Dov Groverman

Dov Groverman

Dov Groberman, 2011
Personal information
Native name	דב גרוברמן
Born	(1965-04-05) April 5, 1965 (age 59)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	Light-Flyweight
Event	Greco-Roman

Dov Groverman (דב גרוברמן; sometimes "Groberman" or "Grobermann"; born April 5, 1965) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.^[1] He is Jewish.^[2]

Wrestling career

Groverman won a silver medal at the 1980 World Junior Championships in 40.0 kg Greco-Roman.^[1] At the 1987 World Wrestling Championships: 48.0 kg. Greco-Roman, he came in 13th.^[1]

Groverman competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, at the age of 23, in Wrestling--Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman.^[1] Abullah Alizani from the Yemen Arab Republic, his opponent in the first round, failed to show up for his match against the Israeli even after he was paged three times, in what an Israeli official called a political snub, and Alizani was declared the loser of the match by the referee.^[2][3] Groverman was eliminated after three rounds.^[1] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 4 feet 11 inches (150 cm) tall, and weighed 115 pounds (52 kg).^[1]

At the 1991 World Wrestling Championships: 52.0 kg. Greco-Roman, Groverman came in 12th.^[1]

References

1. "Dov Grobermann Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
2. "Grobermann, Dov", jewsinsports.org
3. "ATHLETES' AMMUNITION ELUDES SECURITY NET". The Washington Post.

External links

• Dow Grobermann at the International Wrestling Database
• Dow Grobermann at Olympics.com
• Dow Grobermann at Olympedia