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1977 Maccabiah Games
At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan Stadium before a crowd of 50,000 people. The United States won 83 gold medals, 65 silver medals, and 47 bronze medals; Israel was next with 60 gold medals, 70 silver medals, and 60 bronze medals, and South Africa was third with 16 gold medals, seven silver medals, and nine bronze medals. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932 in Palestine, then a British Mandate jurisdiction. In 1961, under an independent Israel, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.Mitchell G. Bard and Moshe Schwartz (2005)''1001 Facts Everyone Should Know about Israel''p. 84. Among other Olympic and world champions, swimmer Mark Spitz won 10 Maccabiah gold medals before earning his first of nine Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain, Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of , it is the Economy of Israel, economic and Technology of Israel, technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to many List of diplomatic missions in Israel, foreign embassies. It is a Global city, beta+ world city and is ranked 57th in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the List of cities by GDP, third- or fourth-largest e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Berkovich
Moshe "Miki" Berkovich (or Mickey Berkowitz; he, משה "מיקי" ברקוביץ'; born 17 February 1954) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. A 193 cm shooting guard, he is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli basketball players of all time. Berkovich was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. In 1998, he was named Israel's Top Sportsmen of the 50 Year Jubilee (1948–1998). He was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, by a select panel in February 2008, and was then honored at the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four in Madrid. He became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2017. Early years Born in Kfar Saba, Berkovich began his long and distinguished career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the age of 11, when he joined the youth club. At the age of 15, he was playing for the junior squad. In 1971, at the age of 17, he made his debut with the senior men's team in Israel's top professional league. College playing career In 1975, Berkovic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Weinberg
Wendy Weinberg (now Wendy Weinberg Weil; born June 27, 1958) is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist. Swimming career At the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, she won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, as well as in the women's 200 m butterfly and the women's 400 m medley. She won a total of four gold medals in the 1973 Maccabiah Games. In 1975, she established an American record in the 200-meter butterfly, swimming it in 2:18.2 at the West German Bremen Swimfest. That year she also won a gold medal and set a new Pan American Games record in Mexico City in the 800-meter freestyle, winning it in 9:05.47. She swam for the University of Virginia on a swimming scholarship, where she was an All American. She transferred to the University of North Carolina, and earned an MS at UNC Chapel Hill, and a Graduate Certificate in Physical Therapy from Emory University. One year after graduating from the Frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Plaschinski
Helen Plaschinski Farca (born April 8, 1963) is a former female freestyle swimmer from Mexico, who participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics for her native country. Her best result in Moscow, Soviet Union was a sixth place in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay. She competed in the 1977 Maccabiah Games (as a 14 year old) and the 1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes paradin ... in Israel. In each, she won gold medals in the 100 and 200 m freestyle. References * 1963 births Living people Mexican people of Polish descent Mexican female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Mexico Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Lupi
Dov (Dubi) Lupi (born August 24, 1948) is a retired Israeli-American Olympic gymnast who competed as well for Washington State University. He competed for Israel in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ... in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he ranked 68th in the individual all-around competition with a score of 106.45 points, and 38th in parallel bars. He also competed for Team Israel at the 1977 Maccabiah Games, where he had the best overall standing, with a gold medal in the horse and with several silver medals. He was born and raised on Kibbutz Sarid in Israel. References External links * 1948 births Living people Competitors at the 1977 Maccabiah Games Jewish gymnasts Maccabiah Games medalists in gymnastics Maccabiah Games g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abie Grossfeld
Abie Grossfeld (born March 1, 1934) is an American gymnastics coach and former gymnast. Grossfeld has represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and five Pan American Games — in addition to many other major gymnastics events. Early life Born in New York City, Grossfeld was an excellent athlete in many sports from a young age. He won gold medals in two Jr. Olympic Cycling Championships, (1949–50). He also won the New York City 4 X 50 relay team title at Madison Square Garden in 1949, and the Bronx High School high jump and standing long jump titles in 1949. Grossfeld was also Captain of his high school swimming team, and competed mostly in the 50 yd. and 100 yd. freestyle events. In addition, he helped the team as a diver, and also swam and competed unattached in the NYC Boys’ Swimming Championships, winning gold in the 100 and silver in diving in 1949. He was awarded the “ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana State Library And Historical Bureau
The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau is a public library building, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the largest public library in the state of Indiana, housing over 60,000 manuscripts. Established in 1934, the library has gathered a large collection of books on a vast variety of topics. History The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau has been open to the public since 1934. The first attempts to have a state library started when Indiana was still a territory with its capital in Corydon, making it the oldest agency of the Indiana government. However, the first actual Indiana state library would not be opened until the capital had moved to Indianapolis, starting on February 11, 1825, with the secretary of state acting as librarian. In 1867, the library's law books were transferred to the Supreme Court to begin the Supreme Court Law Library, which has grown to 70,000 volumes. The library became its own institution in 1841. The State Board of Education gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980 they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e.g., the Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Shapiro
Sharon Shapiro is an American former gymnast. She won five gold medals at the 1977 Maccabiah Games. In 1978, she was the U.S. National Champion in the vault. She was a two-time National Collegiate All-Around Champion. In 1981, she won the Honda-Broderick Award as the nation's most outstanding collegiate women's gymnast. Early life Shapiro's hometowns were Arleta and Sepulveda, California. She is Jewish. She attended Monroe High School, graduating in 1979. Gymnastics career Shapiro was a United States women's national gymnastics team member from 1976–78 and 1979-81. She won five gold medals at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in individual and team gymnastics, when she was 15 years of age. In 1978, she was won the U.S. National Championship in the vault at the U.S. Gymnastics Federation Women's Championships in Uniondale, New York. That year she also became the first U.S. woman gymnast to score as 39.05 points out of a possible 40, which she did at an invitational meet in Fres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Djerassi
Boris (Dov) Djerassi (born February 3, 1952) is a former athlete and strongman, based in the United States but originally from Haifa, Israel. Between 1973-81 Djerassi was ranked in the United States' top-ten hammer throwers, being number one in three different years. He was selected for the Olympic team in 1980, but the United States boycotted the Moscow Games and Djerassi was unable to compete in the Olympics. He also competed at the World's Strongest Man finals. Early life Boris Djerassi was born in Haifa, Israel, and is Jewish. Sporting career Djerassi came to the US in the early 1970s enrolling at New York University. However, when NYU dropped their athletics program in his sophomore year he moved on to Northeastern University in 1973. Known as "Dov" (Hebrew for Bear) he won All America honors in 1975, indoors in the weight and outdoors in the hammer. In the hammer he began dominating the New England, Eastern, and eventually the national collegiate hammer event. In 1975 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Roth
Esther Roth-Shahamorov ( he, אסתר רוט-שחמורוב; born April 16, 1952) is a former Israeli track and field athlete. She specialized in the 100-meter hurdles and the 100-meter sprint. Early and personal life Esther Shahamorov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family. In 1973, she married Peter Roth, a gymnast, who became her coach. She has a son, Yaron (born 1974), who was a national champion in fencing, and a daughter, Einat. After she retired from competitive sport she became a sports schoolteacher. Track career Records She once held simultaneously five Israeli national records. One of them is still a record and two others held for over 20 years. *Her time of 11.45s in the 100m, set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, was broken on Sat Apr 19, 2014, by Olga Lansky. Lansky's result though was vacated later the same year due to skipping mandatory drug test after the competition. *Her time of 12.93s in the 100m hurdles, set in Berlin shortly af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kaplan (basketball)
Steve Kaplan (סטיב קפלן) is an American-Israeli former basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He played the forward position. He is 8th all-time in career points in the league. Early and personal life Kaplan is Jewish, and has dual American-Israeli citizenship. He grew up in Collingswood, New JerseyAlexander Wolff (2010)''Big Game, Small World; A Basketball Adventure''/ref> and played prep basketball at Collingswood High School. He is 6' 6" (198 cm) tall. He served in the Israel Defense Forces, moved to Ramat Gan, Israel, and is married to Israeli-born Irit Kaplan. His son Tom Kaplan played for the Israel 17-under national basketball team, and attended Monmouth University. Basketball career Kaplan played basketball for Team USA in the 1969 Maccabiah Games, and for Team Israel in the 1977 Maccabiah Games. He attended Rutgers University-New Brunswick ('72). Kaplan was captain of the Rutgers basketball team in his senior yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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