Israel Sheinfeld (ישראל שיינפלד; born July 1, 1976) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions. Sheinfeld played in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

, 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

Sheinfeld is from

Ramat Gan, Israel Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and man ...

, and is 6' 10" (208 cm), and weighs 260 pounds (117 kg). He attended Blich High School in Ramat Gan. He spent three years in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

. He attended

Wright State University Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn, Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University, it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation ...

for college. Sheinfeld played for the

Wright State Raiders The Wright State Raiders are the athletics teams of Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio. The school currently participates in ten sports at the Division I level of the NCAA and are members of the Horizon League. The school's mascot is a wo ...

from 1998 to 2001. In 1999-2000 he led the

Midwestern Collegiate Conference The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region. The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...

in field goal percentage, at .543, and in rebounds per game, at 7.7, was fourth in points per game, at 17.0, was fifth in two-point field goal percentage, at .554, and was sixth in free throw percentage, at .774. He was named to the 2000 All-MCC first team. In 2000-2001 he led the Conference in two-point field goal percentage, at .595, was third in free throw percentage, at .798, and was sixth in points per game, at 14.7, and was seventh in rebounds per game, at 6.1. He passed on his final year of college eligibility, to pursue a professional basketball career. Sheinfeld played in the

for

Ironi Ramat Gan Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan ( he, מכבי עירוני רמת גן, formerly Ironi Ramat Gan) is a male basketball club based in Ramat Gan in central Israel. The team plays in Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit, the second division in Israeli baske ...

, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion. He also played for Israel at the 1994 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men and the 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under'. Sheinfeld played for the

at the 2001 FIBA European Championship for Men, 2003 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 2007 EuroCup.

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