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Name
  
Rami Zur


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Spouse
  
Krisztina Fazekas Zur (m. 2010)

Similar People
  
Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Katalin Kovacs, Danuta Kozak, Gabriella Szabo

2008 Olympic Canoeing Beijing Men's K-1 500 m Heat 4 (16:9)


Rami Zur (born February 3, 1977) is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s for Israel and later for the United States.

He competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics and for the United States at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. In all competitions he was eliminated in the semifinals. He was born in Berkeley, California and is Jewish on his biological mother's side; he was later adopted and raised by an Israeli Jewish couple.

Zur is currently retired and coaches his wife Krisztina Fazekas Zur, who is an Olympic champion canoeist herself.

References

Rami Zur Wikipedia