Elias Katz
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Finland |
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| Gold | 1924 Paris | 3000 metre team | |
| Silver | 1924 Paris | 3000 metre steeplechase | |
Elias Katz (June 22, 1901 – December 24, 1947) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase.
He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 3000 metre steeple chase where he won the silver medal. He then joined with two of the greatest distance runners Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola to win the gold medal in the 3000m team race as well.
Invited to join the Bar Kochba Jewish sports club in Berlin in 1924, he left Germany in 1933 because of anti-Semitism.
Katz immigrated to Israel, where as a trainer and sports manager for the Maccabi organization, he was chosen to coach the country's track team in the 1948 Games.
In December 1947, while working as a film operator at a British army camp near Gaza, he was murdered by Arab terrorists.
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