Mark Ian Handelsman ( he, מארק הנדלסמן, born 9 June 1961) is a retired
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
n-born
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i middle distance runner who specialized in the
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...
.
He was born in
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
.
Handelsman competed for Israel at the
1983 World Championships but did not progress from the heats. At the
1984 Summer Olympic, he competed in both
400 metres,
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...
and
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
without reaching the final.
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His personal best time for the 800m was 1.45.3 minutes, achieved in April 1981 in .World men's all-time best 800m]
(last updated 2001)
See also
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List of Israeli records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Israel maintained by Israeli Athletic Association (IAA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Mx = mixed race
Wo = woman ...
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List of Maccabiah records in athletics
The Maccabiah Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1932. Events at the Games are divided into two groups: track and field events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling, relays, and field events), and road running (i ...
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1961 births
Living people
South African male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Israel
South African emigrants to Israel
Sportspeople from Johannesburg
Israeli male middle-distance runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel
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