Nehemia Sirkis (22 March 1932 – 2018) was an Israeli sports shooter and firearms designer.[1]
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Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | 22 March 1932
Died | 2018 (aged 85–86) United States |
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Sport | Sports shooting |
Sirkis competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He also competed at the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games.[3] Sirkis was a member of the Israeli national shooting team for 20 years and won the Israeli title seven times during his athletic career.
In later years, Sirkis became a noted designer of various US and Israeli firearms, including the Detonics Pocket 9 and the Dan sniper rifle.[1] He died in the United States in 2018.[4]
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