Meiron Cheruti

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Meiron Cheruti
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Meiron Cheruti in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMeiron Amir Cheruti
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 24)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle and butterfly
ClubMaccabi Haifa

Meiron Amir Cheruti (Hebrew: מירון חרותי; born 19 October 1997) is an Israeli swimmer.[2][3][4] He competes in 100 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 50 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle. He qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Swimming career[]

Cheruti started swimming at the age of five, and his club is Maccabi Haifa.[3] He competes in 100 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, 50 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle, and 4x50 m freestyle.[5] He is a member of Project Rising Star, a program that coach David Marsh created with the Israel Swimming Association.[6]

2018-present[]

In December 2018, at the 2018 Arena Israeli Swimming Championships, he won and set Israeli short course national records in the 50 m freestyle (21.27) and the 100 m freestyle (47.41).[7]

In April 2019, at the Israel Cup, he won the 50 m freestyle.[8] That same month at the Stockholm Open Cheruti won a silver medal in the 50 m freestyle.[9] In June 2019 at the Sette Colli Trophy he set a new Israeli national record in the 50 m butterfly, at 23.65.[10] In July 2019 he competed in the men's 50 m butterfly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Baku 2015 European Games - Swimming - Men's Butterfly 50M
  2. ^ "Swimrankings - Israel Long Course (50m) Rankings". www.swimrankings.net.
  3. ^ a b "Swimming Israel | Meiron Cheruti". Swimming Israel.
  4. ^ "Swimming: Two Israelis into finals of European championships". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Swimming - Meiron Amir Cheruti (Israel)". www.the-sports.org.
  6. ^ "Project Rising Star — Team Elite Aquatics".
  7. ^ "Frankel, Cheruti Down National Records at Israeli Championships". SwimSwam. 1 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Kendyl Stewart Swims Lifetime Best in 100 Fly on Israel Cup Day 2". SwimSwam. 4 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Hosszu Rocks Her Fastest 200 Fly Time Of The Season In Stockholm, Sjostrom 52.76 1Free". SwimSwam. 15 April 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Sette Colli Trophy: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. 23 June 2019.
  11. ^ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 50m Butterfly start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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