Eduard Meron (or Edward Maron; , ; born 1938) is an Arab-Israeli former Olympic weightlifter.
He was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine. Meron is an Arab-Israeli Maronite Christian, and of Lebanese descent.
Meron competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in Weightlifting--Men's Bantamweight. He came in 18th, after lifting a total of 270 kg in his best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk. When he competed in the Olympics he was tall, and weighed .
Meron marched with the Israeli flag at the 1960 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
He competed in the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, and won a silver medal in the featherweight category.
He said in 2012 that he was certain that Israeli Olympic representation, which has seen few Arabs, is determined only according to criteria: "ThereâÂÂs a minimum you have to meet, and if Arab athletes didnâÂÂt meet the minimum, that means that they werenâÂÂt good enough."