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Myles Amine

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Myles Amine
BERJAYA
at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMyles Nazem Amine
NationalityAmerican, Sammarinese
Born (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 29)[1]
Howell, Michigan, U.S.
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryBERJAYA San Marino
SportWrestling
Weight class
86 kg
Events
Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamMichigan
ClubCliff Keen Wrestling Club
Coached bySergey Beloglazov
Achievements and titles
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2020)
World finals
‹See Tfd›Bronze (2023)
Regional finals
‹See Tfd›Gold (2022)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing BERJAYA San Marino
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo86 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Belgrade86 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Budapest86 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Rome86 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Zagreb86 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Bucharest86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Warsaw86 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Minsk86 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran86 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Warsaw86 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Michigan Wolverines
NCAA Division I Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Detroit184 lb
Bronze medal – third place2018 Cleveland174 lb
Bronze medal – third place2019 Pittsburgh174 lb
Bronze medal – third place2021 St. Louis197 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 State College197 lb
Gold medal – first place2022 Lincoln184 lb
Silver medal – second place2018 East Lansing174 lb
Silver medal – second place2019 Minneapolis174 lb
Bronze medal – third place2017 Bloomington174 lb

Myles Nazem Amine (born 14 December 1996) is an American-Sammarinese 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

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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

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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] He was also a flag bearer for San Marino during the closing ceremony of the Olympics.

Personal life

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He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "AMINE Myles Nazem". Paris 2024 Olympics.
  2. ↑ "Myles Amine – Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "InterMat Wrestling College Rankings". InterMat. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nazem Amine". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Rtv, San Marino (21 September 2019). "Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020". San Marino Rtv.
  6. ↑ "Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it". 21 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian". WrestlingTV. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Khan, Bill. "Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino". Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com.
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