About David Kushnir
David Kushnir (Hebrew: דוד קושניר; J21 June 1931 – 18 October 2020) was an Israeli Olympic long-jumper and track and field coach. He was born in Afula, Mandatory Palestine (now in Israel), and was Jewish. When Kushnir competed in the Olympics he was 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm) tall and weighed 163 pounds (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 to 1982. At the 1978 World Veterans Championship (age 40–45), Kushnir won the broad jump.
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