| Eduard Meron | |
| Birth Place: | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) |
| Height: | 5 ft 4.5in |
| Weight: | 123 lbs |
| Sport: | Weightlifting |
| Weight Class: | Bantamweight |
Eduard Meron (or Edward Maron; ar|إدوارد موارن, he|אדוארד מרון; born 1938) is an Arab-Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.[1]
He was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine.[1] Meron is an Arab-Israeli Maronite Christian, and of Lebanese descent.[2] [3]
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.[1] [4] When he competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed .[1]
Meron marched with the Israeli flag at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[3]
He competed in the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, and won a silver medal in the featherweight category.[5]
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."[3]