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
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 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]

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