Myles Amine

{{short description|Sammarinese-American freestyle wrestler (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| headercolor = Gold

| full_name = Myles Nazem Amine

| nationality = American, Sammarinese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|12|14}}{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/myles-nazem-amine_1891723 |title=AMINE Myles Nazem |work=Paris 2024 Olympics}}

| birth_place = Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 86 kg

| country = {{SMR}}

| sport = Wrestling

| weight_class = 86 kg

| event = Freestyle and Folkstyle

| club = Cliff Keen Wrestling Club

| collegeteam = Michigan

| coach = Sergey Beloglazov

| worlds = {{World3}} (2023)

| regionals = {{Eur1}} (2022)

| olympics = {{OG3}} (2020)

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country | {{SMR}}}}

{{Medal|Country | the}} Michigan Wolverines

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Myles Nazem Amine (born 14 December 1996) is a freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. Born in the United States, he represents San Marino internationally. He is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School.

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.{{Cite web |title=Myles Amine – Wrestling |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/wrestling/roster/myles-amine/21783 |access-date=December 29, 2020 |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}} Amine was the top-seeded 197-pound NCAA wrestler heading into the 2021 national championships, but finished third.{{Cite web |title=InterMat Wrestling College Rankings |url=http://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college |access-date=March 9, 2021 |website=InterMat |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304160942/https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college |url-status=dead}} His paternal grandfather Nazem Amine was also a freestyle wrestler who competed for Lebanon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59265 |title=Nazem Amine |work=Olympedia |accessdate=September 22, 2021}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/sport/sport-sammarinese-c16/lotta-myles-amine-mularoni-qualificato-per-tokyo-2020-a177245 |title=Lotta: Myles Amine Mularoni qualificato per Tokyo 2020 |first=San Marino |last=Rtv |date=September 21, 2019 |website=San Marino Rtv}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsrimini.it/2019/09/lotta-libera-myles-amine-conquista-il-pass-per-le-olimpiadi-di-tokyo/ |title=Lotta libera: Myles Amine conquista il pass per le Olimpiadi di Tokyo • newsrimini.it |date=September 21, 2019}}{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Wrestling LIVE: Meet Myles Amine, San Marino's first- ever Olympian |url=https://wrestlingtv.in/wrestling-live-meet-myles-amine-san-marinos-first-ever-olympian/ |access-date=December 29, 2020 |website=WrestlingTV |language=en-US}}

He won the gold medal in the 86 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. He competed in the 86{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI |archive-date=4 November 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} As a result, he earned a quota place for San Marino for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 – Wrestling |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113060500/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-Wrestling.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}

In February 2024, he won the silver medal in the men's 86{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} In August 2024, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's freestyle 86{{nbsp}}kg event at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}

Personal life

He represents San Marino via citizenship passed through his maternal great-grandparents, Germano and Pierina Mularoni.{{Cite web |url=https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/07/29/brighton-brothers-wrestling-internationally-san-marino/1782001001/ |title=Brighton's Amine brothers wrestling internationally for San Marino |first=Bill |last=Khan |website=Daily Press & Argus, livingstondaily.com}}