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Ron Atias

Ron Atias is an Israeli taekwondo athlete who in 2016 became the first Israeli man to compete in Olympic taekwondo.

born 1995First Israeli male Olympic taekwondo athlete2016 European Championships silver medal2009 Cadet European title

Born: 19 April 1995, Be'er Ya'akov
Occupation: taekwondo athlete

Ron Atias was born in 1995 in Be'er Ya'akov

Ron Atias was born on 19 April 1995 in Be'er Ya'akov. He first trained in karate and later moved to taekwondo. He trains in Ramla with the Sharabi Martial Arts club.

As a young athlete he won gold at the 2009 Cadet European Championships in the under-49 kg class. His father died in 2011, shortly before the World Championships in Gyeongju, and he still took part. That year he won silver at the Junior European Championships and was named the 2011 Israeli Young Athlete by the Olympic Committee of Israel.

As a senior he won medals at several open tournaments, including gold at the 2013 Austrian Open. In 2016 he won gold at the European Olympic qualification tournament in Istanbul. Later that year he won silver in the under-58 kg class at the European Championships in Montreux.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics he competed in the under-58 kg class. He lost in the first round to Venilton Torres Teixeira of Brazil and was eliminated.