Michael Beilin (מיכאל ביילין; born April 25, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic
Greco-Roman wrestler.
Early life
Beilin is from
Perm
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, Russia, and is Jewish.
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Jews in Sports He made ''
aliyah'' (emigrated to Israel) with his parents in 1994.
He served in the
Israel Defense Forces.
Wrestling career
He started wrestling at the age of 8.
His sports club was
Hapoel Tel Aviv, in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
, Israel, and he was coached by
Nick Zagrintzki.
At the 1996 European Championship: 62.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 12th.
At the 1997
World Wrestling Championships
The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...
: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 4th.
At the 1998 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg. Greco-Roman, he came in 13th.
At the
1999 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman in Athens, he won the
bronze medal, and qualified for the Olympic Games.
He competed for
Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at the age of 24, in
Sydney, Australia, in
Greco-Roman Wrestling--Men's Lightweight (63 kg), and came in 15th.
Ranked Number 3 in the world before the Olympics, he won his first match against Vitaly Chuk of Belarus, but lost in the elimination pool to
Bakhodir Kurbanov of Uzbekistan.
When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 139 lbs (63 kg).
At the
2001 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 2001 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Patras, Greece
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: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal.
At the
2001 Maccabiah Games
The 16th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה16 ישראל תשס"א), the Opening Ceremony was held in Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium, while the re-building process of the Maccabiah bridge collapse, collapsed bridge and investigations into the collap ...
he won the
gold medal at 69 kg.
At the 2002 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal.
At the 2006 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 19th.
References
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1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Perm, Russia
Russian Jews
Russian emigrants to Israel
Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
Olympic wrestlers of Israel
Israeli male sport wrestlers
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Jewish wrestlers
Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Competitors at the 2001 Maccabiah Games