Myles Amine

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.

Myles Amine
Personal information
Full nameMyles Nazem Amine
Nationality San Marino
 United States
BornDecember 14, 1996 (1996-12-14) (age 27)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country San Marino
SportWrestling
Weight class86 kg
EventFreestyle
Coached bySergey Beloglazov
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals (2020)
World finals (2023)
Regional finals (2022)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  San Marino
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo86 kg
World Championships
2023 Belgrade 86 kg
European Championships
2022 Budapest 86 kg
2020 Rome 86 kg
2023 Zagreb 86 kg
2024 Bucharest86 kg
2021 Warsaw 86 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk 86 kg
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran 86 kg
Grand Prix
2023 Budapest86 kg
2021 Warsaw86 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Michigan Wolverines
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2022 Detroit 184 lb
2018 Cleveland 174 lb
2019 Pittsburgh 174 lb
2021 St. Louis 197 lb
Big Ten Championships
2021 State College 197 lb
2022 Lincoln 184 lb
2018 East Lansing 174 lb
2019 Minneapolis 174 lb
2017 Bloomington 174 lb

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.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

He won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8]

Personal life

He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.[9]

References
  1. "Myles Amine – Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. "InterMat Wrestling College Rankings". InterMat. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. "Nazem Amine". Olympedia. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  4. Rtv, San Marino (September 21, 2019). "Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020". San Marino Rtv.
  5. "Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it". September 21, 2019.
  6. "Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian". WrestlingTV. August 25, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  7. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  8. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  9. Khan, Bill. "Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino". Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com.
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