Reuven Helman
Reuven Helman | |
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ראובן הלמן | |
| Born | 1927 |
| Died | July 11, 2013 (aged 86) Paris |
| Known for | Maccabi Olympian War Veteran Weightlifting Champion Track and Field Champion Grenade Flinging |
| Children | Noava, Aryela and Hedva[1] |
Reuven Helman (Hebrew: ראובן הלמן; 1927 – July 11, 2013) was a former Maccabiah Olympian recognized as a weightlifting champion, distinguished athlete in Track and Field,[1] the Decathlon and for his career as an athletic instructor.[2] He competed in shot-put and javelin. Helman came in second in 1957 in the International Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, and had also competed in 1953.[1][3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Helman became an adherent of the Chabad Lubavitch Movement after visiting its spiritual head, Rabbi Menachem M. Schnerson.[1] He attributed his strength to kosher eating, clean living and exercise.[4]
Military service
[edit | edit source]Helman fought in Israeli's 1948 war of independence and was dubbed the “human cannon” for his ability to fling grenades over 75 meters when army supplies were short.[4] He also received a war medal for his service in World War II.[5]
See also
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- 2013 deaths
- 1927 births
- Jewish weightlifters
- Sportspeople from Tel Aviv
- Jewish competitors in the sport of athletics
- Israeli soldiers
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel
- Israeli men athletes
- Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics
- Israeli military personnel of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Mandatory Palestine military personnel of World War II
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen
- Competitors at the 1957 Maccabiah Games