Eduard Meron (or Edward Maron; Arabic: إدوارد موارن, Hebrew: אדוארד מרון; born 1938) is an Arab-Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.[1]
Personal life
He was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine.[1] Meron is an Arab-Israeli Maronite Christian, and of Lebanese descent.[2][3]
Weightlifting career
Meron competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in Weightlifting--Men's Bantamweight. He came in 18th, after lifting a total of 270 kg in his best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk.[1][4] When he competed in the Olympics he was 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) tall, and weighed 123 lb (56 kg).[1]
Meron marched with the Israeli flag at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[3]
He competed in the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, and won a silver medal in the featherweight category.[5]
He said in 2012 that he was certain that Israeli Olympic representation, which has seen few Arabs, is determined only according to criteria: "There’s a minimum you have to meet, and if Arab athletes didn’t meet the minimum, that means that they weren’t good enough."[3]
See also
- Adam Maraana, Arab-Israeli swimmer
- Rifaat Turk, Arab-Israeli Olympic footballer
- Iyad Shalabi, Arab-Israeli Paralympic swimmer
References
- ^ a b c d "Edward Maron Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ בורוביץ, יואב (20 July 2012). "מי לא יהיה באולימפיאדה". Haaretz.
- ^ a b c "No Arabs in Israeli Olympic Delegation". Al-Monitor. 18 June 2012.
- ^ United States ... Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report of the United States Olympic Committee. United States Olympic Association. 1 January 1960.
- ^ "Sport Celebration in Israel - Then & Now; Stronger," Maccabiah.
External links
- "Edward Maron", the-sports.org