Gideon Ariel
Gideon Ariel (1960)
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| Native name | גדעון אריאל |
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 Israel
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| Born |
April 27, 1939 Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Height | 6-0 (184 cm) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
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| Country |
Israel
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| Sport | Discus and Shot Put |
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| Updated on 28 August 2016. | |
Gideon Ariel (גדעון אריאל; also "Uriel," born April 27, 1939) is a world-renowned authority in biomechanics. He is an Israeli former Olympic track and field athlete, competing in the shot put and discus throw.
Ariel was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. His father, the son of a rabbi, was born in Poland in 1904, and made aliyah (moved to Israel, then known as Palestine) in 1922, and ultimately became a hotel manager and then head of customs at the Jaffa port, as well as a member of the Stern Gang. His mother worked as the secretary to the Mayor of Tel Aviv. His parents divorced when he was ten years old. At the age of 11, he moved to a kibbutz. He served three years in the Israel Defense Forces.
He studied at the Wingate Institute in Israel, and later attended the University of Wyoming on an athletic scholarship, beginning in 1963 and graduating in 1966. Ariel obtained a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts in Exercise Science. He completed his graduate and post-doctoral work at the University of Massachusetts, where he received a Ph.D. in Exercise and Computer Science.
Ariel and his former wife Yael Tzabar have a child, Geffen Olympia. He lived in Amherst, Massachusetts and Coto de Caza, California. He has three more daughters: Tova, Nomi, and Ilana Ariel.
When Ariel competed in the Olympics, he was 6 ft (184 cm) tall, and weighed 220 lbs (100 kg).
Ariel competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, at the age of 21, in the Men's Shot Put, and came in 22nd with a distance of 14.65 meters. He was also the flag bearer for Israel at the 1960 Olympics.
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