Alexander Davidovich (אלכסנדר דוידוביץ; born August 11, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.
He was originally from
Kharkov
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Wrestling career
Davidovich competed for
Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Israel competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 30 competitors, 25 men and 5 women, took part in 42 events in 10 sports. Israel won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. The first medallist in Israel's history was Yael A ...
in
Barcelona
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, Spain, in wrestling at the age of 24. He wrestled in the
Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman competition, and lost to
Sergey Martynov of Russia (who won the bronze medal) in Round One, coming in tied for 6th, and Shigeki Nishiguchi of Japan in Round Two, coming in tied for 7th.
References
Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Israeli male sport wrestlers
1967 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Israel
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
Soviet emigrants to Israel
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