Meiron Cheruti

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 will represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Meiron Cheruti
Meiron Cheruti in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMeiron Amir Cheruti
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle and butterfly
ClubMaccabi Haifa

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. Baku 2015 European Games - Swimming - Men's Butterfly 50M
  2. Swimrankings - Israel Long Course (50m) Rankings
  3. "Meiron Cheruti (מירון חירותי)"
  4. "Swimming: Two Israelis into finals of European championships". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. "Swimming - Meiron Amir Cheruti"
  6. Project Rising Star — Team Elite Aquatics
  7. "FRANKEL, CHERUTI DOWN NATIONAL RECORDS AT ISRAELI CHAMPIONSHIPS"
  8. "KENDYL STEWART SWIMS LIFETIME BEST IN 100 FLY ON ISRAEL CUP DAY 2"
  9. "HOSSZU ROCKS HER FASTEST 200 FLY TIME OF THE SEASON IN STOCKHOLM, SJOSTROM 52.76 1FREE"
  10. "2019 SETTE COLLI TROPHY: DAY 3 FINALS LIVE RECAP"
  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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