Myles Amine
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Full name | Myles Nazem Amine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American, Sammarinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.[1] | 14 December 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | San Marino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 86 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Cliff Keen Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Sergey Beloglazov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Myles Nazem Amine (born 14 December 1996) is a freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. Born in the United States, he represents San Marino internationally. He is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School.
Collegiate career
[edit]In folkstyle, Amine is a five-time NCAA Division I All-American and two-time Big Ten Conference Champion (four-time finalist) for the Michigan Wolverines.[2] Amine was the top-seeded 197-pound NCAA wrestler heading into the 2021 national championships, but finished third.[3] His paternal grandfather Nazem Amine was also a freestyle wrestler who competed for Lebanon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[4]
Freestyle career
[edit]In freestyle, Amine won bronze for San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed medals at the European Games and the European Championships.[5][6][7]
He won the gold medal in the 86 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. He competed in the 86 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9] As a result, he earned a quota place for San Marino for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10]
In February 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[11] In August 2024, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[12]
Personal life
[edit]He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AMINE Myles Nazem".
- ^ "Myles Amine – Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "InterMat Wrestling College Rankings". InterMat. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Nazem Amine". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Rtv, San Marino (21 September 2019). "Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020". San Marino Rtv.
- ^ "Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it". 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian". WrestlingTV. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Khan, Bill. "Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino". Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com.
External links
[edit]- Myles Nazem Amine at the International Wrestling Database
- Myles Nazem Amine at United World Wrestling
- Myles Nazem Amine at Olympics.com
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games bronze medalists for San Marino
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- American people of Sammarinese descent
- American people of Lebanese descent
- Sammarinese people of Lebanese descent
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Olympic wrestlers for San Marino
- Olympic bronze medalists for San Marino
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Michigan Wolverines wrestlers
- European Wrestling Champions
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for San Marino
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games