▁to ▁his ▁credit , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁end ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁due ▁to ▁problems ▁maintain ing ▁a ▁low ▁r iding ▁weight . ▁He ▁won ▁seven ▁W A ▁Der b ies ▁and ▁eight ▁W A ▁O aks ▁during ▁his ▁career . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁T iger ▁Moore ▁ ▁Category : Austral ian ▁j ock e ys ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Mer av ▁Michael i ▁( ; ▁born ▁ 2 4 ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 6 ) ▁is ▁an ▁Isra eli ▁journalist , ▁TV ▁anchor , ▁radio ▁broad c aster ▁and ▁activ ist . ▁She ▁is ▁currently ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁K ness et ▁for ▁the ▁Labor ▁Party . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Mer av ▁Michael i ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Pet ah ▁T ik va , ▁ ▁the ▁grand d augh ter ▁of ▁Rudolf ▁K ast ner . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁entering ▁politics , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁journalist ▁and ▁opinion ▁column ist ▁for ▁the ▁Ha aret z ▁newspaper . ▁She ▁also ▁taught ▁university ▁classes ▁and ▁lect ured ▁extens ively ▁on ▁the ▁topics ▁of ▁femin ism , ▁media , ▁and ▁communic ations . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁she ▁spoke ▁at ▁T ED x J aff a ▁on ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁" par ad ig m ▁shift ", ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁argued ▁society ▁should ▁" cancel ▁marriage ". ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Michael i ▁announced ▁that ▁she