1. Shlomit Nir is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.
13 Facts About Shlomit Nir
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Shlomit Nir's grandparents left Ukraine to start a kibbutz, which is where her father was born.
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Shlomit Nir's brother was killed while fighting as a soldier in the Sinai in 1969.
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Shlomit Nir began swimming at age 11, and became the Israeli national champion within six months.
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Shlomit Nir competed for Israel at the 1965 Maccabiah Games, winning the gold medal in the women's 200 metre breastroke as a young teenager.
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Shlomit Nir competed for Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics, at the age of 15, in Mexico City.
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Shlomit Nir competed for Israel at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
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In swimming, Shlomit Nir won bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke, in 1:20.6, and in the 200 m breaststroke, in 2:54.3.
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Shlomit Nir competed for Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics, at the age of 19, in Munich, Germany.
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Shlomit Nir was at the Olympic Village during the Munich Massacre.
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Shlomit Nir had planned to return to Israel soon after swimming her last race, to marry her fiance.
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From a window, Shlomit Nir watched as two helicopters landed on the Olympic Village lawn.
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Since the 1972 Munich Games, Shlomit Nir has regularly attended commemorations for the killed athletes and met with fellow survivors.