Myles Amine Explained
Myles Nazem Amine (born 14 December 1996) is a 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
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
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 86kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86kg 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 86kg 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 86kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[12]
Personal life
He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: AMINE Myles Nazem.
- Web site: Myles Amine – Wrestling. December 29, 2020. University of Michigan Athletics. en.
- Web site: InterMat Wrestling College Rankings. March 9, 2021. InterMat. March 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304160942/https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college. dead.
- Web site: Nazem Amine. Olympedia. September 22, 2021.
- Web site: Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020. San Marino. Rtv. September 21, 2019. San Marino Rtv.
- Web site: Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it. September 21, 2019.
- Web site: August 25, 2020. Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian. December 29, 2020. WrestlingTV. en-US.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113060500/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf . 13 January 2024 . 11 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.
- Web site: Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino. Bill. Khan. Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com.
