Nehemia Sirkis Explained

Nehemia Sirkis
Birth Date:22 March 1932
Birth Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Death Date:2018 (aged 85–86)
Death Place:United States
Sport:Sports shooting
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Nehemia Sirkis (22 March 1932 – 2018) was an Israeli sports shooter and firearms designer.[1]

Background

Sirkis competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He also competed at the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games.[3] Sirkis was a member of the Israeli national shooting team for 20 years and won the Israeli title seven times during his athletic career.

In later years, Sirkis became a noted designer of various US and Israeli firearms, including the Detonics Pocket 9 and the Dan sniper rifle.[1] He died in the United States in 2018.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Poch, Rafael, Israeli-made Rifle Decapitates ISIS Beheader, Arutz Sheva, israelnationalnews.com, 17 February 2016
  2. Web site: Nehemia Sirkis . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/nehemia-sirkis-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 August 2015 . Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: ISSF Portrait of the athlete . 31 December 2015 . ISSF.
  4. Web site: Nehemia Sirkis . Olympedia . 28 January 2024.

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