Rami Miron

Rami Miron
Personal information
Native name
רמי מירון
Born (1957-01-17) January 17, 1957
Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
Sport
Country Israel
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
Lightweight
Event
Freestyle

Rami Miron (Hebrew: רמי מירון; also "Meron"; born January 17, 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.[1]

Early life

Miron is Jewish, and was born in Baku in Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union.[2][3] He made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) from Russia in the Soviet Union.[2][4]

Wrestling career

In 1975, as a lightweight, Miron finished 6th in the World Youth Championships, and 7th in the World Championships.[2] 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.[4]

Miron competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, at the age of 19, in Wrestling--Men's Lightweight, Freestyle.[1] He came in 7th.[1][5][6] 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.[1] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5 ft 6.5 in (168.9 cm) tall, and weighed 150 lb (68 kg).[1]

In 1977, Miron finished 4th at the World Championships.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rami Meron", jewsinsports.org
  3. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137.
  4. 1 2 "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle; Page 28". April 15, 1976.
  5. ↑ "22 April 1977 — Hoosier State Chronicles". Jewish Post.
  6. ↑ Heather Chait (19 July 1996). "Outstanding achievements by Israeli athletes at the Olympics". The Jerusalem Post.
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