Native name רמי מירון Country Israel Weight class Lightweight | Residence Israel Sport Weightlifting Event(s) Freestyle | |
Born January 17, 1957 (age 60) ( 1957-01-17 ) Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union | ||
Rami Miron (רמי מירון; also "Meron"; born January 17, 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.
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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 5-6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 150 lbs (68 kg).
In 1977 Miron finished 4th at the World Championships.