Reuven Helman

Reuven Helman
ראובן הלמן
Born1927
DiedJuly 11, 2013 (aged 86)
Paris
Nationality Israel
Known forMaccabi Olympian
War Veteran
Weightlifting Champion
Track and Field Champion
Grenade Flinging
ChildrenNoava, Aryela and Hedva

Reuven Helman (Hebrew: ראובן הלמן; 1927 – July 11, 2013) was a former Maccabiah Olympian recognized as a weightlifting champion, distinguished athlete in Track and Field, the Decathlon and for his career as an athletic instructor. He competed in shot-put and javelin. Helman came in second in 1957 in the International Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, and had also competed in 1953.