Miron Ben Ruina (מירון בן רוינה; born March 25, 1998) is a Finnish-Israeli basketball player for

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the power forward and center positions.

Biography

Ruina was born in Helsinki, Finland. His father is Israeli, and his mother is Finnish. He moved to Israel with his family shortly after he was born. He is 6' 8" (202 cm) tall, and weighs 230 pounds (104 kg).

Professional career

He played for Hapoel Kfar Saba (2016-17),

Hapoel Galil Elyon Hapoel Galil Elyon ( he, הפועל גליל עליון), also known as Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion for sponsorship reasons, is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli b ...

(2017-19), and Elitzur Yavne (2019-20). Ruina played for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 2020-22. On July 13, 2022, he signed with

of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

Israeli national team

He played for the Israeli national basketball team in the 2014 U16 FIBA European Championship Men, the 2015 FIBA U18 European Championship Men (winning a silver medal), the

2016 FIBA U18 European Championship The 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition was originally scheduled to take place in Samsun, Turkey, from 30 July to 7 August 2016, but was postponed indefinitely due to the ...

, the

2017 FIBA U20 European Championship The 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in three Greek cities, Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion, on the island of Crete, from 15 to 23 July 2017. Venues Partic ...

(silver medal), and the

2018 FIBA U20 European Championship The 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Chemnitz, Germany from 14 to 22 July 2018. Israel U20 became the European champions for the first time. Participat ...

( gold medal).

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruina, Miron 1998 births Living people Finnish expatriate basketball players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Finnish men's basketball players Finnish people of Israeli descent Hapoel Eilat basketball players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon players Hapoel Kfar Saba B.C. players Israeli men's basketball players Israeli people of Finnish descent