Olympic Committee of Israel incorporates handwriting of fallen soldier into logo to mark Memorial Day

To mark Memorial Day, the Olympic Committee of Israel changes its official logo to incorporate the handwriting of slain Cpt. Eden Nimri, a professional swimmer, who was killed at the Nahal Oz IDF base on October 7, 2023.

The word Israel in Hebrew is written in Nimri’s handwriting in the logo that the Olympic Committee and many of Israel’s Olympic athletes will share across social media this week as the country remembers its fallen.

Nimri was a member of the Israeli youth swimming team and represented the country abroad, including at the 2018 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships and the International School Sport Federation’s 2017 World Championships.

Nimri, a commander of an all-female team in the elite “Sky Riders” unit, was killed on October 7, while battling Hamas gunmen attacking the on-base bomb shelter, allowing 11 other soldiers to run for safety.

“This is the second Memorial Day without Eden, but her inspiration and her bravery are always with us,” her mother, Sharon, says in a statement shared by the Olympic Committee. “The decision to memorialize her through her handwriting is moving and profound.”