{{short description|Israeli taekwondo athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = רון אטיאס | nationality = Israeli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|4|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Be'er Ya'akov, Israel | height = 1.70 m<ref name="rio2016.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ron-atias |title=Ron ATIAS - Olympic - Israel |date=19 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041915/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ron-atias |archivedate= 6 August 2016 }}</ref> | weight = 58 kg (128 lbs)<ref name="rio2016.com"/> | website = | country = Israel | sport = Taekwondo | event = Flyweight (58 kg) | collegeteam = | universityteam = | club = Sharabi Martial Arts<ref name="isr-tkd.com">{{cite web|url=http://isr-tkd.com/index.php?cntr=e|title=Israel Taekwondo Federation|publisher=}}</ref> | team = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = Adi Dadidov (head coach) and Yehiam Sharabi (coach)<ref name="taekwondodata.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.taekwondodata.com/ron-atias.acrp.html|title=TaekwondoData|publisher=}}</ref> | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }} {{MedalSport |Men's taekwondo}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold |2009 Zagreb|Cadet 49 kg}} {{MedalSilver |2011 Paphos|Junior 55 kg}} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Montreux|Flyweight (58 kg)}} }}
'''Ron Atias''' ({{Langx|he|רון אטיאס}}; born 19 April 1995) is an Israeli Olympic taekwondo athlete who represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/>
==Taekwondo career== Atias, who started in the sport at the age of seven, trains in Ramla, Israel, which is his hometown.<ref name="israel21c.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.israel21c.org/taekwondo-athlete-wins-rio-olympics-berth/|title=Taekwondo athlete wins Rio Olympics berth|date=17 January 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="koryotaekwondo.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://koryotaekwondo.com.au/?p=2442|title=WTF Newsletter January Edition « koryotaekwondo.com.au|publisher=}}</ref> His club is Sharabi Martial Arts.<ref name="isr-tkd.com"/>
In 2008, he won a gold medal in the Youth Croatia Taekwondo Open in Zagreb.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/> In 2009, Atias won a gold medal at the Cadet European Taekwondo Championships, in 2010 a gold medal at the senior Austrian Open in Innsbruck, and in 2011 a silver medal at the Junior European Taekwondo Championships.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/> He was picked by the Olympic Committee of Israel as the best 2011 Israeli Young Athlete.<ref name="koryotaekwondo.com.au"/>
Atias then won gold medals at the youth 2012 Austrian Open and the 2013 senior Austrian Open.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/> In 2014, as a senior, he won bronze medals in the Spanish Open, Israel Open, Serbia Open, and Croatia Open.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/> In 2015, Atias won bronze medals in the Greece Open and the Israel Open.<ref name="taekwondodata.com"/>
In 2016, he won the gold medal in the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Istanbul, Turkey, over silver medalist Jesús Tortosa of Spain, who was world junior champion in 2014 in the under 51 kg division.<ref name="israel21c.org"/> That year Atias also won a silver medal in the under-58 kilogram event at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships, which was held in Montreux, Switzerland, losing in the finals to world No. 2 Rui Braganca of Portugal.<ref name="jpost.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Atias-takes-taekwondo-silver-medal-for-Israel-454517|title=Atias takes taekwondo silver medal for Israel|date=20 May 2016 |publisher=}}</ref>
===Olympics=== Atias represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 17 in taekwondo in the under-58 kilogram category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4795445,00.html|title=הכירו את רון אטיאס|date=23 July 2016|publisher=|newspaper=Ynet|last1=ספורט|first1=Ynet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Ron-Atias-462809|title=Israeli Olympic profiles: Ron Atias|date=31 July 2016 |publisher=}}</ref> Atias is the first-ever Israeli male taekwondo athlete to compete in the Olympics.<ref name="israel21c.org"/> Former female Olympic taekwondo competitors for Israel were Maya Arusi (Athens, 2004) and Bat-El Gaterer (Beijing, 2008).<ref name="jpost.com"/>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{TaekwondoData}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160117125148/http://isr-tkd.com/teams.php?tm=12&&sprt=42#42 Ron Atias] at the Israel Taekwondo Federation (archived) {{in lang|he}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{OCI profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atias, Ron}} Category:Living people Category:1995 births Category:Israeli male taekwondo practitioners Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Israel Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Ramla Category:European Taekwondo Championships medalists Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen