Rami Miron
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | רמי מירון |
| Born | January 17, 1957 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Weight class | Lightweight |
Event | Freestyle |
Rami Miron (Hebrew: רמי מירון; also "Meron"; born January 17, 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.
Early life
Miron is Jewish, and was born in Baku in Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union. He made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Russia in the Soviet Union.
Wrestling career
In 1975, as a lightweight, Miron finished 6th in the World Youth Championships, and 7th in the World Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 1975 Tel Aviv International Wrestling Tournament, and was awarded the "Sportsman of the Year" award by the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
Miron competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, at the age of 19, in Wrestling--Men's Lightweight, Freestyle. He came in 7th. He defeated Ronald Joseph of the US Virgin Islands, Lennart Lundell of Sweden, and Zsigmond Kelevitz of Australia, while losing to János Kocsis of Hungary and in the quarter-finals to gold medal winner Pavel Pinigin of the Soviet Union. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5 ft 6.5 in (168.9 cm) tall, and weighed 150 lb (68 kg).
In 1977, Miron finished 4th at the World Championships.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rami Miron". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rami Meron", jewsinsports.org
- ↑ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137.
- 1 2 "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle; Page 28". April 15, 1976.
- ↑ "22 April 1977 — Hoosier State Chronicles". Jewish Post.
- ↑ Heather Chait (19 July 1996). "Outstanding achievements by Israeli athletes at the Olympics". The Jerusalem Post.