{{short description|Israeli artistic gymnast}} {{Infobox gymnast |name= Ron Kaplan<br>רון קפלן |image= Ron Kaplan.JPG |imagesize= |caption=Ron Kaplan |fullname= Ron Kaplan |altname= |nickname= |country= {{GYM National Team|ISR|MAG}} |formercountry= |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|5|1}} |birth_place= |hometown= |residence= |height= |discipline= MAG |level= |natlteam= |club= |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach= |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |eponymousskills= |retired= |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}} {{MedalGold|1989 Israel |Individual All-Around}} }} '''Ron Kaplan''' ({{Langx|he|רון קפלן}}; born May 1, 1970) is an Israeli former Olympic gymnast.<ref name="sports-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ron-kaplan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094735/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ron-kaplan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Ron Kaplan Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
A four-time national champion, he won a gold medal for Israel in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. He also competed for Israel in two European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, as well as four World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and represented Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
==Early life== Kaplan was born in Beer Sheva, Israel, and is Jewish.<ref name="jewsinsports.org">[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=608 "Kaplan, Ron"]</ref> He attended UCLA, and competed as a gymnast for the Bruins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-09-sp-1468-story.html|title=Gymnastics World Championships: With Ringnald Hurt, Pressure Now Is on UCLA's Keswick in the Finals|first=Maryann|last=Hudson|date=9 September 1991|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19910911-01.1.3|title=Israeli Gymnastics Team Performs at Center |work=Jewish Post|date=11 September 1991}}</ref> He served in the Israel Defense Forces.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/05/sports/results-plus-174489.html|title=Results Plus|date=5 July 1989|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Israeli champion== Kaplan was the Israeli individual all-around gymnastics champion from 1989–92, for club teams from Beer Sheva and Holon.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
==Maccabiah Games== In the 1989 Maccabiah Games, at the age of 19, Kaplan won a gold medal for Israel in the individual all-around competition.<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
==European Championships== In 1990, Kaplan finished in 33rd place in the individual all-around at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships (the highest finish in Israel's history), and in 1992 he finished in 27th place.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
==World Championships== Kaplan competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1989, placing 82nd in the individual all-around.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/> In 1991 he placed 64th in the individual all-around, in 1993 he placed 67th in the individual all-around, and in 1994 he came in 54th in the individual all-around.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
==Olympics== Kaplan represented Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in gymnastics at the age of 22.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/> In the Men's Individual All-Around, he came in 65th, out of 93 gymnasts, with a score of 122.250.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/><ref name="jewsinsports.org"/> His best events were the Men's Floor Exercise, in which he came in tied for 36th, and the Men's Rings, in which he came in tied for 47th.<ref name="sports-reference.com"/>
==TV commentator== After Kaplan retired from gymnastic competition, he became a TV commentator in Israel.<ref name="jewsinsports.org"/>
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