Nahum Buch

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Intro

Israeli swimmer

Places

Israel

Athlete Swimmer

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

23 November 1932 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Sagittarius People who share this birthday

Age

92 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Nahum David Norbert Buch (נחום בוך; born November 23, 1932) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.

Swimming career

Buch participated in swimming in the 1950 Maccabiah Games, where he shared the Best Athlete Award.

Buch competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19 in Swimming--Men's 100 metre Freestyle.He came in 7th in his heat in the first round, with a time of 1:05.6. Buch was the first swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics.

Buch later coached the Israeli national swimming team for a number of years.

Later he was recognised for his contribution to swimming by young Australian Jewish swimmers in 2019.

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