- Mark Handelsman
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Mark Ian Handelsman (Hebrew: מארק הנדלסמן, born 9 June 1961 in Johannesburg) is a retired Israeli middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
He was born in Gauteng in South Africa.[1] He competed for Israel at the 1983 World Championships without progressing from the heats.[2] At the 1984 Olympic Games he competed in both 400 metres, 800 metres and 1500 metres without reaching the final.[1]
His personal best time was 1.45.3 minutes, achieved in April 1981 in Stellenbosch.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Mark Handelsman". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/mark-handelsman-1.html. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Men 800m Athletics World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_800m.html. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ World men's all-time best 800m (last updated 2001)
External links
- IAAF profile for Mark Handelsman
Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- South African middle distance runners
- Israeli athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Israel
- South African emigrants to Israel
- People from Johannesburg
- European athletics biography stubs
- Israeli sportspeople stubs
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