Public lifeגד צברי

Gad Zobari

Gad Tsobari is an Israeli freestyle wrestler who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics and escaped from the terrorists who took Israeli athletes hostage there.

born 1944Escaping the 1972 Munich massacreOlympic freestyle wrestling

Born: 30 January 1944
Occupation: amateur wrestler

Gad Zobari was born in 1944

Gad Tsobari was born in Israel on 30 January 1944. His name is also written Tsabari, Zobari or Zabari.

He wrestled in the light-flyweight class and was part of Israel's team at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He placed 12th of 50 in his event.

On 5 September 1972, Black September terrorists seized his apartment in the Olympic Village. While the hostages were led to the underground car park, he pushed a gunman's weapon aside and ran, and the shots fired at him missed. He jumped the village fence, reached a nearby building, and got help to call the police.

He was the only one of the 6 athletes in his apartment who survived. He later described the events to the authorities on maps. He is the uncle of windsurfer Shahar Tzuberi and runs a bar in Israel.