Miron Ben Ruina (מירון בן רוינה; born March 25, 1998) is a Finnish-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[1] He plays the power forward and center positions.[2][3][4]

Biography

Ruina was born in Helsinki, Finland.[5] His father is Israeli, and his mother is Finnish. He moved to Israel with his family shortly after he was born.[4] He is 6' 8" (202 cm) tall, and weighs 230 pounds (104 kg).

Professional career

He played for Hapoel Kfar Saba (2016-17), Hapoel Galil Elyon (2017-19), and Elitzur Yavne (2019-20).[6]

Ruina played for Hapoel Eilat in the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 2020-22.

On July 13, 2022, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[7]

Israeli national team

He played for the Israeli national basketball team in the 2014 U16 FIBA European Championship Men, the 2015 FIBA U18 European Championship Men (winning a silver medal), the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship, the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship (silver medal), and the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship (gold medal).[8][4][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2019-20 Season | Hapoel Eilat | Miron Ruina". basket.co.il.
  2. ^ "Miron Ben RUINA at the FIBA U20 European Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball.
  3. ^ "Miron Ruina". Eurobasket.
  4. ^ a b c ""I want to prove I'm worthy to play in the top league & then the sky's the limit" Miron Ruina looks to make an impact in Israel". sportsrabbi.com. August 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Miron Ruina Player Profile, Hapoel Eilat, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  6. ^ Skerletic, Dario (May 24, 2020). "Hapoel Eilat to sign Miron Ruina". Sportando. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Hapoel Gilboa Galil signed Miron Ruina for two years". time.news. July 13, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Miron Ruina profile, FIBA U18 European Championship 2016". FIBA.COM.
  9. ^ "Zoosman shined in Israel's historic U20 gold". Eurohoops. July 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "Israel takes title at FIBA Under-20 Euros". The Jerusalem Post. July 22, 2018.

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