Nehemia Sirkis (22 March 1932– March 2018) was an Israeli

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and firearms designer.Poch, Rafael,
Israeli-made Rifle Decapitates ISIS Beheader
', Arutz Sheva, israelnationalnews.com, 17 February 2016

Background

Sirkis competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He also competed at the

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

and

1970 Asian Games The 6th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. (T ...

. 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

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Pocket 9 and the ''

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'' sniper rifle.

References

1932 births Living people Israeli male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Israel Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tel Aviv Asian Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1966 Asian Games Shooters at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Asian Games bronze medalists for Israel Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games {{Israel-sportshooting-bio-stub