Nahum Buch

Nahum David Norbert Buch (Hebrew: נחום בוך; 23 November 1932 – 7 November 2022)[1] was an Israeli Olympic swimmer.[2]

Swimming career

Buch participated in swimming in the 1950 Maccabiah Games, where he shared the Best Athlete Award.[3][4]

Buch competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19 in Swimming--Men's 100 metre Freestyle.[2] He came in 7th in his heat in the first round, with a time of 1:05.6.[2] Buch was the first swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics.[5]

Later in his life Buch coached the Israeli national swimming team for a number of years.[5][6]

In 2019 he was recognized for his contribution to swimming by young Australian Jewish swimmers.[7]

References
  1. "נחום בוך, השחיין הישראלי הראשון באולימפיאדה, נפטר בגיל 90". sports.walla.co.il. 7 November 2022. (in Hebrew)
  2. "David Buch Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967910.
  4. "Israel Directory". Miksam Limited. 2003.
  5. "Swimming for Gold, Wearing Blue and White". Tower Magazine. 9 August 2016.
  6. "Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?", Moment, March–April 2013
  7. "Jewish swimming pioneer inspires next gen". The Australian Jewish News. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.


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