| Levi Psavkin | |
| Native Name: | לוי פסבקין |
| Native Name Lang: | Hebrew |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1939 |
| Employer: | the Israeli Athletic Association, Secretary |
| Height: | 5inchesft8inchesin (ftin) |
| Weight: | 168lb |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 100m |
| Nationals: | Israeli Champion in 100 metres (1964 and 1967), and in 200 metres (1964). |
| Pb: | 100 metres: 10.6 (1963) |
Levi Psavkin (also "Levy"; לוי פסבקין; born April 12, 1939) is an Israeli former Olympic runner.[1] He was the Israeli Champion in the 100 metres (1964 and 1967), and in the 200 metres (1964).
He is Jewish, and his entire family was killed in the Holocaust.[2] [3]
His personal best in the 100 metres was 10.6, in 1963.[1]
He won the Israeli Championship in the 100 metres in both 1964 and 1967, and in the 200 metres in 1964.[4]
He competed for Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 25 in Athletics.[1] In the Men's 100 metres he came in 7th in Heat 5, with a time of 11.1.[1] He placed 64th out of 72 runners.[2] When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5inchesft8inchesin (ftin) and weighed 168lb.[1]
He was Chief of the Israeli delegation at the 2002 European Track and Field Championships.[5] He has been a member of the European Athletic Association's Development Committee, and the Veterans Committee of the International Association of Athletics Federation.[2]
He is now the Secretary of the Israeli Athletic Association, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[6]