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Sammarinese-American freestyle wrestler
Myles Nazem Amine (born December 14, 1996) is a
Sammarinese-American
freestyle and
folkstyle wrestler who competes at
86 kilograms. Myles 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.
[1] Amine was the top-seeded 197-pound
NCAA wrestler heading into the 2021 national championships, but finished third.
[2] His paternal grandfather
Nazem Amine was also a freestyle wrestler who competed for
Lebanon at the
1960 Summer Olympics.
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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.
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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.
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He won the silver medal in the
men's 86 kg event at the
2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
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Personal life
He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.
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References
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"Myles Amine – Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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"InterMat Wrestling College Rankings". InterMat. Archived from
the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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"Nazem Amine". Olympedia. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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^ Rtv, San Marino (September 21, 2019).
"Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020". San Marino Rtv.
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"Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it". September 21, 2019.
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"Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian". WrestlingTV. August 25, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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"2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from
the original (PDF) on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
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"2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from
the original (PDF) on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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^ Khan, Bill.
"Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino". Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com.
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