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Boris Polak

Boris Polak is an Israeli former sport shooter who became world champion in air rifle in 1994 and competed for Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Born: 15 July 1954, Chișinău
Occupation: sport shooter
Education: Kazakh National Pedagogical University

Boris Polak was born in 1954 in Chișinău

Boris Polak was born on July 15, 1954, in Chișinău, then in the Soviet Union and now in Moldova. He is Jewish. He began practicing and competing in shooting in 1968.

In 1980 he finished 6th in air rifle at the European Shooting Championships in Oslo. The Soviet Union then dropped him from its Olympic team because some officials judged him too old. He stopped shooting and served as a border guard near China, reaching the rank of colonel.

In 1992 he immigrated to Israel with his family from Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. He won bronze for Israel at the 1993 European Championships. In 1994 he won the air rifle title at the World Championships in Milan, the European Championships and the Milan World Cup, setting world records.

He competed in 3 rifle events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He won the Milan World Cup again in 1999 and was Israeli champion 7 times, the last in 2016. He lives in Ashkelon, where he coaches at the local shooting club.