Ze'ev Friedman

Zeev Friedman (Hebrew זאב פרידמן; born June 10, 1944 in Siberia; † 6 September 1972 the airfield Fürstenfeldbruck) was an Israeli bantam weight lifter, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich hostage-taking.

Friedman moved in 1960 from Poland to Israel, but where he began gymnastics soon switched to weightlifting. After his military service he worked as a sports teacher in the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Haim and started for the local sports club Hapoel Kiryat Haim. He was seven times in a row, Israeli champion, In 1969 he finished seventh at the World Championships in Warsaw and in 1971 he won the bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Manila.

Friedman was considered the largest Israeli medal hope at the Summer Olympics in 1972. Despite three Israeli records during the competition, but he was only 12

Friedman died in the botched rescue attempt on the airfield Fürstenfeldbruck by the weapon of a hostage-taker in the eastern of the two helicopters.