Michael Beilin (מיכאל ביילין; born April 25, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.

Early life

Beilin is from

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, Russia, and is Jewish.Beilin, Michael
Jews in Sports He made '' aliyah'' (emigrated to Israel) with his parents in 1994. He served in the Israel Defense Forces.

Wrestling career

He started wrestling at the age of 8. His sports club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, Israel, and he was coached by Nick Zagrintzki. At the 1996 European Championship: 62.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 12th. At the 1997

World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...

: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 4th. At the 1998 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg. Greco-Roman, he came in 13th. At the 1999 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman in Athens, he won the bronze medal, and qualified for the Olympic Games. He competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at the age of 24, in Sydney, Australia, in Greco-Roman Wrestling--Men's Lightweight (63 kg), and came in 15th. Ranked Number 3 in the world before the Olympics, he won his first match against Vitaly Chuk of Belarus, but lost in the elimination pool to Bakhodir Kurbanov of Uzbekistan. When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 139 lbs (63 kg). At the

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: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal. At the

2001 Maccabiah Games The 16th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה16 ישראל תשס"א), the Opening Ceremony was held in Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium, while the re-building process of the Maccabiah bridge collapse, collapsed bridge and investigations into the collap ...

he won the gold medal at 69 kg. At the 2002 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal. At the 2006 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 19th.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beilin, Michael 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Perm, Russia Russian Jews Russian emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent Olympic wrestlers of Israel Israeli male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Jewish wrestlers Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Competitors at the 2001 Maccabiah Games