Amitzur Shapira (Hebrew: עמיצור שפירא; 9 July 1932 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli sprinter and long jumper.

He was head coach for the Israeli track and field team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

[2] Shapira attended the 1972 Summer Olympics as the head coach for the Israeli track and field team.

During the event he and 10 other members of the Israel Olympic team were taken hostage by Arab terrorists.

Two of the Israeli hostages were shot at the beginning of the ordeal and the other nine (including Shapira) were murdered on the tarmac of Furstenfeldbruck airbase during a botched rescue attempt by Munich police and Bavarian border guards.