Mark Slavin
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Mark Slavin (January 31, 1954 – September 6, 1972), was an Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler and victim of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Slavin, born in Minsk, USSR, was the youngest of the victims at the age of eighteen. He was taken hostage with eight other Israeli athletes. Slavin was shot by machine gun fire in a helicopter during a botched rescue attempt. He was due to compete on the day of his death.
Before moving to Israel, Slavin won the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship. He moved to Israel in May 1972 (three months before the Olympics) and he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Israel Olympic Team. The 1972 Olympics was due to be his first international competition for Israel.
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- Mark Slavin Munich 11
- Mark Slavin at Find a Grave
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