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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} Daniel Frank, long jump, Olympic silver medal [81]
This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular ...
[4] [21] It is a forum for Jewish athletes to meet and convene, and provides the athletes with opportunities to explore Israel and Jewish history. [11] Approximately 10,000 athletes, from 80 countries, were expected to compete in 42 sports categories in the 21st Maccabaiah. It was reportedly the world's largest sporting event in 2022. [22]
Kárpáti was one of only around nine Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936. [3] He won a silver medal in the Lightweight Freestyle class at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1928 at the Amsterdam Games, he finished fourth in the same weight class.
Makkabi Berlin’s first game ever ended in a 15-1 loss in the city’s humblest soccer league. The result of that 1971 match was secondary, though, as merely playing was an achievement for the ...
Adam Jeremy "A. J." Edelman OLY (Hebrew: אדם ג'רמי אדלמן; born March 14, 1991) is an American-born Israeli sliding sports athlete. He is an eight-time Israeli National Champion in sliding sport (skeleton and Bobsleigh) [1] who competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [2]
Avishag Semberg (or Abishag Samberg, [3] [4] Hebrew: אבישג סמברג; born 16 September 2001) is an Israeli Olympic taekwondo athlete. [5] She is an Olympic bronze medalist for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 49 kg competition. She won Israel's all-time tenth Olympic medal, and is the youngest Israeli to receive an ...