Max Geller (wrestler) explained

Maksim "Max" Geller
מקס גלר
Fullname:Maksim "Max" Geller
Birth Date:20 April 1971
Birth Place:Minsk, Soviet Union
Height:5-7.5 (172 cm)
Weight:157 lbs (71 kg)
Style:Freestyle

Maksim "Max" Geller (מקס גלר; born April 20, 1971) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.[1]

Geller was born in Minsk, Belarusian SSR, and is Jewish.[2] [3] He made aliyah (immigrated from the Soviet Union to Israel) in the late 1980s.[2]

Wrestling career

Geller's club is Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] He won the Israeli championships in 1990 and 1991.[2]

He won the silver medal at the 1991 European Championships, in 68.0 kg. Freestyle.[1]

At the 1992 European Championships, in 68.0 kg. Freestyle, Geller came in 7th.[1]

Geller competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, at the age of 21, in Wrestling—Men's Lightweight, Freestyle.[1] He defeated Jesús Eugenio Rodríguez of Cuba, lost to Fatih Özbaş of Turkey, and then faced Endre Elekes of Romania and both wrestlers were disqualified for passivity.[1] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-7.5 (172 cm) tall, and weighed 157 lbs (71 kg).[1] [2] He finished in 11th place.[2]

At the 1994 World Championships, in 68.0 kg. Freestyle, Geller came in 11th.[1] At the 1994 European Championships, in 68.0 kg. Freestyle he also came in 11th.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Max Geller Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070549/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/max-geller-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
  2. http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=531 "Geller, Max"
  3. Book: Wechsler, Bob. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. 2008. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. 9780881259698 .