Eduard Meron

Eduard Meron 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 tall, and weighed.
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.
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."