Leah Horowitz (runner) explained

Leah Horowitz לאה הורביץ זמרי
Fullname:	Leah Ravid Horowitz (Zimri)
Birth Date:	9 March 1933
Birth Place:	Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	80 metre hurdles
Pb:	80 m hurdles: 12.74 (1952)
Show-Medals:	yes

Leah Ravid Horowitz (Zimri) (לאה הורביץ זמרי; also "Lea" and "-Simri"; 9 March 1933 – 5 December 1956) was an Israeli former Olympic hurdler.^{[1] [2]}

She was born in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and was Jewish.^{[1] [3]}

Hurdling career

Her personal best in the 80 metre hurdles was 12.74, in 1952.^[1]

She competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 19.^[1] In the Women's 80 metres Hurdles she came in 6th in Heat 4 with a time of 12.4 (an Israeli record).^{[1] [3]}

See also

• Sports in Israel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leah Horowitz Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/leah-horowitz-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: Sport: Yishuv to the Present. Jewish Women's Archive.
3. Web site: "Horovitz, Lea" . 15 November 2016 . 9 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009002420/http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=424 . dead .