Dov Sternberg is an American

karateka (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian ...

Early life

Sternberg is from

Woodmere, New York Woodmere is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 17,554 at the 2016 census. Woodmere is one of the Long Island communities known as the Five Towns, ...

. His father, Dr. Alex Sternberg, founded the American Maccabiah Games karate team in 1977.

Karate career

Sternberg began training in

karate (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fuj ...

at age five. He won a gold medal in the World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. In 1998, he won the gold medal in Men's Advanced

Kumite Kumite ( ja, 組手, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a part ...

−60 in the

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national championships. He won a

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in the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns an ...

in the Men's Kumite Individual −60kg. At the World Traditional Karate Organization (WTKO) 2003 North American Karate Championship, he took second place in both Men's Black Belt Individual Kumite and Men's Individual

Kata ''Kata'' is a Japanese word ( 型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practis ...

. At the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

Sternberg won a bronze medal in the Kumite Up To 60k, as part of the Team USA Karate Team. He won a gold medal as part of Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Team Kata.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sternberg, Dov Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male karateka Sportspeople from New York (state) People from Woodmere, New York Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century American Jews