Amitzur Shapira (1932 - September 6, 1972) was one of the best Israeli short distance runners in the 1950’s. At the time of his death he was also one of the country's best track coaches. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... This article is about the day of the year. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

Amitzur Shapira was born in Israel and was a resident in Herzliya. For many years, he served as a teacher and educator at the Wingate Institute`s Jewish College. When Shapira went to the 1972 Olympics he was the head coach for the Israeli track and field team. During the 1972 Olympics he and 10 other members of the Israel Olympic team were killed by Arab terrorists at the games . Two of the Israelis were shot in the beginning of the ordeal and the other nine (including Shapira) were held hostage and then later were murdered on the tarmac of Furstenfeldbruck airbase during a botched rescue attempt by Munich police and Bavarian border guards. Herzliyyāh (in Hebrew: הֶרְצְלִיָּה (without Niqqud: הרצליה or הרצלייה) commonly pronounced in Hebrew Hertseliya) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, just north of Tel-Avīv (about 20 minutes drive) and south of Netanyāh, and part of the Tel-Av...

Amitzur Shapira was best known as the coach of Esther Roth-Shachamarov who later became one of the best all-time Israeli Olympic athletes. She became the first Israeli to reach an Olympic final when she competed in the 1976 100 meter hurdles. When she heard the news that her coach had died she withdrew from the 1972 Olympics. Esther Roth-Shachamarov (born 1952) is an Israeli track and field runner. ...

Amitzur Shapira is buried in Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

See also

• Munich massacre