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EMMANUEL
SIMON
Country: Israel
Born: 1898, in Berlin, Germany
Died: May 1989
Emmanuel Simon was an athlete, doctor, and pioneer in physical education
and sports medicine in Israel. He was a founder of World Maccabi
and a member of its board. In 1944, Simon was among those who conceptualized
the idea to create Israel’s Wingate Institute of Physical Education
and Sport.
Simon taught physical education at Reali School in Haifa and
initiated a youth army cadet training program during the British Mandate
in 1938.
He was a member of the first and second Maccabiah Games organizing
committees and in 1939 was founder of the Physical Education Department
of the National Committee. When Israel became a state in 1948,
Simon was the first director of the Israeli governmental body responsible
for sports, until 1953.
Germany’s 800-Meter champion in 1919 and 1921, Simon immigrated to
Palestine in 1924, where he won the Maccabi 5,000-Meters championship.
Among the many honors bestowed upon him, Simon was recipient of
the Dov Hoz Prize in 1975, the UNESCO Noel Baker Prize for Research in
1975, and the Joseph Schneider Prize from Wurzburg University in 1982. |
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