Nahum Buch
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Nahum David Norbert Buch (נחום בוך; born November 23, 1932) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.[1]
Swimming career
Buch participated in swimming in the 1950 Maccabiah Games, where he shared the Best Athlete Award.[2][3]
Buch competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19 in Swimming--Men's 100 metre Freestyle.[1] He came in 7th in his heat in the first round, with a time of 1:05.6.[1] Buch was the first swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics.[4]
Buch later coached the Israeli national swimming team for a number of years.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c "David Buch Bio, Stats, and Results".
- ^ Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). "Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present". Routledge.
- ^ "Israel Directory". Miksam Limited. 2003.
- ^ a b "Swimming for Gold, Wearing Blue and White". Tower Magazine. 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?", Moment, March-April 2013
Category:1932 births
Category:Living people
Category:Israeli male swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers of Israel
Category:Male freestyle swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Maccabiah Games competitors for Israel
Category:Maccabiah Games swimmers
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