Dov Groverman Explained

Dov Groverman
Native Name:דב גרוברמן
Native Name Lang:Hebrew
Birth Date:5 April 1965
Sport:Wrestling
Weight Class:Light-Flyweight
Event:Greco-Roman

Dov Groverman (דב גרוברמן; sometimes "Groberman" or "Grobermann"; born April 5, 1965) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.[1] He is Jewish.[2]

Wrestling career

Groverman won a silver medal at the 1980 World Junior Championships in 40.0 kg Greco-Roman.[1] At the 1987 World Wrestling Championships: 48.0 kg. Greco-Roman, he came in 13th.[1]

Groverman competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, at the age of 23, in Wrestling--Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman.[1] Abullah Alizani from the Yemen Arab Republic, his opponent in the first round, failed to show up for his match against the Israeli even after he was paged three times, in what an Israeli official called a political snub, and Alizani was declared the loser of the match by the referee.[2] [3] Groverman was eliminated after three rounds.[1] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 4inchesft11inchesin (ftin) tall, and weighed 115lb.[1]

At the 1991 World Wrestling Championships: 52.0 kg. Greco-Roman, Groverman came in 12th.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dov Grobermann Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/dov-grobermann-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
  2. http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=636 "Grobermann, Dov"
  3. Web site: ATHLETES' AMMUNITION ELUDES SECURITY NET. The Washington Post.