Evan Bernstein (; born April 16, 1960) is an

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former Olympic wrestler for Israel.

Personal life

Bernstein was born in the United States to Stanley and Jacqueline Bernstein, and is Jewish."Wrestling in their Dad's Footsteps"; ''Texas Jewish Post''
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in 1978. He then wrestled for

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, in Dallas, Texas, and for the

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(graduating in 1984). He moved from the United States to Israel in 1984, and served in the

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. He then moved to

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in the United States with his family in 1999, and now lives in

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. His wife is Ora Bernstein. His sons Ophir and Eden are also wrestlers. Bernstein also has a daughter, Hadar.

Wrestling career

Bernstein was tall and weighed when he competed in the Olympics. He competed in wrestling in the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes paradin ...

(for the US), and in the

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(for Israel). At the

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in Norway Bernstein placed 8th, and at the 1986 World Wrestling Championships in Hungary he placed 7th. Bernstein competed for

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at the age of 28 in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling in the Light-Heavyweight (90 kg) category. Bernstein beat Kamal Ibrahim of Egypt in the first round by decision, lost to Jean-Francois Court of France in the second round by passivity, received a bye in the next round, and lost to Franz Pitschmann of Austria in the fourth round by passivity.

References

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