Rami Miron (; also "Meron"; born January 17, 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.

Early life

Miron is Jewish, and was born in

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in the

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."Rami Meron"
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'' (immigrated to Israel) from Russia in the Soviet Union.

Wrestling career

In 1975, as a lightweight, Miron finished 6th in the World Youth Championships, and 7th in the World Championships. He also won a

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in the 1975 Tel Aviv International Wrestling Tournament, and was awarded the "Sportsman of the Year" award by the Israeli newspaper ''

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''. Miron competed for

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, Canada, at the age of 19, in Wrestling--Men's Lightweight, Freestyle. He came in 7th. He defeated Ronald Joseph of the US Virgin Islands, Lennart Lundell of Sweden, and Zsigmond Kelevitz of Australia, while losing to János Kocsis of Hungary and in the quarter-finals to gold medal winner

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of the Soviet Union. When he competed in the Olympics, he was tall, and weighed . In 1977, Miron finished 4th at the World Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miron, Rami Sport wrestlers from Baku Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Israel Jewish sport wrestlers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli people of Azerbaijani-Jewish descent Soviet emigrants to Israel Azerbaijani Jews Soviet Jews Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers 1957 births Living people Israeli male sport wrestlers Azerbaijani emigrants to Israel Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Israeli sportsmen 20th-century Azerbaijani sportsmen