Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, founded in the 1920s, and part of the
Hapoel
Hapoel ( he, הפועל, lit. ''the worker'') is an Israeli Jewish sports association established in 1926 by the Histadrut Labor Federation.
History
During the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine period Hapoel had a bitter rivalry ...
association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in
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 G ...
which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as
football
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,
basketball
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,
weightlifting
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and others. Hapoel Tel Aviv is well known for its red uniforms.
Notable members
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Michael Beilin
Michael Beilin (מיכאל ביילין; born April 25, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.
Early life
Beilin is from Perm, Russia, and is Jewish. (born 1976), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
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Vered "Vardush" Buskila (born 1983), Olympic sailor
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Gil Cohen (born 1992), Olympic sailor
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Maayan Davidovich
Maayan Davidovich ( he, מעין דוידוביץ'; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer.
Biography
Davidovich is Jewish, and her hometown is Herzliya, Israel. She competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv.
She started sailing at t ...
(born 1988), Olympic windsurfer
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Anat Fabrikant
Anat Fabrikant-Kreiz (ענת פבריקנט; born September 14, 1975) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor.
Personal life
She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish. She is married to Ynon Kreiz, CEO of Mattel.
Sailing career
She ...
(born 1975), Olympic competitive sailor
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Yehoshua Feigenbaum
Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum ( he, יהושע "שייע" פייגנבוים, born 5 December 1947) is a former Israeli football player. As a striker, he holds many records with Israel national football team.
Honours
As a Player
*Israeli Premier ...
(born 1947), Olympic football player
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Udi Gal
Udi Gal ( he, אודי גל; born June 11, 1979) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a sailing world championship three-time bronze medalist.
Biography
Gal is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing at 8 years of age, and ...
(born 1979), Olympic sailor and world championship bronze medalist
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Max Geller (born 1971), Olympic wrestler
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Eliezer Halfin
Eliezer Halfin (18 June 1948 – 6 September 1972) was a Latvian-born wrestler with the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Along with 10 other athletes and coaches he was taken hostage and later murdered by Pale ...
(1948–72) Olympic wrestler; killed in
Munich Massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian people, Palestinian militant organization Black September Organization, Black September, who i ...
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Michal Hein
Michal Barel Hein (מיכל היין; born February 11, 1968) is an Israeli former Olympic windsurfer. She was born in Rehovot, Israel.
Windsurfing career
Her club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hein finished 10th at the World Champion ...
(born 1968), Olympic windsurfer
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Gideon Kliger
Gideon "Gidi" Kliger (born March 30, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a three-time bronze medallist at the sailing world championships.
Biography
Kliger was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing and competing when he was 8 year ...
(born 1980), Olympic sailor and world championship bronze medalist
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Mark Slavin
Mark Slavin ( he, מרק סלבין, russian: Марк Славин; 31 January 1954 – 6 September 1972) was an Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler and victim of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was the youngest of th ...
(1954–72), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler; killed in Munich Massacre
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Nik Zagranitchni
Nik Zagranitchni (ניק זגרניצ'ני; born November 21, 1969) is an Israeli Olympic wrestler.
He is Jewish, and made ''aliyah'' (emigrated to Israel) from Ukraine in early 1991.
Wrestling career
His sports club was Hapoel Tel Aviv, in Tel ...
(born 1969), Olympic wrestler
Notable coaches
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Moshe Weinberg
Moshe Weinberg ( he, משה ויינברג sometimes Weinberger; 19 September 1939 – 5 September 1972) was an Israeli wrestler who was the coach of the national team, as well the coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv.
He began his career in Hapoel Haifa. H ...
(1939–72), wrestling coach; killed in the Munich Massacre
Teams
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Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל תל אביב , ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Tel Aviv)'' is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club's traditional hom ...
– football
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Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.
Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club ( he, מועדון כדורסל הפועל תל אביב) is an Israeli professional basketball club, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Historically the second-most successful side in Israeli basketball with five nationa ...
– basketball
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Hapoel Tel Aviv (handball) – handball
[http://www.handballisr.co.il/TeamPage.asp?TeamId=378 ]
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Hapoel Tel Aviv W. – weightlifting
References
Sport in Tel Aviv
Multi-sport clubs in Israel
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