Nahum Buch

Nahum David Norbert Buch (נחום בוך; born November 23, 1932) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.[1]

Swimming career

Buch participated in swimming in the 1950 Maccabiah Games, where he shared the Best Athlete Award.[2][3]

Buch competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19 in Swimming--Men's 100 metre Freestyle.[1] He came in 7th in his heat in the first round, with a time of 1:05.6.[1] Buch was the first swimmer to represent Israel at the Olympics.[4]

Buch later coached the Israeli national swimming team for a number of years.[4][5]

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