Ran Margaliot

Ran Margaliot was born in 1988 in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut

Ran Margaliot was born on July 18, 1988. His father Benny was an organizational consultant in the Israeli Air Force, and the family moved between air force bases. In Modi'in he attended the city's democratic school and later finished high school at Ironi B Yitzhak Rabin, majoring in communications.

He enlisted in the IDF in March 2007 with athlete status. He served as a soldier teacher for new immigrants in the Education Corps and later at Galei Tzahal.

He won the Israeli novice championship in 2004 and rode for youth and under-23 teams in Belgium and Spain. In 2010 he and Niv Libner won the Tour of Israel and founded the club Israel Go Pro. In 2012 he rode for Saxo Bank, becoming the first Israeli to sign with a World Tour team, but retired that year after a road accident in Italy.

With businessman Ron Bar-On he founded Israel Cycling Academy and managed it from 2014 to 2018. In 2016 he brought in Sylvan Adams as an investor and initiated bringing the Giro d'Italia to Israel. In 2019 he founded Bartali Youth Leading Change, which runs 9 educational mountain biking centers.