Rami Zur (born February 3, 1977) is an American

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who has competed since the late 1990s for

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and later for the

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. He competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics and for the United States at the

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and

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Olympics. In all competitions he was eliminated in the semifinals. He was born in

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and is Jewish on his biological mother's side; he was later adopted and raised by an Israeli Jewish couple. Zur is currently retired and coaches his wife Krisztina Fazekas Zur, who is an Olympic champion canoeist herself.

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* 1977 births Living people American male canoeists Israeli male canoeists Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Israel Olympic canoeists for the United States Sportspeople from Berkeley, California Jewish American sportspeople Jewish Israeli sportspeople Canoeists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in canoeing 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen {{Israel-canoe-bio-stub