请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Amitzur Shapira
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Literature

  3. References

{{More citations needed|date=August 2012}}{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name =
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_upright =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = עמיצור שפירא
| native_name_lang = lang-he
| pronunciation =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|07|09}}
| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|09|06|1932|07|09}}
| death_place = Munich, Germany
| death_cause =
| body_discovered =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| burial_place =
| burial_coordinates =
| monuments =
| residence =
| nationality = Israeli
| other_names =
| ethnicity =
| citizenship =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Sprinter, long jumper and track coach
| years_active =
| organization =
| known_for =
| home_town =
| height =
| weight =
| religion =
| denomination =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| parents =
| mother =
| father =
| relatives =
| family =
| signature =
| signature_size =
| signature_alt =
| footnotes =
}}

Amitzur Shapira ({{lang-he| עמיצור שפירא}}; July 9, 1932 – September 6, 1972) was an Israeli sprinter and long jumper in the 1950s and a coach for the Israeli track and field team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich massacre.{{cn|date=September 2018}}

Biography

Amitzur Shapira was born in Israel and was a resident in Herzliya. For many years, he served as a teacher and educator at the Wingate Institute's Jewish College. When Shapira went to the 1972 Summer Olympics he was the head coach for the Israeli track and field team. During the 1972 Olympics he and 10 other members of the Israel Olympic team were taken hostage by Arab terrorists at the games. Two of the Israelis were shot in the beginning of the ordeal and the other nine (including Shapira) were held hostage and then later were murdered on the tarmac of Furstenfeldbruck airbase during a botched rescue attempt by Munich police and Bavarian border guards.[1]

Shapira was the coach of Esther Shachamarov who later became an Israeli Olympic athlete (in 1976, she became the first Israeli to reach an Olympic final). When she heard that her coach had been murdered she withdrew from the 1972 Olympics.

He was buried in Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv.[2]

His grandson is the German-based artist and comedian Shahak Shapira.

Literature

  • Reeve, Simon: One day in September. The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the Israeli revenge operation "Wrath of God". Arcade, New York 2000. {{ISBN|1-55970-547-7}}.

References

1. ^http://www.olympic.org/munich-1972-summer-olympics
2. ^Photo on https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8663021
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shapira, Amitzur}}{{Israel-athletics-bio-stub}}

10 : 1932 births|1972 deaths|Sportspeople from Tel Aviv|Israeli Jews|Israeli male sprinters|Israeli athletics coaches|Jewish male athletes (track and field)|Victims of the Munich massacre|Deaths by firearm in Germany|Wingate Institute faculty

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/12 6:07:45