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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}
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 identified as Jewish. If the player has converted to another religion before their Olympic achievements, they should not be listed.
Sir Benjamin "Ben" Helfgott MBE (22 November 1929 – 16 June 2023) was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor, Olympian and champion weightlifter. [1] He was one of two Jewish athletes known to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust, along with Alfred Nakache, a French champion swimmer and water polo player. [2]
The unexplained, last-minute decision to remove Glickman and Sam Stoller—a fellow Jewish American athlete—from the 100-meter relay at the 1936 Olympics, where they were replaced by Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, who easily won the gold medal, has been widely viewed as an American effort to avoid embarrassing or offending Adolf Hitler, then ...
Keleti, along with 44 other athletes from the Hungarian delegation, decided to remain in Australia and received political asylum. [3] She became a coach for Australian gymnasts. [20] Keleti immigrated to Israel in 1957, competing in the 1957 Maccabiah Games, and she was able to send for her mother and sister.
Herman Leo Neugass (January 10, 1915 – August 31, 1991) was an American collegiate track and field athlete who was a record holder for a period of time in sprints.He is most noted for his refusal to participate in the Olympic trials for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games because of his Jewish faith and objection to Nazi antisemitism. [1]
The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society, especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States.
Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017) [1] was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s.. Due to her Jewish origins, the Nazis prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return.