Yehuda Weisenstein ( he, יהודה וינשטיין ; born 11 March 1955), known also as Moshe Yehuda Weinstein, is an Israeli former fencer. He competed in the individual

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event at the

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when he was 17 years old.''Sports Illustrated: Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and Other Adventures from the Life of Rick Reilly''
/ref> He was ranked fourth in his pool in round one with two wins (defeating American John Nonna and British fencer Graham Paul) and three losses and advanced to round two, where he lost all five bouts and was eliminated. He was among several Israeli team members that avoided being captured by terrorists in the

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. He and four teammates were in apartment 2 of the building at

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31, and while the terrorists captured the Israeli residents in nearby apartments 1 and 3, they passed by this apartment, presumably led to believe by one of the kidnapped Israelis that this apartment was not occupied by Israelis. All five residents of apartment 2 managed to leave the building through the balcony and flee to safety.

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* 1955 births Living people Israeli male foil fencers Olympic fencers of Israel Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Munich massacre 20th-century Israeli people {{Israel-fencing-bio-stub