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Biography
David Kushnir (דוד קושניר; June 21, 1931) is an Israeli former Olympic long-jumper.
He was born in Afula, Israel, and is Jewish. When Kushnir competed in the Olympics he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall and weighed 163 lbs (74 kg).
Track and field career
Kushnir won the gold medal in the broad jump (also known as the long jump) at the 1953 Maccabiah Games.
He competed for Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics, at the age of 25, in Melbourne, Australia in the Men's Long Jump, jumped a distance of 6.89 meters, but did not qualify for the finals, and came in 25th.
Kushnir won the gold medal in the broad jump at the 1957 Maccabiah Games.
Kushnir also competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics, at the age of 29, in Rome, Italy, in the Men's Long Jump, jumped 7.20 meters, and came in 25th.
He won the Israeli Championship in the long jump in 1960, 1961, 1963, and 1964. Kushnir coached the Israeli national track and field team from 1970-82. At the 1978 World Veterans Championship (age 40-45), Kushnir won the broad jump.
Football career
Kushnir played football for Hapoel Balfouria while the club played at the top division, scoring goals for the club in matches against Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Hadera during the 1954–55 season.