KELTER Alev

General
THE THIRD SPORT
She had originally hoped to compete in ice hockey at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, but after losing hope that this would occur, she was persuaded to switch to rugby by coach Ric Suggitt, who was impressed with her experience in football and ice hockey at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She credits her experience in ice hockey and football for a successful transition. "You work a lot in threes. It's really fast-paced, like hockey. It has a lot of physicality. You have to be aggressive. When I played boys hockey, you put a shoulder in someone. In rugby, it's the same. You have to have that same controlled-angle line going to hit someone on defence. Control is huge. If someone is faster than you, you have to respect that. That came naturally, but also in rugby, you still put a shoulder in someone, but you have to wrap them and roll." (nhl.com, 30 Jul 2016; alevkelter.com, 01 Jan 2017)

She became to first US woman to score a try in rugby sevens at the Olympic Games, when she scored against Fiji in the US team's opening match of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (world.rugby, 01 Sep 2017)