| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Halfin |
| Name | Eliezer |
| Birth year | 1948 |
| Birth place | Riga |
| Death year | 1972 |
| Sex | M |
Halfin Eliezer (Elieser) (1948, Riga — 1972) — athlete and wrestler.
Eliezer Halfin emigrated to Israel in 1969.
For eleven years he competed in lightweight wrestling and was a member of the Israeli sports club Hapoel.
In 1972 he won second place at the World Championship in Bucharest, Romania. In 1973 he placed third at the championship in Greece.
Halfin was a member of the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
Together with ten other athletes and coaches, he was taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists from the group Black September.
He was killed during the German police operation to free the hostages.