Meiron Cheruti

Swimming career Cheruti started swimming at the age of five, and his club is Maccabi Haifa and he has also trained at CN Marseille. He is a member of Project Rising Star, a program that coach David Marsh created with the Israel Swimming Association.

2016–19 In July 2016 at the Scottish National Championships (50m), Cheruti won the gold medal in the 50m butterfly (fly) with a time of 23.80. That same month Cheruti won a silver medal at the Lausanne Swim Cup in the 50m freestyle (free) with a time of 21.62.

In April 2019, at the Israel Cup, at 21 years old Cheruti won the 50m free in 21.27. That same month at the Stockholm Open, Cheruti won a silver medal in the 50m free in 22.23. In May 2019 he won a silver medal in the 2019 Speedo Grand Challenge in the 50m free in 22.69 in Irvine, California. In June 2019 at the Sette Colli Trophy he set a new Israeli national record in the 50m fly, at 23.65. In July 2019 he competed in the men's 50m fly at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. In August 2019 at the Israel Summer National Championships (50m) he won a gold medal in the 100m free with a time of 49.00, and a gold medal in the mixed 4x100 medley relay with a time of 3:57.19. Also in December 2019, he won the gold medal in the 50m free in Swimcup Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 22.08.

In April 2021 at the 2021 Swim Open Stockholm in Sweden, Cheruti won the silver medal in the 50m fly, at 23.62, and the bronze medal in the 50m free at 22.37. He came in 17th out of 73 swimmers in the men's 50m freestyle, and came in 29th out of 71 swimmers in the men’s 100m freestyle.

2023–24 In February 2023 at the Lausanne Swim Cup he won the gold medal in the 50m free with a time of 22.18, and a bronze medal in the 50m fly with a time of 23.69. In June 2023 at the Israeli Championships he won the gold medal in the 50m fly with a time of 22.15, a gold medal in the 50m free with a time of 22.15, and a gold medal in the 50m backstroke in a time of 25.27. That same month at the Israel Adults Championships - Criteria Competition he won a gold medal in the 50m back with a time of 25.27, a gold medal in the 50m free with a time of 22.15, and a silver medal in the 50m fly with a time of 23.51. The same month at the Giant Open Series in Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France, he won the silver medal in the 50m fly with a time of 23.29. In April 2024 at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet 2024 in the Netherlands, he won a gold medal in the 50m fly with an Israeli record time of 23.01, and won a gold medal in the 50m free with a time of 21.93.

2024 Olympic Games Cheruti represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in swimming in the Men's 50 metre freestyle.