David Kushnir

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David Kushnir ({{Langx|he|דוד קושניר}}; J21 June 1931 – 18 October 2020) was an Israeli Olympic long-jumper{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/david-kushnir-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082331/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/david-kushnir-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=David Kushnir Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}} and track and field coach.

He was born in Afula, Mandatory Palestine (now in Israel), and was Jewish.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=54 |title= Kushnir, David : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=2016-08-26 |archive-date=2017-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109010404/http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=54 |url-status=dead }} When Kushnir competed in the Olympics he was {{convert|5|ft|8|in|cm}} tall and weighed {{convert|163|lb|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/eng/maccabiah5|title=Maccabiah 5|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109010407/http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/eng/maccabiah5|archive-date=2017-01-09|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/isr.htm|title=Israeli Championships|publisher=}} Kushnir coached the Israeli national track and field team from 1970 to 1982.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49957260/|title=The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Page 11|date=13 September 1968 |publisher=}} At the 1978 World Veterans Championship (age 40–45), Kushnir won the broad jump.

On top of being Israeli champion and national record holder in the long jump, Kushnir also won national championships in 100 metres, triple jump, and pole vault. He was the national record holder in triple jump (1954, 5 years) and decathlon (1954, 6 years).

Football career

Kushnir played football for Hapoel Balfouria while the club played in the top division,[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=AHR%2F1955%2F05%2F24&id=Ar00311&sk=C7599FB6 Kushnir Jumped the Long Jump and... Played Football] Al HaMishmar, 24 May 1955, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} scoring goals for the club in matches against Maccabi Netanya[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=AHR%2F1955%2F03%2F13&id=Ar00336&sk=45EBCE8F Hapoel P.T. – Beitar T.A. 4:0] Al HaMishmar, 13 March 1955, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} and Hapoel Hadera[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=AHR%2F1955%2F04%2F17&id=Ar00302&sk=2206D126 Hapoel T.A. – Beitar T.A. 1:1] Al HaMishmar, 17 April 1955, Historical Jewish Press {{in lang|he}} during the 1954–55 season.