Gabriel "Gabi" Neumark (גבי נוימרק; August 17, 1946 – December 4, 2000) was an Israeli basketball player. He played for the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

Biography

Neumark's hometown was

Netanya, Israel Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate ...

. He was 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. Neumark started his basketball career at Maccabi Netanya. He played for 15 years in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

, and Betar Tel Aviv. He played for the

in the 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, 1969 European Championship for Men, 1970 Asian Games Basketball Championship (winning the silver medal), and 1973 European Championship for Men. Neumark died at 54 years old from

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

. His funeral was in Moshav Avihayil, in central Israel, where he lived.

References

1946 births 2000 deaths Israeli men's basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players People from Netanya Moshavniks Jews in Mandatory Palestine Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Deaths from lung cancer {{Israel-basketball-bio-stub