Uri Gallin (also "Urion" Gallin; אורי גלין; June 29, 1928 – 4 April 2021) was an Israeli Olympic

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er.

Discus throw career

Gallin's personal best in the discus throw is 48.03, in 1956. He competed for

Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports. Results by event Athletics Basketball Diving ...

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at the age of 24. He participated in the men's discus throw, coming in 32nd with a best distance of 40.76.

References

1928 births 2021 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Israeli male discus throwers Olympic athletes of Israel {{Israel-athletics-bio-stub