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Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, Jewish athletes have taken part in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. The following is a list of Jewish athletes who have won an Olympic medal in the modern games. Under the criteria of this list, Olympic medalists must have or had at least one Jewish parent and must have ...
Gerry Ashworth, world record holder in 100 yards, 100 meters; 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal [81] Louis Clarke , Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay [ 81 ] Lillian Copeland , world records ( javelin , discus throw , and shot put); Olympic champion & silver {discus}
Dr. Aviram D. Shmuely, Israel Wrestling Federation, United World Wrestling, 1S Category (Olympic) referee 2006–2021, participated as a referee for Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games [citation needed] Dolly Stark, first Jewish MLB umpire in modern (post-1900) baseball. [83]
Jewish track and field athletes (1 C, 66 P) B. Jewish baseball players (1 C, 12 P) ... List of Jewish Olympic medalists; H. Karel Hartmann; Hebrew Hammer; Ivana ...
Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested Number of Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Olympics (up to conclusion of 2024) Medal events (in 2024) Total Archery: 1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 18 5 76 74 66 216 Hubert van Innis (6–3–0)
Ayele Seteng – long-distance runner, was the oldest track and field athlete competing at the 2004 Olympics and 2008 Olympics. Danielle Frenkel – high jump champion; Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko – triple jumper and long jumper; participated in 2012 Summer Olympics
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports. [ 1 ] Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports.
Helene Julie Mayer (20 December 1910 – 10 October 1953) was a German-born fencer who won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, and the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish ...