Finnish-Israeli basketball player
Miron Ben Ruina (מירון בן רוינה; born March 25, 1998) is an Israeli-Finnish basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League .[ 1] He plays the power forward and center positions.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Biography
Ruina was born in Helsinki, Finland .[ 5] His father is Israeli, and his mother is Finnish. He moved to Israel with his family shortly after he was born.[ 4] He is 6' 8" (202 cm) tall, and weighs 230 pounds (104 kg).
Professional career
He played for Hapoel Kfar Saba (2016–17), Hapoel Galil Elyon (2017-19), and Elitzur Yavne (2019–20).[ 6]
Ruina played for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 2020-22.
On July 13, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League .[ 7]
Israeli national team
He played for the Israeli national basketball team in the 2014 U16 FIBA European Championship Men , the 2015 FIBA U18 European Championship Men (winning a silver medal ), the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship , the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship (silver medal), and the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship (gold medal ).[ 8] [ 4] [ 9] [ 10]
References
^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2019-20 Season | Hapoel Eilat | Miron Ruina" . basket.co.il .
^ "Miron Ben RUINA at the FIBA U20 European Championship 2018" . FIBA.basketball .
^ "Miron Ruina" . Eurobasket .
^ a b c " "I want to prove I'm worthy to play in the top league & then the sky's the limit" Miron Ruina looks to make an impact in Israel" . sportsrabbi.com . August 16, 2020.
^ "Miron Ruina Player Profile, Hapoel Eilat, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM" . basketball.realgm.com .
^ Skerletic, Dario (May 24, 2020). "Hapoel Eilat to sign Miron Ruina" . Sportando . Retrieved August 22, 2022 .
^ "Hapoel Gilboa Galil signed Miron Ruina for two years" . time.news . July 13, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022 .
^ "Miron Ruina profile, FIBA U18 European Championship 2016" . FIBA.COM .
^ "Zoosman shined in Israel's historic U20 gold" . Eurohoops . July 23, 2018.
^ "Israel takes title at FIBA Under-20 Euros" . The Jerusalem Post . July 22, 2018.
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