Rafael Peles

Rafael Peles was born in the Netherlands and survived the Holocaust in Europe before moving in Israel in 1953. In his youth he cycled, juggled, and played table tennis, but in his new country he adopted sport shooting. In 1960 he became the Israeli national rifle champion and was selected to represent his country at that year’s Rome Olympics. There, he placed 50th and 57th in the small-bore rifle three positions and prone competitions respectively, failing to advance beyond the qualification in the latter event. He was also involved in establishing the infrastructure for sport shooting in Israel, and remained active into the 1990s.