Eduard Meron
Arab-Israeli weightlifter
Eduard Meron (or Edward Maron; Arabic: إدوارد موارن, Hebrew: אדוארד מרון; born 1938) is an Arab-Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
Personal life
He was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine. Meron is an Arab-Israeli Maronite Christian, 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 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) tall, and weighed 123 lb (56 kg).
Meron marched with the Israeli flag at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
He competed in the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, and won a silver medal in the featherweight category.
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