American rugby sevens and rugby union 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.[2] [3] She also made the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.
Kelter was named in the Eagles squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4]
In January 2022 the English rugby side Saracens Women announced that they had signed her for the rest of the 2021–22 Premier15s season.[5] She was named in the Eagles squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand.[6] [7] She was selected in the Eagles squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[8] [9] [10]
Kelter has also played for the Northern Loonies in Premier Rugby Sevens, and was part of the 2021 Inaugural Championship team and the 2023 Women's Championship.[11] She won the Finals MVP in 2023.[12]
Kelter won a bronze medal in rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13]
Soccer and Ice hockey
Kelter played for the United States women's national under-16 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 to 2013.[14] [15]
Personal life
Born to Scott and Leyla Kelter, she has two brothers, Erol and Aydin and a twin sister, Derya, 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.[16] Kelter attended Chugiak High School in Chugiak, Alaska. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin in 2015.[17] [18] Kelter is a part of the LGBTQ community and has spoken out against banning transgender women from playing women's rugby.[19] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Kelter got engaged to her partner, fellow Rugby player Kathryn Treder.[20]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: KELTER Alev. 2024 . Olympics.com . 9 August 2024.
- Web site: Leyla Kelter . Toronto2015.org . . July 16, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804234349/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10162980-kelter-leyla.htm . 2015-08-04 . live .
- Web site: TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games . TeamUSA.org . . July 16, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808064503/http://www.teamusa.org/Toronto-2015-Pan-American-Games/Team-USA/Rugby . 2016-08-08 . dead .
- News: Eagle River Olympian Alev Kelter headed back to international rugby stage . 2017-07-17 . Alaska Dispatch News . 2017-09-23 . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093247/https://www.adn.com/sports/2017/07/17/eagle-river-olympian-alev-kelter-headed-back-to-international-rugby-stage/ . 2017-09-24 . live .
- News: ALEV KELTER SIGNS FOR SARACENS WOMEN . 2022-01-10.
- Web site: 2022-05-10 . Eagles name Pacific Four traveling squad . 2022-06-20 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Cahill . Calder . 2022-05-09 . USA Women's Eagles traveling roster named for Pacific Four Series 2022 . 2022-06-20 . USA Rugby.
- Web site: Cahill . Calder . 2022-09-14 . USA Women's Eagles Rugby World Cup roster named as the official countdown to New Zealand begins . 2022-10-12 . eagles.rugby . en.
- Web site: 2022-09-16 . Kate Zackary leads Eagles squad to Rugby World Cup . 2022-10-12 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Mockford . Sarah . 2022-10-09 . USA Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy . 2022-10-12 . Rugby World . en-US.
- Web site: 2021-10-10 . Premier Rugby Sevens crowns inaugural champions . 2023-08-10 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: 2023-08-07 . Loggerheads, Loonies Win PR7s Goff Rugby Report . 2023-08-10 . www.goffrugbyreport.com . en.
- Web site: 2024-07-30 . 2024 Olympics: U.S. women's rugby sevens wins first bronze medal, stunning Australia with try as clock expires . 2024-07-31 . CBSSports.com . en.
- News: Who is Alev Kelter? . Rubinroit . Seth . 2016-08-03 . NBC Olympics . 2017-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924050255/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/who-alev-kelter . 2017-09-24 . live . en .
- Web site: 2008-08-25 . Gatorade Alev Kelter Girls' Soccer POY . 2024-07-31 . ESPNdeportes.com . es.
- News: Alev Kelter . Team USA . 2017-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045411/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-rugby/athletes/Alev-Kelter . 2017-09-24 . dead .
- Web site: Alev Kelter. USA Rugby. 20 March 2021.
- Web site: Alev Kelter. https://web.archive.org/web/20160101104744/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-rugby/athletes/Alev-Kelter. dead. January 1, 2016. Team USA. 20 March 2021.
- Web site: U.S. elite and club rugby players join worldwide chorus against proposed trans ban. August 4, 2020 . Out Sports. 20 March 2021.
- Web site: Instagram . 2024-08-10 . www.instagram.com.