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The final entry onto Israel’s 2012 Olympic list, Los Angeles-born sprinter Donald Sanford previously competed for Arizona State University.

He obtained Israeli citizenship only recently, after marrying Israeli basketball player Danielle Dekel in 2008.

Sanford placed fourth in the 400-meter dash at the 2012 European Championships — the first Israeli finalist in a major international track and field competition since Israel Prize winner Esther Roth-Shahamorov won three gold medals in the 1974 Asian Championships.