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Encyclopedia > Elias Katz
Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Gold 1924 Paris 3000 metre team
Silver 1924 Paris 3000 metre steeple chase

Elias Katz (June 22, 1901 - December 24, 1947) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase. A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...


He competed for Finland in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 3000 metre steeple chase where he won the silver medal. He then jioned with two of the greatest distance runners Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola to win the gold medal in the 3000m team race as well. Athletics Medal Winners at the 1924 Paris Olympics Categories: Athletics at the Olympics | 1924 Summer Olympics ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Paavo Nurmi (June 13, 1897 – October 2, 1973) was a Finnish runner. ... Vilho Eino Ville Ritola (January 18, 1896 – April 24, 1982) was a Finnish athlete, specialised in the long distance events. ...


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Elias Katz (284 words)
Earlier, Katz established the Olympic record, 9:43.8, in his first heat of the steeplechase.
Katz ran the second leg on his Finnish club’s 4 X 1,500 Relay team that set two World records—the first, 16:26.2, in July 1926 and the second later that year, lowering the mark to 16:11.4.
Katz emigrated to Palestine in 1933 and was selected to coach the Israeli Olympic Track Team for the 1948 Games in London.
Existential criminal (3323 words)
The ludic metaphor, as Katz terms it, is familiar from accounts of white-collar financial fraud, where offenders refer to their monetary gains as being unimportant except as a means of keeping score.
Katz's phenomenological analysis is portable across a wide range of deviant behaviours, across gender, social class and race.
Katz moves the debate on from the material and physical to discuss how an individual can rise to a challenge to his moral existence.
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