Eduard Meron (or Edward Maron; , ; born 1938) is an
Arab-Israeli
The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory that was acknowledged as Israeli by ...
former Olympic weightlifter.
Personal life
He was born in
Haifa
Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...
,
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a British Empire, British geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the Palestine (region), region of Palestine, and after 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations's Mandate for Palestine.
After ...
.
Meron is an
Arab-Israeli
The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory that was acknowledged as Israeli by ...
Maronite Christian
Lebanese Maronite Christians (; ) refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, the largest Christian body in the country. The Lebanese Maronite population is concentrated mainly in Mount Lebanon and East Beir ...
, and of
Lebanese descent.
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.
When he competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed .
Meron marched with the
Israeli flag
The flag of the State of Israel ( ; ) was adopted on 28 October 1948, five months after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. It consists of a white background with a blue Star of David in the centre and two horizontal blue stripes at the ...
at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
He competed in the
1961 Maccabiah Games
The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli president Yi ...
in Tel Aviv, Israel, and won a silver medal in the featherweight category.
"Sport Celebration in Israel - Then & Now; Stronger,"
Maccabiah.
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."
See also
* Adam Maraana, Arab-Israeli swimmer
*, Arab-Israeli Olympic footballer
* Iyad Shalabi, Arab-Israeli Paralympic swimmer
References
External links
"Edward Maron"
the-sports.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meron, Eduard
1938 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Haifa
Israeli male weightlifters
Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic weightlifters for Israel
Israeli Arab Christians
Israeli Maronites
Israeli people of Lebanese descent
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
20th-century Israeli sportsmen