| Michael Beilin מיכאל ביילין | |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Perm, Russia |
| Height: | 5-6.5 (170 cm) |
| Weight: | 139 lbs (63 kg) |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Event: | Greco-Roman |
| Event Type: | Style |
| Worlds: | (1999, 2001) |
| Regionals: | (2002) |
| Olympics: | 15th (2000) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Michael Beilin (מיכאל ביילין; born April 25, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]
Beilin is from Perm, Russia, and is Jewish.[2] He made aliyah (emigrated to Israel) with his parents in 1994.[3] He served in the Israel Defense Forces.[3]
He started wrestling at the age of 8.[3] His sports club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel, and he was coached by Nick Zagrintzki.[1] [2] [3]
At the 1996 European Championship: 62.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 12th.[1] [2] At the 1997 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 4th.[1] [2] At the 1998 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg. Greco-Roman, he came in 13th.[1] [2]
At the 1999 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman in Athens, he won the bronze medal, and qualified for the Olympic Games.[1] [2] [3]
He competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at the age of 24, in Sydney, Australia, in Greco-Roman Wrestling--Men's Lightweight (63 kg), and came in 15th.[1] Ranked Number 3 in the world before the Olympics, he won his first match against Vitaly Chuk of Belarus, but lost in the elimination pool to Bakhodir Kurbanov of Uzbekistan.[2] When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 139 lbs (63 kg).[1]
At the 2001 World Wrestling Championships: 63.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal.[1] [2] At the 2001 Maccabiah Games he won the gold medal at 69 kg.[2] At the 2002 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he won the bronze medal. At the 2006 European Championship: 66.0 kg Greco-Roman, he came in 19th.