Yossef Gutfreund was born November 1, 1931 in
 Romania. Yossef made aliyah to Israel at age 17, and
 served in the 1956 Sinai war and the 1967 Six Day war.
 He was an was an Olympic Official at the 1972 Olympic
 Games in Munich; his fourth Olympiad. Yossef lived in
 Jerusalem with his wife and two daughters. He was head
 coach of the Betar Club Gym, and ran an electric
 appliance shop. When terrorists attacked the Israeli team
 at the Olympics, Yossef held the door closed as long as
 possible to allow his fellow Olympians to escape. 
 Yossef's last name, Gutfreund, means "good friend."
 His wife, Miriam, said "His last act was typical of him.
 He spent his whole life helping others."