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This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are
Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The topic of Jewish participation in
sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...
is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature (See also:
List of Jews in sports (non-players) The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular soci ...
). Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society, especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: * 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments; * for
team sport A team sport includes any sport where individuals are organized into opposing sports team, teams which compete to win or cooperate to entertain their audience. Team members act together towards a shared objective. This can be done in a numb ...
s, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or * holders of past and current
world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...
s. Boldface denotes a current competitor. To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice
Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...
, or to hail from
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 ...
. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of
Jewish descent ''Zera Yisrael'' ( he, זרע ישראל, , meaning "Seed fIsrael") is a legal category in Halakha, Jewish law that denotes the blood descendants of Jews who, for one reason or another, are not legally of Jewish ethnicity according to religiou ...
.


Athletes


American football

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Doc Alexander Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the National Football League. Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of R ...
, US, G, 2× All-Pro *
Lyle Alzado Lyle Martin Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was an American professional All Pro football defensive end of the National Football League (NFL), famous for his intense and intimidating style of play. Alzado played 15 seasons, splitting hi ...
, US, DE, 2× All-Pro *
Harris Barton Harris Scott Barton (born April 19, 1964) is a fund manager and a former All-Pro American football offensive tackle who played for the San Francisco 49ers. Early life Harris Scott Barton was born in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and is Jewish. Both ...
, US, OT, 2× All-Pro *
David Binn David Aaron Binn (born February 6, 1972) is a former American football long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eighteen seasons. He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley. He was signed by th ...
, US, LS, All-Pro *
Adam Bisnowaty Adam Bisnowaty (born December 14, 1993) is an American football tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers as a four-year starter at left tackle, and was First-team All- Atlantic Coast Conference ...
, US, T (free agent)"שחקן NFL מתוצרת כחול-לבן"
Ynet. *
Arthur Bluethenthal Arthur Bluethenthal, nicknamed "Bluey" (November 1, 1891 – June 5, 1918), was an All-American football player for Princeton University, who died in combat fighting for France in World War I. Early life The son of Leopold and Johanna Bluethentha ...
, US, C *
Justin Boren Justin Matthew Boren (born April 28, 1988) is a former American football guard. Though a guard in the NFL, Boren played both guard and center during his high school and college football career. In high school, he was widely regarded as one of t ...
, US, OG *
Zach Boren Zach Boren (born May 13, 1991) is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Ohio State University. Boren originally played fullback, but was converted to linebacker midway through his senior s ...
, US, FB (free agent) *
Daniel Braverman Daniel Braverman (born September 28, 1993) is an American football wide receiver and kick returner who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college footbal ...
US, WR (free agent) *
Greg Camarillo Greg Camarillo ( ; born April 18, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Stanford. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Camarillo also played for the Miami Dolp ...
, US, WR *
Noah Cantor Noah Cantor (born January 11, 1971) is a former football player in the Canadian Football League. Biography Cantor is Jewish. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Cantor played with the University of Saint Mary's Huskies from 1990 to 1994. He was signed a ...
, Canada, DT,
Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...
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Gabe Carimi Gabriel Andrew Carimi ( ; born June 13, 1988) is a former American football guard. Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Tr ...
, US, OT, All-American and
Outland Trophy The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-Ame ...
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Jake Curhan Jake Curhan (born February 9, 1998) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at California Golden Bears football, California, and was a two-time Pac-12 hono ...
, US, OT (
Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...
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Jordan Dangerfield Jordan Isaac Aldon Dangerfield (born December 25, 1990) is an American football Safety (gridiron football position), safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Towson Tigers football, Towson and was signed as an undrafte ...
, US, SS (free agent) *
JT Daniels JT may refer to: Arts and media * ''Jakobstads Tidning'', a Finland-Swedish newspaper * Jimma Times, owner of the Ethiopian newspaper ''Yeroo'' * ''Jornal da Tarde'', a Brazilian newspaper from São Paulo * ''JT'' (album), 1977 album by James Ta ...
, US, QB, Gatorade Player of the Year *
Brian de la Puente Brian Loomis de la Puente (born May 13, 1985) is a former American football center. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. De la Puente has also been a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Carolina Panthers, ...
, US, C (free agent) * A.J. Dillon, US, RB (
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
) * Michael Dunn, US, G (
Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
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Nate Ebner Nathan Ebner (born December 14, 1988) is an American football safety and special teamer who is a free agent, and a rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. Ebner played rugby union (15-a-side) on the US Under-19 ...
, US, DB (free agent) *
Brad Edelman Brad M. Edelman (born September 3, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Edelman played college football for the Missouri Tigers. Biography Ed ...
, US, OG, 1× Pro Bowl *
Julian Edelman Julian Francis Edelman (born May 22, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football at Kent State as a Quarterback and ...
, US, WR, MVP in Super Bowl LIII *
Hayden Epstein Hayden Scott Epstein (born November 16, 1980) is a former American football placekicker and punter who played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1998 to 2001 and played professional football in the National Football League (NF ...
, US, K *
Carl Etelman Carl Edward Etelman (April 1, 1900 – December 18, 1963) was an American football back and coach. After playing college football at Tufts University in Massachusetts, he played semi-professional football for the independent St Alphonsus Athlet ...
, US, B * Drew Ferris, US, LS (free agent) *
Jay Fiedler Jay Brian Fiedler (born December 29, 1971) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played 76 games at quarterback in the NFL, starting 60, and threw 69 touchdowns. He was inducted into the National Jewi ...
, US, QB * Anthony Firkser, US, TE (
Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...
) * John Frank, US, TE *
Benny Friedman Benjamin Friedman (March 18, 1905 – November 24, 1982) was an American football player and coach, and athletic administrator. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Friedman played college football as a halfback and quarterback for the University of ...
, US, QB, 4× All-Pro, Hall of Fame *
Lennie Friedman Leonard Lebrecht Friedman (born October 13, 1976) is a former American football offensive lineman. He played college football at Duke. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft. Friedman has also played for th ...
, US, G *
Antonio Garay Antonio Garay Jr. (born November 30, 1979) is a former American football nose tackle. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football and wrestled at Boston College. He was a Wrestlin ...
, US, DT *
Adam Goldberg Adam Charles Goldberg (born October 25, 1970) is an American character actor, filmmaker, musician, and photographer. Known for his supporting roles in film and television, Goldberg has appeared in films such as '' Dazed and Confused'', ''Saving ...
, US, OL *
Bill Goldberg William Scott Goldberg (born December 27, 1966), often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is best known for his tenures in WCW and WWE. One of the most ...
, US, DT; professional wrestler (4×
world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
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Marshall Goldberg Marshall Goldberg (October 24, 1917 – April 3, 2006) was a National Football League (NFL) All-Pro American football player. He played college football as a halfback and fullback at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pittsburgh, Goldberg was ...
, US, RB, All-Pro * Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro * Lou Gordon, US, OL *
Ben Gottschalk Ben Gottschalk (born February 15, 1992) is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He played college football at SMU, and subsequently played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Early life G ...
, US, C (free agent) *
Randy Grossman Curt Randy Grossman (born September 20, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played tight end for eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Early life Grossman was born in Philadelphia, Pe ...
, US, TE *
Arnold Horween Arnold Horween (originally Arnold Horwitz; also known as A. McMahon; July 7, 1898 – August 5, 1985) was an American college and professional American football player and coach. He played and coached both for Harvard University and in the Nati ...
, US, halfback, fullback, center, and blocking back (quarterback), Harvard All-American, and NFL player *
Ralph Horween Ralph Horween (born Ralph Horwitz; also known as Ralph McMahon or B. McMahon; August 3, 1896 – May 26, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played fullback and halfback and was a punter and drop-kicker for the unbeaten Harvard ...
, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player *
Greg Joseph Greg Joseph (born 4 August 1994) is a South African professional American football placekicker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida Atlantic. He made his NFL debut in 2018 with ...
, South African, kicker (
Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...
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Len Levy Leonard Bernard "Butch / Len" Levy (February 19, 1921 – February 9, 1999) was an American professional athlete. The 1941 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and 1942 AAU champion, he was selected by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football ...
, US, G *
Erik Lorig Erik Lorig (born November 17, 1986) is a former American football Fullback who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played defensive end in college football at Stanford, where he sometimes played both ways as a Tight End ...
, US, FB *
Sid Luckman Sidney Luckman (November 21, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American professional American football, football player who was a quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 Chicago Bears season, 1939 through 19 ...
, US, QB, 8× All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame *
Joe Magidsohn Joseph Magidsohn (December 20, 1888 – February 14, 1969) was an American football player and official. He played halfback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp ...
, Russia, Halfback *
Ali Marpet Alexander "Ali" Marpet (; born April 17, 1993) is an American former professional football guard who played seven seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Marpet played college football at Hobart and William S ...
, US, G *
Taylor Mays Taylor Mays (born February 7, 1988) is a former American football safety. He won Washington state titles in track in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash as a high school sophomore, before leaving track and field to dedicate himself to foo ...
, US, S *
Sam McCullum Samuel Charles McCullum (born November 30, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings from 1974 through 198 ...
, US, WR"McCullum, Sam"
Jews In Sports. Retrieved June 21, 2010. *
Josh Miller Joshua or Josh Miller may refer to: Musicians *Joshua Miller, American musician with duo Nemesis also featured in '' Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising'' *Josh Miller, musician with The Pappy Johns Band Sportsmen * Josh Miller (field hockey) in ...
, US, P *
Wayne Millner Wayne Vernal Millner (January 31, 1913 – November 19, 1976) was an American college and professional American football, football player who was known for his clutch play as an End (American football), offensive and defensive end for both the N ...
, US, E, DE, Hall of Fame *
Ron Mix Ronald Jack Mix (born March 10, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle. He is a member of the American Football League (AFL) All-Time Team, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 19 ...
, US, OT, 9× All-Pro, Hall of Fame * Aaron Murray, US, QB *
Ed Newman Edward Kenneth Newman (born June 4, 1951) is a former All-Pro offensive guard who, from 1973 to 1984, played 167 games over 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He is now a judge in Florida. Early life Newman was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew ...
, US, G, All-Pro *
Harry Newman Harry Lawrence Newman (September 5, 1909 – May 2, 2000) was an All-Pro American football quarterback. He played for the University of Michigan Wolverines (1930–32), for whom in 1932 he was a unanimous first-team All-American, and the reci ...
, US, QB, All-Pro *
Igor Olshansky Igor Olshansky (; born 3 May 1982) is a Ukrainian-born former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon Ducks football, Oregon and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the sec ...
, Ukraine, DE *
Adam Podlesh Adam Podlesh (born August 11, 1983) is a former American football punter. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins, and is the only player in school history to be on the All- Atlantic Coast Conference team for four years. His punti ...
, US, P *
Merv Pregulman Mervin Pregulman (October 10, 1922 – November 30, 2012) was an All-American football player, businessman, and philanthropist. He played football as a tackle and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was sele ...
, US, T & C,
College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...
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Josh Rosen Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen (born February 10, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, receiving Freshman All-American and ...
, US, QB (free agent) *
Sage Rosenfels Sage Jamen Rosenfels (born March 6, 1978) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Iowa State. He was then drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played with the Miami Dolp ...
, US, QB *
Mike Rosenthal Mike Rosenthal (born June 10, 1977) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Notre Dame, where he was an All-American. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and playe ...
, US, T *
Geoff Schwartz Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League, NFL and author. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and played for them ...
, US, OT *
Mitchell Schwartz Mitchell Bryan Schwartz (born June 8, 1989) is a former American football offensive tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Schwartz was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (37th overall) of the 20 ...
, US, OT, All-Pro *
Mike Seidman Michael Andrew Seidman (born February 11, 1981) is a former American football tight end. He was a 1998 ''USA Today'' high school football first-team All-American. He played college football at UCLA, where he was All-Pac-10 First-team, and set a ...
, US, TE *
Allie Sherman Alex "Allie" Sherman (February 10, 1923 – January 3, 2015) was an American football player and coach who played 51 games in six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback and defensive back, and afterward served as head co ...
, US, running back & coach *
Sam Sloman Samuel Cole Sloman (born September 19, 1997) is an American football placekicker for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL (2020), XFL. He played college football at Miami RedHawks football, Miami University, and in 2019 he made 86.7% of his field goal at ...
, US, K (
San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
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Paul Steinberg Jacob Paul "Twister" Steinberg (June 4, 1880 – February 1964) was a professional football player in the early 1900s. As a member of the first National Football League, he played with the Philadelphia Athletics in the first professional nigh ...
, US, FB/HB *
Terrell Suggs Terrell Raymonn Suggs (born October 11, 1982), nicknamed "T-Sizzle", is an American former professional outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State, and was recognized as a unanimous Al ...
, US, DE, All-Pro * Joseph Taussig, Germany-born US, QB *
Andre Tippett Andre Bernard Tippett Sr. (born December 27, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football ...
, US, LB, 2× All-Pro, Hall of Fame *
Alan Veingrad Alan Stuart Veingrad (born July 24, 1963) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. Veingrad played for the Green Bay Packers for five seasons, and for the Dallas Cowboys for two season, winning Super Bowl X ...
, US, OL *
Gary Wood Gary Fay Wood (July 9, 1942 – March 3, 1994) was an American football quarterback who played 63 games in the National Football League (NFL), for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints, from 1964 until 1969. The quarterback was drafted f ...
, US, QB


Association football (soccer)

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Liel Abada Liel Abada ( he, ליאל עבדה, ; born ) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Israel national team. Early and personal life Abada was born in Petah Tikva ...
, Israel, forward (
Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...
& national team) *
Ryan Adeleye Ryan Alexander Hezekiah Adeleye ( he, ריאן אלכסנדר חזקיה אדלי; born April 28, 1987, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an Americans, American-Israeli professional association football, soccer player who currently plays for Atlantic ...
, US/Israel, defender (
Atlantic City FC Atlantic City Football Club (ACFC) is an American Association football, soccer team based in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2017, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League, NPSL . The team uses Stockton Universit ...
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Jeff Agoos Jeffrey Alan Agoos (born May 2, 1968) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. He is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States national team. Agoos served as the Sporting Director for the N ...
, US, defender (national team) *
Yari Allnut Yari Allnutt (born February 17, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played professionally in Mexico and the United States, including the American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer. He earned five caps with the United ...
, US, midfielder (national team) *
Hennadiy Altman Hennadiy Semenovych Altman ( ua, Геннадій Семенович Альтман; born 22 May 1979) is a Ukrainian retired football goalkeeper and current manager. Biography Hennadiy got his start in football at the FC Chornomorets Odessa yo ...
, Ukraine, goalkeeper *
Kyle Altman Kyle Marten Altman (born January 31, 1986) is an American former soccer player, who last played for Minnesota United FC in the North American Soccer League. He was the 2003 New Mexico High School Coaches Association's Class 4A boys' soccer pla ...
, US, defender *
Dudu Aouate David "Dudu" Aouate (or Awat, he, דוד "דודו" אוואט, ''pronounced Dūdū Ahwaht''; born 17 October 1977) is an Israeli retired professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper ...
, Israel, goalkeeper (
RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...
& national team) *
Gary Assous Gary Meir Mordechai Assous ( he, גרי מאיר מרדכי אסוס; born 4 March 1988) is a French-Israeli professional Association football, footballer. He is currently contracted with Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C., Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem. ...
. France/Israel, midfielder (
Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C. ( he, הפועל קטמון ירושלים) was the name of the club that is currently called Hapoel Jerusalem F.C., Hapoel Jerusalem, an Israeli fan-owned association football club in Jerusalem. It was conceived an ...
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Jonathan Assous Jonathan Victor Gerard Assous (born September 2, 1983) is a French-Israeli football player who is currently contracted to Beitar Ramat Gan in Israel. In France, Assous was widely known for his temper and rough play. Playing career Assous bega ...
, France/Israel, defensive midfielder (
Beitar Ramat Gan The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After ...
) * Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder ( Politehnica Iași & national team) *
Yael Averbuch Yael Averbuch West (born Yael Friedman Averbuch; November 3, 1986) is a former American professional soccer player. She was formerly the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association and is the current general man ...
, US, midfielder *
Pini Balili Pini Balili ( he, פִּינִי בַּלִילִי; born 18 June 1979) is an Israeli former football manager and former player. He was born in Jerusalem and is Jewish, of Turkish descent. Career Move back to Hapoel As a youngster, Balili grew ...
, Israel, striker (
Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam ( he, מכבי עירוני בת ים) was an Israeli football club based in Bat Yam. The club played home matches at the 3,100-capacity Bat Yam Municipal Stadium. History The club was formed by a merger of Beitar Bat Yam a ...
& national team) *
Tal Banin Tal Banin ( he, טל בנין; born March 7, 1971) is an Israeli retired football player and currently the manager of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. Banin played as a defensive midfielder. A captain for the Israeli National Team for many years, Banin was ...
, Israel, midfielder, national team, manager *
Orr Barouch Orr Barouch ( he, אור ברוך; born 29 November 1991) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for Cal FC. Career Early life and career Barouch is Jewish, and was born in Haifa, Israel. He moved to the United States with his parents a ...
, Israel, striker (
Cal FC Cal or CAL may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty * "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov * ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mir ...
& national team) *
David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending fr ...
, UK, midfielder, England national team *
Kyle Beckerman Kyle Robert Beckerman (born April 23, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He spent 21 seasons in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the Miami Fusion (2000–2001), Colorado Rapids (2002–2007) ...
, US, midfielder (
Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...
& national team) * David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (
Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...
& national team) *
Tal Ben Haim Tal Ben Haim (or Tal Ben Haim I, he, טל בן-חיים; born 31 March 1982) is an Israeli footballer who last played for Beitar Jerusalem. He can play at either centre back or right back. He has played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers ...
, Israel, center back/right back (
Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...
& national team) *
Arik Benado Ariel "Arik" Benado ( he, אריאל "אריק" בנאדו ; born 5 December 1973) is an Israeli football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. Playing career Benado was a second generation player at Maccabi Haifa; his fathe ...
, Israel, defender (national team) *
Yossi Benayoun Yossi Shai Benayoun ( he, יוסי שי בניון; born 5 May 1980) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in England and captained the Israel national team. Born in Dimona, he is s ...
, Israel, attacking midfielder *
Eyal Berkovic Eyal Berkovic (or Berkovich, he, אייל ברקוביץ'; born 2 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional association footballer, football coach, team owner and television talk show presenter. As a player he was an attacking midfielder ...
, Israel, midfielder (national team) *
Rhett Bernstein Rhett Anthony Bernstein (born September 10, 1987) is an American former soccer player. In 2009, he won the Hermann Trophy. He played for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico, Mjøndalen, and Miami FC. Early and personal life Bernstein was born in San Diego, ...
, US, defender (
Miami FC The Miami FC is an American professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 2016 se ...
) *
Steve Birnbaum Steven Mitchell Birnbaum (born January 23, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who is captain of and plays as a center-back for D.C. United. Birnbaum started every game for D.C. United in the 2018 season. In 2018 he played every minu ...
, US, defender (
D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
& national team) *
Gyula Bíró Gyula Bíró (10 May 1890 – 14 June 1951) was a Hungarian Olympic football player and manager of Jewish heritage. Playing career Club career Bíró spent his career as player playing for MTK Hungária FC, where he made first team debut in 19 ...
, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team) *
Nir Bitton Nir Bitton (or Biton, he, ניר ביטון; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel national team which he ...
, Israel, defender/midfielder (
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 ...
& national team) *
Nick Blackman Nicholas Alexander Blackman (born 11 November 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Barbados national football team. He can also play as a winger. He last played for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Early life Blackman was bo ...
, England/Barbados/Israel, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Barbados national team) * Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver *
Harald Bohr Harald August Bohr (22 April 1887 – 22 January 1951) was a Danish mathematician and footballer. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the No ...
, Denmark, Olympic silver *
Louis Bookman Louis "Abraham" Bookman (6 November 1890 – 10 June 1943) was an Irish sportsman of Lithuanian Jewish origin who represented Ireland in both football and cricket. Born the son of a rabbi in Lithuania, he arrived in Ireland in 1895 when his famil ...
, Lithuanian-born Ireland, forward *
Jonathan Bornstein Jonathan Rey Bornstein (born November 7, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back. He has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team. In addition to also playing for Chivas USA in Major ...
, US/Israel, left back/midfielder ( Chicago Fire & national team) *
David Boysen David Katz Boysen (born 30 April 1991) is a Danish-Israeli professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), left winger for Danish 1st Division club Fremad Amager. Career AB Boysen joined Akademisk ...
, Denmark, left winger (
Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's team ...
) *
Daniel Brailovski Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak ( he, אלברטו דניאל בריילובסקי, sometimes spelled Brailovski, born November 18, 1958) is an Argentine-born Israeli former professional footballer and manager. He was born in Buenos Aires, Arg ...
, Argentina/
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
, midfielder (Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, & Israel national teams) *
Adam Braz Adam Braz (born June 7, 1981) is a former professional footballer who last served as Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer. Braz was a Canadian soccer player for nine years including as a player on the national team a ...
, Canada, defender *
Ashley Brown Ashley Brown (born February 3, 1982) is an American singer and actress who is best known for playing the titular character in the United States national tour and Broadway productions of ''Mary Poppins''. Early life Brown was born February 3, 198 ...
, Australia, football (soccer) player
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...
* Jordan Brown, Australia, midfielder (
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...
) *
Tomer Chencinski Tomer Chencinski ( he, תומר חנצ'ינסקי; born December 1, 1984) is an Israeli-Canadian soccer player who plays the position of goalkeeper. He played college soccer at Robert Morris University, where in 2004 he ranked 16th in the nati ...
, Israel/Canada, goalkeeper (
Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
& national team) *
Jordan Cila Jordan Rodin Cila (born April 11, 1982) is an American former association football, soccer midfielder/forward. He played for the Duke Blue Devils men's soccer, Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team, and played 39 games in Major League Soccer. He also ...
, US, forward (Under-17 World Cup) *
Avi Cohen Avraham "Avi" Cohen ( he, אבי כהן; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers ...
, Israel, defender (
Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
, Rangers,
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 ...
& national team) * Yonatan Cohen, Israel, attacking midfielder/forward (
Pisa S.C. Pisa Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Pisa, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Pisa, Tuscany. The team currently plays in Serie B. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as Pisa Calci ...
&
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 ...
& national team) * Martin Cohen, South Africa, midfielder (
Highlands Park Highlands Park Football Club was a South African professional soccer club who played in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. They were founded in 2003 as a phoenix club to the earlier Highlands Park F.C. (1959) and Highlands Park F.C. (1990) The c ...
,
LA Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs was an American professional soccer team based in Los Angeles, California that existed from 1974 to 1981. The Aztecs competed in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 No ...
,
California Surf The California Surf were an American Association football, soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 North American Soccer League season, 1978 to 1981 North American ...
,
Wits University The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...
& national team) * Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder (free agent) *
Tamir Cohen Tamir Cohen ( he, תמיר כהן; born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen. Club career Early career Cohen was born in ...
, Israel, midfielder (national team) *
Eli Dasa Elazar "Eli" Dasa (or Eliezer, he, אלי דסה; born 3 December 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Russian club Dynamo Moscow and vice-captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Is ...
, Israel, defender (
FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...
& national team) *
Edgar Davids Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer and current coach. After beginning his career with Ajax, winning several domestic and international titles, he subsequently played in Italy for AC Mi ...
, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, and national team) *
Rolf Decker Rolf Decker is a retired German-American soccer player who played professionally with the New York Hakoah of the American Soccer League and earned four caps with the U.S. national team in between 1953 and 1956. He was a member of the U.S. Olymp ...
, Germany-born US, midfielder (US national team) *
Micky Dulin Michael Charles Dulin (25 October 1935 – 16 March 2021) was an English former professional footballer who played for Welwyn Garden City and Tottenham Hotspur. Playing career Dulin was born in Stepney, England, and was Jewish. He began his car ...
, England (Tottenham) *
Ernő Egri Erbstein Ernő Egri Erbstein (''Hungarian: Erbstein Ernő''), also known as Ernest and Ernesto Erbstein (13 May 18984 May 1949), was a Hungarian football player manager from Nagyvárad, now known as Oradea, in Romania. He carried out his footballing acti ...
, Hungary, midfielderAlan McDougall (2020)
Contested Fields; A Global History of Modern Football
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Yakov Ehrlich Yakov Nikolayevich Erlikh (russian: Яков Николаевич Эрлих; born 3 June 1988) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He works as a conditioning coach for FC Ufa. Biography He made his Russian Football Nat ...
, Russia, striker ( FC Ocean Kerch) *
Sol Eisner Sol Eisner is an American former association football, soccer player who played as a forward (association football), forward. Eisner played in the American Soccer League (1933–1983), American Soccer League, and on the United States men's nationa ...
, US, forward (
New York Americans The New York Americans, colloquially known as the Amerks, were a professional ice hockey team based in New York City from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the second to play ...
and USMNT) *
Ilay Elmkies Ilay Eliyau Elmkies (or Elmakayes, he, עילי אלמקייס; born ) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club 1899 Hoffenheim. He also plays for the Israel national team. Early and personal life Elmkies ...
, Israel, midfielder (
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim () is a village in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Sinsheim and, as of 2020, it has a population of 3,191. History The village, settled since prehistoric times, and first mentioned ...
/ Hoffenheim II & national team) *
Benny Feilhaber Benny Feilhaber (; born January 19, 1985) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who is currently head coach of MLS Next Pro side Sporting Kansas City II, an affiliate of Sporting Kansas City. A midfielder, Feilhaber played fo ...
, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (
Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...
& US national team) *
Lajos Fischer Lajos Fischer (1 January 1902 – 1 January 1978) was a Hungarian footballer who played for VAC and Hakoah Vienna, and made appearances for the Hungarian national team. Biography Fischer was born in Hungary, and was Jewish. In Budapest, he p ...
, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player * Otto Fischer, Austria, national team player and coach *
Gottfried Fuchs Gottfried Erik Fuchs (also Godfrey Fuchs; (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972) was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national football team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He le ...
, Germany/Canada (German national team) *
Dean Furman Dean Furman (born 22 June 1988) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English side Warrington Rylands 1906. He has previously played for Scottish Premiership side Rangers, English League Two side Bradford ...
, South Africa, midfielder ( Warrington Rylands 1906 & national team) *
Peter Fuzes Peter Fuzes (born 14 May 1947) is an Australian former association soccer player. Fuzes played as a goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper, and represented the national Socceroos. Early life Fuzes is Jewish. He emigrated to Australia in 1957 from Hu ...
, Australia, goalkeeper *
Sándor Geller Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector * Sándor B ...
, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion * Mikhail Gershkovich, USSR, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team) *
Ludwik Gintel Ludwik Gintel ( he, לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish Olympic footballer. Early and personal life Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish. He worked as an architect and bank clerk. Football career G ...
, Poland, defender and forward (national team) *
Andy Gruenebaum Andy Gruenebaum (; born December 30, 1982) is a retired American professional soccer goalkeeper. He was selected by the Columbus Crew with the third overall pick in the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft. He made his MLS debut in 2006. Career Amateu ...
, US, goalkeeper * Béla Guttmann, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach *
Rudy Haddad Rudy Haddad ( he, רודי חדד; born 5 February 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Haddad is Jewish, and was born in Paris and raised in France to a family of Tunisian Jewish descent. He i ...
, France/Israel, midfielder *
Eddy Hamel Eddy Hamel (October 21, 1902 – April 30, 1943) was an American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax. Hamel was the first Jewish player for Ajax. He was killed by the Nazis in 1943 in Auschwitz concentration camp. Background Hamel was born in ...
, US, right winger (
AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...
; killed by the Nazis in
Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...
) *
Julius Hirsch Julius Hirsch (7 April 1892 – declared dead 8 May 1945) was a Jewish German Olympian international footballer who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. He helped Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German foot ...
, Germany, winger, (
Karlsruher FV Karlsruher FV is a German association football club that plays in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. Established on 17 November 1891, KFV was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) in 1900 and is the oldest ...
; killed by the Nazis) *
Ya'akov Hodorov Ya'akov "Yankele" Hodorov (Hebrew: יעקב חודורוב) (16 June 1927 – 31 December 2006) was an Israeli football goalkeeper in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is one Israel's best goalkeepers of all time and the leading goalkeeper of his ...
, Israel, goalkeeper (national team) *
Rinus Israel Rinus is a male given name, usually short for Marinus and popular in the Netherlands, and may refer to: *Rinus Bennaars (born 1931), retired Dutch footballer *Rinus Gerritsen (born 1946), Dutch bassist *Rinus Gosens (born 1920), retired football ...
, Netherlands, defender (
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
and national team) *
Joe Jacobson Joseph Mark Jacobson (born 17 November 1986) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left back for Wycombe Wanderers.
, Wales, left back (
Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
& U21 national team) *
Tvrtko Kale Tvrtko Kale (now Dreshler Kale, he, טברטקו קאלה; born 5 June 1974) is a retired Croatian-Israeli footballer who played as of July 2015 for Maccabi Kiryat Gat. The newspaper ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' rated him the best player in the Croat ...
, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper *
Viktor Kanevskyi Viktor Izrailyovych (Illich) Kanevskyi ( ua, Віктор Ізраїльович Каневський, russian: Виктор Израилевич Каневский; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player ...
, USSR, striker & manager *
Tal Karp Tal Karp (born 30 December 1981) is an Australian women's former Olympic soccer player who represented Australia as a member of the Matildas (the Australian Women's Football Team) and captained Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League. Afte ...
, Australia, midfielder (
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...
) * Scott Kashket, England, striker ( Gillingham) *
Yaniv Katan Yaniv Katan ( he, יניב קטן; born 27 January 1981) is a retired Israeli international footballer who played professionally for Maccabi Haifa, as a forward and winger. He earned 31 caps for Israel, scoring five goals. Personal life Katan ...
, Israel, forward/winger (
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 ...
& national team) *
Josh Kennet Joshua Simon Kennet (born 27 September 1987) is an English-Israeli footballer currently with London Lions. Early and personal life Kennet is Jewish, and was born to a Jewish family in Camden, England. His father Eilon was born in Israel, and ...
, England/Israel, midfielder/right back ( London Lions) *
Gyula Kertész Gyula Kertész (also known as ''Julius Kertész''; 29 February 1888 – 1 May 1982) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a winger alongside his two brothers, Vilmos and Adolf. Kertész was born in Kálnica in what was then Hung ...
, Hungary, winger, player & manager *
Vilmos Kertész Vilmos Kertész (21 March 1890 – 15 September 1962) was a Hungarian international Olympian footballer. He played alongside his two brothers, Gyula and Adolf. Early life Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Career Kertész ...
, Hungary, winger, 47 national team caps *
Józef Klotz Józef Klotz (2 January 1900 – 1941) was a Polish footballer who played centre-half. He scored the first-ever goal for the Poland national football team. He was killed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Biography Klotz was born in Kra ...
, Poland, national team; killed by the Nazis *
Konstantin Krizhevsky Konstantin Stanislavovich Krizhevsky (russian: Константин Станиславович Крижевский; 20 February 1926 – 18 November 2000) was a Russian football defender. He was born in Odintsovo, Russia. He competed for the So ...
, USSR/Russia, defender (national team) *
Mark Lazarus Mark Lazarus (born 5 December 1938) is an English retired professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made more than 400 Football League appearances, scoring over 100 goals. A prominent Jewish player, he initially chose football o ...
, England, right winger * Jonathan Levin, Mexico, midfielder ( Phoenix Rising) *
Lucas Matías Licht Lucas Matías Licht (born 6 April 1981) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético Villa San Carlos mainly as a left-back but also as a left winger. Club career Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Licht grew up in the youth acad ...
, Argentina, left defender/left winger ( Villa San Carlos) * Marcelo Lipatin, Uruguay, forward (
C.D. Trofense Clube Desportivo Trofense (), commonly known as Trofense, is a Portuguese football club based in Trofa, Portugal. Founded in 1930, it plays in Segunda Liga, holding home games at '' Estádio do Clube Desportivo Trofense'', with a capacity of 5,0 ...
) *
Józef Lustgarten Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889, Krakow - 22 September 1973, Kraków) was a Polish Jewish footballer. Born in Cracow, he was Jewish. He represented Cracovia. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of t ...
, Poland (17 years in the
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
) *
Zac MacMath Zachary Michael MacMath (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake. MacMath was drafted No. 5 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Philadelphia Union. ...
, US, goalkeeper (
Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...
) *
Mickaël Madar Mickaël Madar (born 8 May 1968) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Madar played for the France national football team. Madar works as a football pundit on Fre ...
, France, striker *
Melissa Maizels Melissa Maizels (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian soccer goalkeeper who last played for Australian A-League Women team Melbourne Victory. She previously played for Perth Glory and Canberra United. Early life Maizels was born in Melbourn ...
, Australia, goalkeeper (
Melbourne Victory FC (W-League) Melbourne Victory FC is an Australian women's soccer team affiliated with Melbourne Victory FC and Football Federation Victoria. Founded in 2008, the team is one of the representatives of Melbourne in Australia's top-tier domestic competition&nb ...
) *
Gyula Mándi Gyula Mándi, also referred to as Mándi Gyula or Julius Mandel (14 July 1899 – 26 November 1969) was a Hungarian Olympic national team (for whom he played 32 matches) and club footballer (with whom he won 10 league titles), who played as a d ...
, Hungary, half back (player & coach of Hungarian and Israeli national teams) * Ofir Marciano, Israel, goalkeeper (
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
& national team) *
Shep Messing Shep Norman Messing (born October 9, 1949) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper and current broadcaster who works as the lead analyst for New York Red Bulls matches on the MSG Network. In 2021 he took the position of chairman of the Major Arena ...
, US, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster *
Federico Mociulsky Federico Mociulsky (born 15 July 1989 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional association football player contracted to Deportivo Roca. Early life Mociulsky's paternal grandfather, Leon, was part owner of the club in 1958. His uncle, Dr. ...
, Argentina, midfielder (
Deportivo Roca The Club Social y Deportivo General Roca is an Argentine sports club, based on General Roca, in the Río Negro Province. The club, founded on September 1, 1974, is mostly known for its football and basketball teams. The football team currently ...
) *
Bennie Muller Bennie Muller (born 14 August 1938) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Ajax and the Netherlands national team. Early life Muller was born in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam-East. His grandfather was a frui ...
, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam and national team) *
Andriy Oberemko Andriy Oleksandrovych Oberemko ( uk, Андрій Олександрович Оберемко; born 8 March 1984) is a Ukrainian professional association football player. Oberemko was born in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, and is J ...
, Ukraine, midfielder (
Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
& U21 national team) *
Eli Ohana Eliyahu "Eli" Ohana ( he, אלי אוחנה; born ) is an Israeli former football player and the former chairman of Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem. He played as forward or midfielder for Beitar Jerusalem, KV Mechelen, S.C. Braga, and the Is ...
, Israel, won
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
and
Bravo Award The Bravo Award was an annual award which was handed out by the Italian magazine '' Guerin Sportivo'' to the most outstanding young European footballer. The first winner of the award was Englishman Jimmy Case. The first non-European to win the ...
(most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager *
Árpád Orbán Árpád Orbán (14 March 1938 – 26 April 2008) was a Hungarian Olympic champion Association football, football player. Career Orbán, born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary, was Hungarian. He was Jewish. He played for Győri ETO FC, Győ ...
, Hungary, Olympic champion *
Sid O'Linn Sidney O'Linn (5 May 1927 – 11 December 2016) was a South African sportsman who played Test cricket in seven Tests for South Africa between 1960 and 1961 and professional football for South Africa. Born Sidney Olinsky into a Jewish family, ...
, South Africa and Charlton Athletic *
José Pékerman José Néstor Pékerman Krimen (; born 3 September 1949) is an Argentine professional football coach and current manager of the Venezuela national team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship three times, ...
, Argentina, midfielder, former player, current coach and manager *
Dor Peretz Dor Peretz ( he, דור פרץ; born ) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team. Early life Peretz was born and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel ...
, Israel, defensive midfielder (
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 ...
& national team) *
Zach Pfeffer Zachary "Zach" Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995) is an American former soccer player. In 2010 at the age of 15 he became the fourth-youngest player ever to sign a Major League Soccer contract. He retired from soccer in 2016 at 21 years of age, an ...
, US, midfielder (
Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 201 ...
) * Suf Podgoreanu, Israel, forward (
Spezia Calcio Spezia Calcio is a professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who played for the early Crystal Palace am ...
&
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 ...
& national team) *
Roni Porokara Roni Porokara (born 12 December 1983) is a Finnish former international footballer. Club career FC Hämeenlinna On 15 May 2003, at age 19, Roni Porokara made his league debut in a match between FC Hämeenlinna and KuPS. During his two-ye ...
, Finland, winger (national team) *
Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager. Personal life Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, a ...
, USSR/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager *
Charlie Reiter Charles Reiter (born February 27, 1988 in New York, New York) is an American former professional soccer player for the Richmond Kickers in the USL and Pali Blues in the USL Premier Development League. Personal life Reiter was born in New York ...
, US, forward (
Pali Blues Pali Blues was an American women's soccer team, which played from 2008 to 2014. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Western Co ...
) *
Haim Revivo Haim Michael Revivo ( he, חיים מיכאל רביבו; born 22 February 1972) is a retired Israeli football player who played as a midfielder, and a businessman. Sports career Revivo is Jewish and was born to a traditional Mizrahi Jewish fa ...
, Israel, attacking/side midfielder (national team) *
Daniël de Ridder Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder (born 6 March 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a winger operating either on the right or left side but would occasionally play a more advanced role. He represented Ajax, Celta Vigo, ...
, Netherlands, forward winger/attacking midfielder (
SC Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...
& U21 national team) *
Ronnie Rosenthal Ronny Rosenthal ( he, רוני רוזנטל; born 11 October 1963), nicknamed "Rocket Ronny", is an Israeli former footballer who played as a forward. After starting his career in his birth city with Maccabi Haifa, Rosenthal went on to play in ...
, Israel, left winger/striker (national team) *
Moshe Romano Moshe Romano ( he, משה רומנו; born 6 May 1946) is an Israeli former international footballer. Career Club career Romano played club football for Shimshon Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv, and was top scorer in the 1965–66, 1969–1970, ...
, Israel, striker (national team) *
Sebastian Rozental Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * Sebastian (1968 film), ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * Sebastian (1995 film), '' ...
, Chile, forward (national team) * Patricio Sayegh, Argentina, striker *
David Schipper David Schipper (born September 27, 1991) is an American soccer coach and retired player. Career Early career Schipper was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Bonita Vista High School, and helped lead them to be ranked #2 in t ...
, US, midfielder/fullback (
Southern United Southern United, previously known as Otago United, is a semi-professional football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded in 2004, they play their home games at the Logan Park and Forsyth Barr Stadium. It is the southernmost football clu ...
) *
Aaron Schoenfeld Aaron Maxwell Schoenfeld ( he, אהרון מקסוול שוינפלד, born April 17, 1990) is an Israeli-American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Early life Schoenfeld is Jewish, and was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, ...
, US/Israel, forward (
Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
& Israel national team) *
Ronnie Schwartz Ronnie Schwartz Nielsen (born 29 August 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hobro IK. He has made a total of 27 appearances for various Danish national youth teams, scoring four goals. Career AaB Coming through ...
, Denmark, striker (
Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...
) *
Béla Sebestyén Béla Sebestyén (23 January 1886 – 19 December 1959) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a winger. Sebestyén was Jewish. He played club football for MTK. He also represented his country at international level, earning 2 ...
, Hungary, winger (national team) * Gyorgy Silberstein / Szeder. Hungary, killed by the Nazis in Birnbaum *
Barry Silkman Barry Silkman (born 29 June 1952) is a football agent and former player, who played in midfield for 11 clubs including at Manchester City in 1979 and at Leyton Orient from 1981 to 1985. He competed for 16 years. In total, he made 340 professio ...
, England (QPR/Man City) *
Manor Solomon Manor Solomon ( he, מנור סולומון; born ) is an Israeli professional association football, footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder or as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger for English club Fu ...
, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (
Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London, which compete in the . They have played home games at Craven Cottage since 1896, other than a two-year period spent at Loftus Road whilst Craven Cottage unde ...
& national team) *
Juan Pablo Sorín Juan Pablo Sorín (born 5 May 1976) is an Argentine former Association football, footballer and current Broadcasting of sports events, sports broadcaster, who played as a left-back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his nativ ...
, Argentina, defender (national team) *
Jonathan Spector Jonathan Michael Paul Spector (born March 1, 1986) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. In his 16-year career playing first-team soccer he played over 400 games for club and country, and helped the United States win the ...
, US, defender (
Orlando City SC Orlando City SC is an American professional soccer club in Orlando, Florida, that competes as a member of the Eastern Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). Orlando City SC began play in 2015 as the 21st franchise in MLS, succeeding the USL ...
& national team) *
Leon Sperling Leon Sperling (7 August 1900 – 15 December 1941) was a Polish Olympic footballer. Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish. He was a football forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia, the team he led in 1921, 1930, ...
, Poland, left wing (national team; killed by the Nazis in the
Lemberg Ghetto Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
) *
Giora Spiegel Giora Spiegel ( he, גיורא שפיגל), (born July 27, 1947) is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days. Biography Born in P ...
, Israel, midfielder (national team) *
Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motaleh" Shpigler ( he, מרדכי "מוטל'ה" שפיגלר; born 19 August 1944) is a retired Israeli footballer, and manager. Shpigler is placed second in Israel's all time goalscoring list, with 32 goals in 83 caps. Early life ...
, Soviet Union/Israel, striker (Israel national team), manager *
Daniel Steres Daniel Steres (born November 11, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo. He was USL-Pro All-League Second Team in 2013 and 2014, USL All-League First Team in 201 ...
, US, defender (
Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...
) *
Sjaak Swart Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax. During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club. Biography Swa ...
, Netherlands, winger (Ajax) *
Jordan Swibel Jordan "Jordi" Swibel (born 13 April 1999) is an Australian professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Marconi Stallions FC, Marconi Stallions. Club career Youth career Swibel sta ...
, Australia, forward *
Idan Tal Idan Tal ( he, עידן טל; born 13 September 1975, in Beersheba) is a former Israeli professional footballer. Tal was born in Beersheba, Israel, and is Jewish. He lives in Haifa, is married to Doreen, and has two children, Miron and Amit. Cl ...
, Israel, midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem FC, Beitar Jerusalem & national team) *Nicolás Tauber, Argentina/Israel, goalkeeper ( Villa San Carlos) *Matt Turner (soccer), Matt Turner, US, goalkeeper (Arsenal F.C. & national team) *Joris van Overeem, Netherlands/Israel, midfielder (
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 ...
) * Yochanan Vollach, Israel, defender (national team) *Shon Weissman, Israel, forward (Real Valladolid & national team) * Sara Whalen, US, defender/forward, Olympic silver *DeAndre Yedlin, US, defender/midfielder (Inter Miami CF & national team) *Eran Zahavi, Israel, attacking midfielder/forward (
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 ...
& national team)"Israeli Sports", ''Jewish Sports Review'', Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.


Australian rules football

* Keith Baskin, Australian Football League, AFL footballer * Mordy Bromberg, Australia, AFL footballer *Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer (North Melbourne Football Club) * Julian Kirzner, AFL footballer * Trevor Korn, Victorian Football League, VFL footballer * Ezra Poyas, AFL and VFL footballer * Harry Sheezel, AFL footballer * Ian Synman, AFL footballer, only Jew to play in a Premiership * Michael Zemski, Australia, AFL footballer


Baseball

* Cal Abrams, US, outfielderJewish Baseball Players
''Baseball Almanac''. Retrieved May 20, 2010 *Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager, first base coach * Morrie Arnovich, Morrie "Snooker" Arnovich, US, outfielder, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star * Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3× Gold Glove, manager * José Bautista (pitcher), José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher * Bo Belinsky, Robert "Bo" Belinsky, US, pitcher, no-hit game * Moe Berg, US, catcher, and spy for US in World War II * Jeremy Bleich, US-Israeli, pitcher (Israel national baseball team, Team Israel) *Richard Bleier, US, pitcher (Miami Marlins, Team Israel) * Ron Blomberg, Ron "Boomer" Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter, Israel Baseball League manager * Zach Borenstein, US, outfielder (free agent)Jon Greenberg (March 15, 2017)
"Mensch at the plate: Borenstein part of exciting Team Israel run in WBC,"
''The Athletic''. * Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8× All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager * Ralph Branca, Ralph "Hawk" Branca, US, pitcher, 3× All Star *Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 6× All-Star, home run champion, Rookie of the Year (award), Rookie of the Year, 5× Silver Slugger, MVP (Milwaukee Brewers) *Alex Bregman, US, infielder, 2× All Star, Silver Slugger (Houston Astros) *Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher * Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2× All-Star * Andy Cohen (baseball), Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach * Harry Danning, Harry “the Horse” Danning, US, catcher, 4× All-Star *Ike Davis, US, first baseman * Cody Decker, US, first baseman * Jonathan de Marte, US-Israel, pitcher (Team Israel) * Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher * Scott Effross, US, pitcher (New York Yankees) * Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher * Mike Epstein, Mike "Superjew" Epstein, US, first baseman * Al Federoff, US, second baseman & manager * Harry Feldman, US, pitcher * Scott Feldman, US, pitcher * Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist *Jake Fishman, US-Israeli, pitcher (Miami Marlins, Team Israel). * Micah Franklin (baseball), Micah Franklin, US, outfielder *Nate Freiman, US, first baseman *Max Fried, US, pitcher, All Star, 3× Gold Glove, 2× Fielding Bible Award, Silver Slugger (Atlanta Braves) *Sam Fuld, US, outfielder and general manager *Brad Goldberg, US, pitcher * Paul Goldschmidt, US, first baseman, 7× All-Star, 4× Gold Glove, 4× Silver Slugger, NL Hank Aaron Award, NL home run leader (St. Louis Cardinals) * Jake Goodman (baseball), Jake Goodman, US, first baseman * Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2× All-Star * John Grabow, US, relief pitcher * Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2× All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger * Adam Greenberg (baseball), Adam Greenberg, US, outfielder * Hank Greenberg, Hank "The Hebrew Hammer" Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5× All-Star, 4× home run champion, 4× Run batted in, RBI leader, 2× MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame * Jason Hirsh, US, pitcher * Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2× All-Star, 2 no-hitters, Israel Baseball League manager * Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, Earned run average, ERA leader, no-hitter * Jake Kalish, US, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels)"Jake Kalish - 2011 Baseball Roster,"
George Mason University Athletics *Rob Kaminsky, US, pitcher (Seattle Mariners) * Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder, manager (San Francisco Giants), 2021 NL Manager of the Year * Ty Kelly, US-Israeli, utility player (Team Israel; Los Angeles Dodgers) * Ian Kinsler, US-Israeli, second baseman, 4× All-Star, hit for the cycle, 2× 30–30 club, 2× Gold Glove, Fielding Bible Award * Jason Kipnis, US, second baseman, 2x All-Star, Jewish ancestry, practicing Roman Catholic (Free Agent) * Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 7× All-Star, Sandy Koufax's perfect game, 1 perfect game, 4 no-hitters, 3× Major League Baseball Triple Crown, Triple Crown, 5× ERA leader, 4× strikeouts leader, 3× Wins leader, 2× W-L% leader, 2× World Series MVP, 3× Cy Young Award, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame * Dean Kremer, US-Israeli, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles; Team Israel) * Barry Latman, US, pitcher, All-Star *Ryan Lavarnway, US-Israeli, catcher (Miami Marlins; Team Israel) * Alon Leichman, Israel, pitcher, former player, now Cincinnati Reds assistant pitching coach * Al Levine, US, relief pitcher * Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2× All-Star, Gold Glove * Shlomo Lipetz, Israel, pitcher (Team Israel) * Assaf Lowengart, Israel, infielder (Mansfield Mountaineers) * Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman * Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Silver Slugger * Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher * Bob Melvin, US, catcher, manager (Oakland Athletics) * Eli Morgan, US, pitcher (Cleveland Guardians; Team Israel) *Jon Moscot, US-Israeli, pitcher * Sam Nahem, US, pitcher * Jeff Newman (baseball), Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager *Joc Pederson, US, outfielder, 2x All Star (San Francisco Giants, Team Israel) * Barney Pelty, Barney "the Yiddish Curver" Pelty, US, pitcher * Lip Pike, Lip "the Iron Batter" Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, manager, 4× home run champion, RBI leader * Kevin Pillar, US, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers, Team Israel) * Jake Pitler, US, second baseman and coach * Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher and coach * Jimmie Reese, US, second baseman & third baseman * Dave Roberts (pitcher), Dave Roberts, US, pitcher * Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher, ERA leader * Al Rosen, Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4× All Star, 2× home run champion, 2× RBI leader, MVP * Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star * Kenny Rosenberg, US, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels) * Bubby Rossman, US, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies; Team Israel) * Josh Satin, US, second baseman * Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star * Mike Schemer, Mike "Lefty" Schemer, US, first baseman * Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher * Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman, Israel Baseball League manager * Ryan Sherriff, US, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies) *Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher, World Series MVP *Norm Sherry, US, catcher, manager * Mose Solomon, Mose "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder, set minor league home run record * Robert Stock (baseball), Robert Stock, US, pitcher (Doosan Bears; Team Israel) * George Stone (outfielder), George Stone, US, outfielder, batting title * Steve Stone (baseball), Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Wins leader, Cy Young Award * Garrett Stubbs, US, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies) * Rowdy Tellez, US, first baseman (Milwaukee Brewers) * Danny Valencia, US-Israeli, third baseman (Team Israel) * Phil Weintraub, Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder * Zack Weiss, US-Israeli, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels; Team Israel) * Steve Yeager, US, catcher, World Series MVP * Andy Yerzy, Canada, catcher/first baseman (Arizona Diamondbacks) * Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3× All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award * Josh Zeid, US-Israeli, pitcher (Team Israel)


Basketball

* Eli Abaev , US & Israel, 6' 8" forward/center (Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C.) * Joe Alexander, US & Israel, 6' 8" Forward (basketball), forward (Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball), Maccabi Rishon LeZion) * Ben Auerbach, US, 6' 1" guard * Red Auerbach, US, player for George Washington University; U.S., Hall of Fame-inducted coach of the Boston Celtics * Deni Avdija, Israel, 6' 9" forward (Washington Wizards) * Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion *Miki Berkovich, Israel, 6'4" shooting guard *Sue Bird, US & Israel, Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2× Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Olympic champion, 12× WNBA All-Star Game, All-Star (Seattle Storm) *David Blatt, US & Israel, Israeli Premier Basketball League 6' 3.5" point guard, coached Russian national basketball team, Russia National Basketball Team, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv to EuroLeague Championship, EuroLeague Coach of the Year, 4× Israeli Basketball Super League Coach of the Year, Israeli League Coach of the Year, former Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, head coach of Turkish club Darüşşafaka S.K., Darussafaka *Mike Bloom (basketball), Mike Bloom, US, NBA 6' 6" forward/center, ABA All-American *David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 7" Power forward (basketball), power forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv) * Moysés Blás, Brazil, Olympics 5' 11" guard * Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center * Tal Brody, US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 2" shooting guard * Larry Brown (basketball), Larry Brown, US, American Basketball Association (1967–1976), ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3× ABA All-Star Game, ABA All-Star, 3× assists leader, List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions, NCAA National Championship coach (1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Basketball Hall of Fame *Omri Casspi, Israel, NBA 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA draft, for Memphis Grizzlies (
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 ...
) * Steve Chubin, US, ABA 6' 3" guard * Alex Chubrevich, Israel & Russia, Israeli Premier Basketball League, Premier League 7' 0" center (Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa) *Alysha Clark, US-Israel, WNBA 5' 11" small forward (Washington Mystics) *Jeff Cohen (basketball), Jeff Cohen, US, ABL 6' 7" power forward *Shawn Dawson, Israel, 6' 6" small forward/shooting guard (Bnei Herzliya) *Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, Maccabi Ashdod) * Stu Douglass, US & Israel, 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Ashdod B.C.) *Lior Eliyahu, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 9" power forward, 2006 NBA draft (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), playing in the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup (European top tier) (Maccabi Ashdod) *Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard * Marty Friedman (basketball), Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame * Jack Garfinkel, US, NBA 6' 0" guard * Tamir Goodman, US-Israel, 6' 3" * Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" swingman, guard/forward & general manager (basketball), GM, Olympic champion * Yotam Halperin, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics * Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original New York Knickerbockers, NY Knickerbocker * Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard * Nat Holman, US, American Basketball League (1925–55), ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame * Red Holzman, US, Basketball Association of America, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2× All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame *Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, Australian National Basketball League (Australasia), National Basketball League & Israeli Israeli Basketball Super League, Super League 6' 5" guard (Haryana Gold), first-ever Indian national to play in ULEB competitions * Doron Jamchi, Israel, Israeli Basketball Premier League 6' 6" shooting guard/small forward * Oded Kattash, Israel, Premier League 6' 4" point guard & coach * Joel Kramer, US, NBA 6' 7" forward *Sylven Landesberg, US-Israel-Austria, EuroLeague 6' 6" former Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball, UVA shooting guard/small forward (Beijing Royal Fighters) * Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" Forward-center, forward/center, 5× All-Star * Howard Lassoff, US/Israel, 6' 10" center, six-time Israeli Basketball League Champion with Maccabi Tel Aviv. * Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA 5' 10" point guard, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame * Yam Madar, Israel, 6' 3" guard (KK Partizan, Partizan NIS) drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics in 2020 *Gal Mekel, Israel, 6' 3" point guard * Yogev Ohayon, Israel, Super League 6' 2" point guard (Hapoel Holon) * Bernard Opper, US, NBL & ABL 5' 10" guard, All-American at Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, University of Kentucky * Donna Orender (née Chait), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, former WNBA president * Josh Pastner, US, NCAA 6' 0" guard & coach * Zack Rosen, US, Super League 6' 1" point guard * Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward * Avi Schafer, Japan, B.League, 6' 10" center (SeaHorses Mikawa) * Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes) * Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3× FT% leader, 1× rebound leader, 12× All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes) * Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket * Jon Scheyer, US, All-American, Head Coach Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv) * Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame * Ezequiel Skverer, Argentina & Israel, 5' 11" point guard * Tiago Splitter, Brazil, NBA 6' 11" power forward/center * Amar'e Stoudemire, US & Israel, NBA 6' 10" power forward/center, 6× NBA All-Star, NBA Rookie of the Year (2003), 5× All-NBA Team * Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2× All-American, left as NYU Violets men's basketball, NYU all-time scorer *Alex Tyus, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center (ASVEL Basket) * Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center * Spencer Weisz, US & Israel, Premier League 6' 4" shooting guard/small forward (Hapoel Haifa B.C., Hapoel Haifa) * Jamila Wideman, US, WNBA 5' 6" guard * Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1× FT% leader, 1× points leader, All-Star, ABA coach


Bowling

* Barry Asher, US, 10 Professional Bowlers Association, PBA titles, PBA Hall of Fame * Marshall Holman, US, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame * Mark Roth, US, 34 PBA titles (5th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame


Boxing

* Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame *Salamo Arouch (The Ballet Dancer), Greece & Israel, the Middleweight Champion of Greece 1938, and the All-Balkans Middleweight Champion 1939 * Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, 1906–12, Hall of Fame * Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight * Max Baer (boxer), Max Baer, US, world heavyweight champion 1934–35, wore a Star of David on his trunks * Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, 1927–29, Hall of Fame * Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight 1989 * Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion lightweight 1930, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame * Maxie Berger, Canada, flyweight, junior welterweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks * Samuel Berger (boxer), Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight 1904 * Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight 1923 * Nathan Bor, Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight 1932 * Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight 1926-30 * Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame * Robert Cohen (boxer), Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight 1954-56 * Al Davis (boxer), Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks * Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, New Jersey and inspiration for Moe Szyslak on ''The Simpsons'' *Carolina Duer ("The Turk"), Argentine, WBO world champion super flyweight 2010, and bantamweight 2013 * Jackie Fields, John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight 1929 & Olympic champion featherweight 1924, Hall of Fame *Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight 2009 *Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight 2009 * Alexander Frenkel, undefeated cruiserweight who retired early. * György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight 1972 * Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight 1924 * Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks *Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight * Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweightJewish Boxers: Pedro Montañez, Barney Ross, Abe Attell
Amazon. Retrieved June 21, 2010. * Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight 1957 * Harry Harris (boxer), Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight 1901-02 * Abraham Jacob Hollandersky, Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky, US, Panamanian heavyweight champion, American welterweight reputed to have fought 1,000 fights * Gary Jacobs (boxer), Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight * Harry Isaacs (boxer), Harry Isaacs, South Africa, Olympic bronze medalist 1928 * Pavlo Ishchenko ("Wild Man"), Ukraine/Israel, bantamweight & lightweight, 2× European Amateur Boxing Championships medalist, and European Games medalist * Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight 1933 * David "Star David" Kaminsky, Israel, junior lightweight * Julie Kogon, US, 1947 New England Lightweight Champion; Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame * Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight 1938-39 * Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight 1917–1925, Hall of Fame * Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight 1916–1920, Hall of Fame * King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavyweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky * Harry Lewis (boxer), Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight 1908-11 * Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight (1915–1916, 1917–1919), Hall of Fame * Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame * Al McCoy (boxer), Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight 1914-17 * Daniel Mendoza, England, England Champion welterweight and heavyweight 1784–1795, Hall of Fame * Michael Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight 1928 and European Champion 1930 * Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight 1920 * Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight 1934-35 * Victor Perez (Tunisian boxer), Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisia, world champion flyweight 1931-32 * Harold Reitman ("The Boxing Doctor"), professional heavyweight, fought while working as surgeon, Golden Gloves champion * Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight 1925-27 * Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight IBA 1999 * Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame * Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame * Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks *Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight * Cletus Seldin ("Hebrew Hammer"), US, light welterweight, welterweight, WBC International Silver junior welterweight champion * Szapsel Rotholc, Poland, flyweight * Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight * Abe Simon ("Big Abe Simon"), US, Last Jewish fighter to fight for the heavyweight title * Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight * Bruce Strauss, Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss, middleweight, only fighter to be knocked out on six continents * "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight; wore a Star of David on his trunks; Hall of Fame * Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks * Matt Wells (boxer), Matt Wells, England, lightweight champion of Great Britain and world champion welterweight * Jack "Kid" Wolfe, Russian-born US, superbantumweight * Victor Zilberman, Romania, welterweight, Olympic bronze medalist


Canoeing

* László Fábián (canoeist), László Fábián, Hungary, canoe racing, sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4× world champion (3× K-2 10,000 meter and 1× K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter) * Imre Farkas (canoeist), Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoeist, 2× Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter) *Jessica Fox (canoeist), Jessica Fox, French-born Australian, Whitewater slalom, slalom canoeist, Olympic gold (C-1 slalom), Olympic silver and bronze (K-1 slalom), world championships gold (C-1 and K-1) * Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2× K-1, 3× K-1 team) * Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m) * Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000 meter) * Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (C-2 slalom) *Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-1 500metre) for Israel; 2× world champion *Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic 2× silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2× bronze (K-2 500) * Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000me), gold (C-2 10,000m) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships * Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoeist, 2× Olympic champion (C-1 10,000m, C-1 1,000m) and bronze (C-1 1,000m), 14 national titles *Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoeist, World Marathon champion 2006


Cricket

* Ben Ashkenazi, Australia (Victorian Bushrangers) * Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (uncle of Adam Bacher) * Mike Barnard (sportsman, born 1933), Mike Barnard, England, cricketer * Ivan Barrow, West Indies, cricketer, only Jew to hit a test century. *Mark Bott, England, cricketer * Mark Fuzes, Australian all rounder; played for Hong Kong; kept goal for Australian Soccer team * Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper *Darren Gerard, England, cricketer * Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler * Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer * Sid Kiel, South Africa, opening batsman (Western Province cricket team, Western Province) *Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Western Warriors) * Leonard Livingston, Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer * Bev Lyon, England, cricketer * Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev) * Greg Molins, Greg, Jason Molins, Jason, and Lara Molins, two brothers and a cousin from the same Irish family *Jonathan Moss (cricketer), Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers) *
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, South Africa * John Raphael (sportsman), John Raphael, England, batsman * Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector * Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen * Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler *Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament * Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman * Fred Trueman, England, English test fast bowler (a lifelong Christian) * Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer * Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer


Cycling

* Romāns Vainšteins, Latvia, Olympian


Equestrian

*Georgina Bloomberg, US, Pan-American bronze *Robert Dover (equestrian), Robert Dover, US, 4× Olympic bronze, 1× world championship bronze (dressage) *Margie Goldstein-Engle, US, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping) *Hermann Mandl, Austria *Edith Master, US, Olympic bronze (dressage)


Fencing

* Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil (fencing), foil), Olympic champion * Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2× Olympic champion * Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (saber), Olympic bronze, 17× US champion * Albert Axelrod, Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil), Olympic bronze, 4× US champion * Péter Bakonyi (fencer born 1938), Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3× bronze * Tamir Bloom, US (épée), 2× Pan-American silver * Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver * Nick Bravin * Daniel Bukantz, US (foil), 4× US champion * Eli Dershwitz, US (saber), Junior World Champion, 4× Pan-American champion, US champion, NCAA champion * Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion * Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion *Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 3× NCAA champion, 5× Israeli champion *Sándor Erdős, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion * Siegfried Flesch, Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (saber), Olympic bronze * Dr. Dezső Földes, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion * Yuval Freilich, Israel (épée), 2019 European Épée Champion * Dr. Jenő Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4× Olympic champion * Tamás Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion * János Garay (fencer), János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis * Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis * Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion *Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion * Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion *Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked No. 9 in world *Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann, Israel (foil), 20× Israeli champion * Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver * Nick Itkin, US (foil), Olympic bronze *Emily Jacobson, US (saber), Junior World Champion, NCAA champion *Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked No. 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2× bronze, 2× world team champion * Allan Jay, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2× silver, world champion * Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3× Olympic champion, bronze * Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic countries, Nordic champion & Soviet champion, killed by the Nazis * Byron Krieger, US (foil, saber, épée), 2× Olympian, Pan American Games team gold/silver * Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2× silver * Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3× Pan American Games champion * Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2× Olympic champion, 2× silver, bronze * Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion * Maria Mazina, Russia (épée), Olympic champion, bronze * Mark Midler, Soviet Union, Soviet (foil), 2× Olympic champion * Noam Mills, Israel (épée), female Junior World Champion * Armand Mouyal, France (épée), Olympic bronze, world champion * Claude Netter, France (foil), Olympic champion, silver * Jacques Ochs, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion *Ayelet Ohayon, Israel (foil), European champion * Ellen Osiier, Denmark (foil), Olympic champion * Dr. Ivan Osiier, Denmark (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic silver (épée), 25× Danish champion * Attila Petschauer, Hungary (saber), 2× team Olympic champion, silver, killed by the Nazis * Ellen Preis, Austria (foil), Olympic champion, 3× world champion, 17× Austrian champion * Mark Rakita, Soviet (saber), 2× Olympic champion, 2× silver * Yakov Rylsky, Soviet (saber), Olympic champion * Gaston Salmon, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion * Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Hungary (saber & foil), Olympic champion, silver, bronze * Edgar Seligman, British (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic 2× silver (épée), 2× British champion in each weapon * Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2× Olympic champion, silver, bronze * Andre Spitzer, Israel, killed by terrorists * Jean Stern (fencer), Jean Stern, France (épée), Olympic champion *Soren Thompson, US (épée), World Team Champion, US Junior Champion, US champion, NCAA champion * David Tyshler, Soviet (saber), Olympic bronze * Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungary (foil), 2× Olympic champion * Eduard Vinokurov, Russia (saber), 2× Olympic champion, silver * Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet (épée), Olympic silver, 10× national champion * Maia Weintraub, US (foil), US national champion (2019), 3× gold 2019 European Maccabi Games * Lajos Werkner, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion * George Worth, US (saber), Olympic bronze, US champion, 3× Pan American champion


Field hockey

* Carina Benninga, Netherlands, Olympic champion, bronze * Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, Olympic bronze


Figure skating

*Max Aaron, US, figure skater, 2013 US men's champion * Sarah Abitbol, France, figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze *Benjamin Agosto, US, ice dancer, Olympic silver, World Championship silver, bronze *Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver, world champion, European champion *Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater, Olympic gold *Jason Brown (figure skater), Jason Brown, US, figure skater, 2× Junior World Medalist, 2014 US silver, 2014 Olympic bronze (Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team trophy, team) * Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian * Judy Blumberg, US, ice dancer, 3× World Championship bronze * Aimee Buchanan, US & Israel, figure skater * Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater *Zhan Bush, Russia, figure skater * Cindy Bortz, US, figure skater, World Junior Champion * Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater, 2× Olympic silver, 2× World Championship silver * Oleksii Bychenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, 2016 European silver medallist, Olympian * Alain Calmat, France, figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2× bronze * Galit Chait, Israel, ice dancer, World Championship bronze, Olympian *Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, 2006 US Champion, 3× World medalist, 2006 Olympic silver> *Amber Corwin, US, figure skater *Natalia Dubova, USSR, ice dancer *Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, US, ice dancer, competes w/partner David Mitchell (figure skater), David Mitchell; US Championships bronze * Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet, pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2× silver, bronze *Melissa Gregory, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Denis Petukhov, US Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze * Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian *Emily Hughes, US, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver *Sarah Hughes, US, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze * Ronald Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2× silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze * Vivian Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2× silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze * Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, World Championship 2× gold, silver, 2× bronze * Felix Kaspar, Austria, figure skater, Olympic bronze *Tamar Katz, US-born Israeli, figure skater * Hailey Kops, US-born Israel, pair skater, Olympian * Evgeni Krasnopolski, Ukraine-born Israel, Olympian * Lily Kronberger, Hungary, figure skater, World Championship 4× gold, 2× bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame *Dylan Moscovitch, Canada, pairs skater, 2011 Canadian national champion, 2014 Olympic silver (Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team trophy, team) * Emilia Rotter, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship 4× gold, silver, 2× Olympic bronze * Louis Rubenstein, Canada, figure skater, (pre-Olympic) world champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame *Lionel Rumi, Israel, ice dancer *Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israel, ice dancer with Galit Chait, World Championship bronze, Olympian *Daniel Samohin, Israel, figure skater, 2016 World Junior Champion; former junior world record holder (free skate), Olympian * Michael Seibert (figure skater), Michael Seibert, US, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships 5× gold, World Figure Skating Championships 3× bronze * Robert Shmalo, US, ice dancer * Julia Shapiro, Russia-born Israel, pair skater, World Junior bronze * Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli, figure skater *Simon Shnapir, Russian-born US, pairs skater, 2× US national champion (2013 & 2014), 2014 Olympic bronze (Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team trophy, team) * Igor Shpilband, Soviet, ice dancer, World Junior Championship gold, silver; coach to several world champion teams * Jamie Silverstein, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze *Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver & bronze, World Championship 2× gold, 3× silver & 1× bronze, 4× Russian champion, 7× European champion *Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze * László Szollás, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship gold & silver, 2× Olympic bronze *Isabella Tobias, US-born Israeli ice dancer, represented Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics. Currently representing
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. *Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian *Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian


Golf

*Amy Alcott, US, LPGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame * Herman Barron, US, PGA Tour *Laetitia Beck, Israel, Israeli champion & 3× Maccabiah Games gold, LPGA Tour *Daniel Berger (golfer), Daniel Berger, US, PGA Tour * Erica Blasberg, US, LPGA Tour *Bruce Fleisher, US, PGA Tour *Paul Friedlander (golfer), Paul Friedlander, Eswatini, Sunshine Tour *Max Homa, US, 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, NCAA Division I Men's Golf Champion, PGA Tour *Asher Iyasu, Ethiopia-born Israel *Jonathan Kaye, US, PGA Tour *Skip Kendall, US, Champions Tour *Alexander Lévy, France, European Tour *David Lipsky (golfer), David Lipsky, US, Asian Tour *Sam Little (golfer), Sam Little, England, European Tour *David Merkow, US, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year *Rob Oppenheim, US, PGA Tour *Corey Pavin, US, PGA Tour and Champions Tour (converted to Christianity) *Morgan Pressel, US, LPGA Tour *Monte Scheinblum, US, 1992 US & World Long Drive Champion *Zohar Sharon, Israel *Tony Sills, US, PGA Tour *Ben Silverman (golfer), Ben Silverman, Canada, PGA Tour


Gymnastics

* Ruth Abeles, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz * Lilia Akhaimova, Russia, Olympic gold artistic (team all-around) gymnast at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Linoy Ashram, Israel, Olympic gold (rhythmic gymnast) and 6× World Championships silver * Yana Batyrshina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnast) * Alyssa Beckerman, US, national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars) * Valery Belenky, USSR/Azerbaijan/Germany, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises) * Ralli Ben-Yehuda, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Moran Buzovski, Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) * Elka de Levie, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises) *Artem Dolgopyat, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Olympic gold (artistic gymnast – Floor (gymnastics), floor) for Israel * Olena Dvornichenko, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnastics * Philip Erenberg, US, Olympic silver (Indian clubs) * Alfred Flatow, Germany, 3× Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar) * Gustav Flatow, Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, 2× Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar) * Samu Fóti, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) * Limor Friedman, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Mitch Gaylord, US, Olympic champion (team), silver (Vault (gymnastics), vaulting), 2× bronze (Rings (gymnastics), rings, parallel bars) * Imre Gellért, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) * Brian Ginsberg, US, 2x Pan-American champion * Nancy Goldsmith, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, Olympic 2× champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5× silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercise, team exercises with portable apparatus) * Abie Grossfeld, US, 8× Pan American champion, 7× Maccabiah champion, coach * George Gulack, US, Olympic champion (flying rings) * Miriam Kara, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, 5× Olympic champion (2× floor exercise, asymmetrical bars, floor exercise, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3× silver (2× team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2× bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame * Alice Kertész, Hungary, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team) * Natalia Laschenova, USSR, Olympic champion (team) * Ya'akov Levi, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Tatiana Lysenko, USSR/Ukraine, 2× Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault) * Valeria Maksyuta, Ukraine/Israel, multiple World Cup medalist, Israeli Olympian, Maccabiah Games champion * Phoebe Mills, US, Olympic bronze (balance beam) * Abraham Mok, NetherlandsKay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith
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Piscataway, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000; pg. 61. * Yohanan Moyal, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) * Helena Nordheim, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibor extermination camp, Sobibór * Mikhail Perelman, USSR, Olympic champion (team combined exercises) * Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast * Anna Dresden-Polak, Anna Polak, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór * Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault) * Aly Raisman, US, Olympic champion (artistic gymnast; floor 2012, team combined exercises: 2012, 2016), silver (all-around, floor: 2016), bronze (balance beam); world gold (team: 2011, 2015), silver (team: 2010), and bronze (floor exercise: 2011) * Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics) * Lihie Raz, US/Israel, European Championship bronze (floor exercise, floor), Olympian artistic gymnast for Israel *Neta Rivkin, Israel, world bronze (rhythmic gymnastics; hoop) * Irina Risenzon, Hungary-born Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) * Monica Rokhman, US, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) * Maria Savenkov, Israel/Russia, rhythmic gymnast * Samantha Shapiro, US, 2x Pan-American champion (artistic gymnast) *Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze, European champion (artistic gymnast; floor exercise) * Yelena Shushunova, USSR, Olympic 2× champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars) * Judijke Simons, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór * Samantha Smith (gymnast), Samantha Smith, Canada, Olympian (trampoline) * Kerri Strug, US, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises) * Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, Russia/Israel, youth Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) for Israel * Rahel Vigdozchik, Israel, rhythmic gymnast * Veronika Vitenberg, Israel/Belarus, rhythmic gymnast * Julie Zetlin, US, 2010 US champion, rhythmic gymnastics * Valerie Zimring, US, 1984 US National Champion, 5× Maccabiah Champion (rhythmic gymnastics)


Ice hockey

* Rudi Ball, Germany, right wing, Olympic bronze, world runner-up, bronze, IIHF Hall of Fame * Andrew Berenzweig, US, defenseman (NHL) * Max Birbraer, Russia/Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (NHL) * Austin Block, US, center (free agent) *Jonathon Blum, US, defenseman (Färjestad BK) * Ross Brooks, Canada, goaltender (NHL) * Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985), Mike Brown, US, right wing (NHL) * Hy Buller, Canada-born US, All-Star defenseman (NHL) * André Burakovsky, Austria-born Sweden, left wing (Seattle Kraken) * Robert Burakovsky, Sweden, right wing (NHL) * Andrew Calof, Canada, center (Schwenninger Wild Wings) *Michael Cammalleri, Canada, left wing (NHL)"Prominent Jewish Athletes"
John W. McDonough, ''Sports Illustrated''. Retrieved December 19, 2010. *Carter Camper, US, center (Leksands IF) * Jakob Chychrun, US/Canada, defenseman (Arizona Coyotes) *Colby Cohen, US, defenseman (NHL) * Olivier Dame-Malka, Canada-born France, defenseman (Rødovre Mighty Bulls) * Sara DeCosta, US, goaltender, Olympic gold and silver, 2000 & 2002 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award * Jason Demers, Canada, defenseman (Ak Bars Kazan) * Justin Duberman, US, right wing (NHL) * Steve Dubinsky, Canada, center (NHL) * *Alon Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, center *Oren Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, center *David Elsner, Germany, right wing (ERC Ingolstadt) * Sam Faber, US, forward * Adam Fox (ice hockey), Adam Fox, US, defenseman (New York Rangers) * Kaleigh Fratkin, Canada, defenseman (Boston Pride) * Mark Friedman, Canada, defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins) * Chelsey Goldberg, US, forward (Boston Blades) * Jørn Goldstein, Norway, goaltender, Olympian and national team, awarded the Gold Puck as best player of the season *Dov Grumet-Morris, US, goaltender (AHL) *Jeff Halpern, US, center (NHL) * Gizzy Hart, Canada, left wing (NHL) * Mike Hartman, US, left wing (NHL) * Karel Hartmann, Czechoslovakia (Sparta Prague), left wing, Olympic bronze medal, vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. *Adam Henrich, Canada, left wing/center *Michael Henrich, Canada, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers) *Eric Himelfarb, Canada, center (HC Thurgau) *Kim Hirschovits, Finland, center *Josh Ho-Sang, Canada, right wing (Toronto Marlies)Dave Feschuk (October 21, 2011). * Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, US, defenseman, World Championship silver medal * Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 2001), Jack Hughes, US, center, (New Jersey Devils), 2019 NHL Entry Draft #1 overall pick * Quinn Hughes, US, defenseman (Vancouver Canucks) * Luke Hughes (ice hockey), Luke Hughes, US, defenseman, (Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey, University of Michigan, New Jersey Devils) *Zach Hyman, Canada, left wing/center (Edmonton Oilers) * Peter Ing, Canada, goaltender (NHL) * Joe Ironstone, Canada, goaltender (NHL) * Max Kaminsky (ice hockey), Max Kaminsky, Canada, center (NHL) *Evan Kaufmann, US, forward * Mikhail Kravets, Russia, right wing (NHL) * Luke Kunin, US, center (San Jose Sharks) * Alfred Kuchevsky, Soviet, defenseman, Olympic champion, bronze * Max Labovitch, Canada, right wing (NHL) *Brendan Leipsic, Canada, left wing (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) * Devon Levi, Canada, goaltender (Buffalo Sabres) *David Levin (ice hockey), David Levin, Israeli-born Canadian, left wing, 1st overall 2015 Ontario Hockey League, OHL draft selection (Bratislava Capitals) * Alex Levinsky, Canada, defenseman (NHL) * Grant Lewis, US, defenseman (NHL) * David Littman (ice hockey), David Littman, US, goaltender (NHL) * Yuri Lyapkin, Soviet, defenseman * Tyler Maxwell, US, center (Alaska Aces (ECHL), Alaska Aces) *David Meckler, US, left wing *Jacob Micflikier, Canada, forward (free agent) *David Nemirovsky, Canada, right wing (NHL) *Eric Nystrom, US, left wing, son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom (NHL) * Cory Pecker, Canada, right wing (Swiss Challenge League, Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999 * Bob Plager, Canada, defenseman (NHL; converted to Judaism) * Chase Priskie, US, defenseman (Buffalo Sabres) *Dylan Reese, US, defenseman (various NHL teams, HV71)) * Steve Richmond, US, defenseman (NHL) * Maurice Roberts (ice hockey), Maurice Roberts, US, goaltender (NHL) * Samuel Rothschild, Canada, left wing (NHL) *François Rozenthal, France, right wing *Maurice Rozenthal, France, right wing * Mathieu Schneider, US, defenseman (NHL) *Eliezer Sherbatov, Israeli-Canadian, left wing (HC Mariupol) *Trevor Smith (ice hockey), Trevor Smith, Canada, center (NHL) *Brett Sterling, US, left wing (NHL) * Ronnie Stern, Canada, right wing (NHL) * Nate Thompson, US, center (Philadelphia Flyers) *Josh Tordjman, Canada, goaltender (NHL) *Márton Vas, Hungary, right wing * Mike Veisor, Canada, goaltender (NHL) *Jake Walman, Canada-US, defenseman (Detroit Red Wings) *David Warsofsky, US, defenseman (ERC Ingolstadt) *Ozzy Wiesblatt, Canada, right wing (Prince Albert Raiders, San Jose Sharks) *Ethan Werek, Canada, forward (HC Kunlun Red Star) * Brian Wilks, Canada, center (NHL) * Bob Winograd, Canada, defenseman, first Jewish player selected in the NHL draft * Bernie Wolfe (ice hockey), Bernie Wolfe, Canada, goaltender (NHL) *Chick Zamick, Victor "Chick" Zamick, Canada, center (British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame) * Larry Zeidel, Canada, defenseman (NHL) * Alexei Zhitnik, Ukraine-born Russia, defenseman (NHL) *Jason Zucker, US, left wing (Pittsburgh Penguins)


Judo

*Yael Arad, Israel, 1992 Olympic silver (light-middleweight) * Mark Berger (judoka), Mark Berger, Canada, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight) * Robert Berland, US, Olympic silver (middleweight) * Ārons Bogoļubovs, USSR, Olympic bronze (lightweight) * James Bregman, US, Olympic bronze (middleweight) * Aaron Cohen (judoka), Aaron Cohen, US *Yarden Gerbi, Israel, 2016 Olympic bronze (under 63 kg) *Felipe Kitadai, Brazil, Olympic bronze (60 kg) * Daniela Krukower, Israel/Argentina, world champion (under 63 kg) *Charlee Minkin, US, Pan American women's champion (half lightweight division; under 52 kg) *Sagi Muki, Israel, 2015 & 2018 European champion, 2019 World Champion (under 81 kg), 2022 World bronze medalist for mixed teams (men and women) * Moshe Ponte, Israel, Olympian (half-middleweight) *Shira Rishony, Israel, -48 kg *Or Sasson, Or "Ori" Sasson, Israel, 2016 and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist *Alice Schlesinger, Israel-Britain, World Judo Championships bronze; European junior champion (under 63 kg) *Oren Smadja, Israel, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist (lightweight) *Ehud Vaks, Israel (half-lightweight) * Gal Yekutiel, Israel, European bronze medalist 2× Olympian *Ariel Ze'evi, Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi, Israel, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist (100 kg) *Israel national judo team, Israel, 2020 Olympics bronze for mixed teams (men and women) *Gefen Primo, Israel, 2018 & 2021 European bronze medalist, 2021 World bronze medalist (under 52 kg) *Maya Goshen, Israel, 2022 World bronze medalist for mixed teams (men and women)


Lacrosse

*Max Seibald, US (Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014), Philadelphia Wings)


Mixed martial arts

*Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion; 57–63 kilos (125–140 pounds) weight class *Cyril Benzaquen, France, World Champion of Kickboxing, World Champion of Muaythai, light heavyweight *Patrick Bittan, France, first French to medal at an International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation event (IBJJF Pans 1999), multiple times Champion of France of BJJ. Belgium International Grappling Champion (2000), US Open 2nd Place (1998 blue), São Paulo State Championship 2nd Place (2003), Pan American IBJJF 3rd Place (1999 blue) *Nili Block, Israeli world champion kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter; 60 kg (132 pound) weight class *Johann Fauveau, France, World Champion of Kickboxing, super welterweight *Fabrice Fourment, France, Vis-European Champion of Kyokushinkaï Karate (2000), winner of the first Scandinavian Open (1998), winner of the North American Championship (2003), seven times France's Champion, heavyweight *Ilya Grad, Israel, lightweight Muay Thai boxing champion *Emily Kagan, US, UFC fighter in the women's strawweight division; competed in season 20 of ''The Ultimate Fighter'' *Noad Lahat, Noad "Neo" Lahat, Israel, featherweight MMA (UFC) *Natan Levy*, Israel, featherweight mixed martial artist in the UFC *Ido Pariente, Israel, lightweight Pankration World Champion *Yulia Sachkov, Israel, world champion kickboxer *Marina Shafir, Moldova-US *Rory Singer, US, middleweight fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3


Motorsport

* Brandon Bernstein, US, drag racing driver and son of Kenny Bernstein * Kenny Bernstein, US, drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner * Jo Bonnier, Sweden, Formula One and Sports Car driver * François Cevert (born "Albert Goldenberg", Christian mother), France, Formula One driver * Tom Coronel, Netherlands, World Touring Car Championship * Alon Day, Israel, Whelen Euro Series * Jon Denning, US, NASCAR driver and National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum inductee * René Dreyfus, France, Grand Prix racer *Thomas Erdos, Brazil, Sports Cars, LMP2 champion 2007, 2010, British GT Champion 2002, British Formula Renault champion 1990 * Mário Haberfeld, Brazil, Champ Car driver * Kyle Krisiloff, US, NASCAR and United States Auto Club, USAC driver * Steve Krisiloff, US, United States Auto Club, USAC and Champ Car, CART Championship Car driver * Eric Lichtenstein, Argentina, GP3 Series, GP3 driver * Stirling Moss, UK, Formula One driver * Paul Newman, US, motorsport team owner and driver; actor * Chanoch Nissany, Israel, Formula One test-driver, father of Roy Nissany *Roy Nissany, Israel-France, Formula V8 3.5, son of Chanoch Nissany * Peter Revson, US, Formula One driver * Mauri Rose, US, Indy driver, Indy 500 winner * Ricardo Rosset, Brazil, Formula One driver * Eddie Sachs, US, 8× starter of the Indianapolis 500, 1957–64, taking pole position in 1960 and 1961, with his best finish being second in 1961 * Ian Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver (brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter) * Jody Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver, Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions, World Drivers champion (brother of Ian Scheckter and father of Tomas Scheckter) * Tomas Scheckter, South Africa, Indy Racing League driver * Lance Stroll, Canada-Belgium, Formula One driver, 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, second youngest podium finisher in F1 history, and youngest rookie podium. Son of Lawrence Stroll * Sheila van Damm, British rallying, rally driver * Lionel Van Praag, Australian motorcycle Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion * Robert Shwartzman, Russian racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2020 and 2021 where he finished 4th and 2nd respectively. He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy


Rowing

*Jean Klein (rower), Jean Klein, France, Olympic silver *Károly Levitzky, Hungary, Olympic bronze *Allen Rosenberg (rowing), Allen Rosenberg, US, champion and Olympics coach * Donald Spero, US multi-collegiate (Cornell 8+) and national champion (1×), multi-European medalist (1×, 2×), World champion (1×), Henley Royal Regatta champion (1×), Gold Cup champion (1×), US Olympian (1×), and a founder of the National Rowing Foundation *Josh West, American-born British, men's eight, Olympic silver, 2× World Rowing Championships silver and one bronze


Rugby league

* Lewis Harris (rugby league), Lewis Harris, England, English rugby league''Encyclopedia Judaica'', Second Edition, volume 19, p146 * Wilf Rosenberg, South African rugby union, and later rugby league * Albert Rosenfeld, Australia, five-eighth, Australian rugby league * Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team *Geoff Selby, Australia, St George Dragons * Mark Shulman (rugby), Mark Shulman, Australian rugby league


Rugby union

* Nathan Amos, * Louis Babrow, South Africa, national team * Leo Camron, South Africa/Israel; helped introduce rugby to IsraelBath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'', Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 , p. 68 * A.S. Cohen, England (Cambridge University RFC) *
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, 2016 US Olympic Team at Rio de Janeiro * Okey Geffin, South Africa, forward, national team * Samuel Goodman (rugby union), Samuel Goodman, US, player and manager of gold-winning US Olympic team * Chaya Leib Herzovitz, Turkey-Poland, Stade Français * David Horwitz, Australian rugby union Fly-half and Centre. * Joe Kaminer, South Africa, national team * Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand, flanker, national team * Aaron Liffchak, England, prop * Shawn Lipman, South Africa/US, US national team * Alan Menter, England/South Africa, national team * Cecil Moss, South Africa, national team * Sydney Nomis, national team * John Raphael (sportsman), John Raphael, Belgium/England, national team * Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa; rugby union, and later rugby league * Myer Rosenblum, South Africa/Australia, flanker, * Rupert Rosenblum, Australia, Australia national team * Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby player * Fred Smollan, South Africa, national team * Dr. Bethel Solomons, Ireland, forward, national team * Joel Stransky, South Africa, fly-half, national team, kicked winning points in 1995 Rugby World Cup final * Zack Test, US, wing/fullback, United States national rugby sevens team, US national sevens team * Morris Zimerman, * Dallen Stanford, US, flyhalf/fullback, United States national rugby sevens team, US national sevens teamBH * Hacjivah Dayimani, South africa, Flanker, Stormers


Sailing

* Daniel Adler (sailor), Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class) * Eldad Amir, Israel, sailor"Amir, Eldad"
Jews in Sports *Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class) * Yehuda Atedji, Israel, sailor * Shimshon Brokman, Israel, sailor * Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman * Vered Buskila, Israel, sailor * Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class) *Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class) *Maayan Davidovich, Israel, windsurfer *Nufar Edelman, Israel, sailor * Larry Ellison, US, sailor * Anat Fabrikant, Israel, sailor *Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist (Israel's first gold medalist), 1996 Olympic bronze medalist (Mistral One Design Class, Mistral class) * Eitan Friedlander, Israel, sailor, world championship gold * Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class) * Amit Inbar, Israel, windsurfer * Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class) * Nike Kornecki, Italy-born Israel, 470-class *Lee Korzits, Israel, windsurfer, 4× world champion (RS:X) * Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class) * Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class) *Nimrod Mashiah, Israel, windsurfer, ranked No. 1 in world (RS:X; 2010) *Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2× world silver (laser (dinghy), laser and sunfish (sailboat), sunfish), bronze (laser) * Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class) * Ran Shantal, Israel, 470-class, Olympian * Nir Shental, Israel, 470-class, Olympian * Dan Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian * Ran Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian *Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (Neil Pryde RS:X, RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion *Yoav Cohen, Israel, windsurfer, fourth place at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Eli Zuckerman, Israel, yachtsman, Olympian


Shooting

*Morris Fisher, US, 5× Olympic champion (2× team 300 metre rifle three positions, free rifle; 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 m free rifle, 3 positions; Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 600 metre free rifle, 600 m free rifle; team Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre team military rifle, prone, 300 m military rifle, prone) * Guy Starik, Israel, world record in 50 m rifle prone *Lev Vainshtein, USSR (Russia), 3× team world champion (25 m Center-Fire Pistol, 25 m & 50 m Pistol, 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 metre rifle three positions, 300 m rifle)


Skeleton

* Adam Edelman, Adam (AJ) Edelman, US-Israel, 4× National Champion, 2018 Olympian


Skiing and snowboarding

*Arielle Gold, US, Olympic bronze snowboarder, world champion *Taylor Gold, US, snowboarder *Jared Goldberg, US, Olympic alpine skier, US Junior Championships combined champion, US Championships downhill champion *Drew Goldsack, Canada, cross country skier, 2× Olympian * Anna Segal, Australia, Olympic Freestyle skiing, freestyle slopestyle, slopestyle skier, 2× world champion *Virgile Vandeput, Israel, Belgian-born, slalom & giant slalom skier, Olympian


Speed skating

* Vladislav Bykanov, Ukraine-born Israel, short-track, Olympian and Silver European Championship *Andy Gabel, US, Olympic silver (5,000 meter short track relay) * Rafayel Grach, USSR, Olympic silver (500 m), bronze (500 m) * Irving Jaffee, US, 2× Olympic champion (5,000m, 10,000m), world records (mile, 25 miles) * Emery Lehman, US, Olympic bronze (Team Pursuit) *Dan Weinstein (athlete), Dan Weinstein, US, short-track, 3× world champion (2× team 1,000m, team short-track 5,000m)


Softball

* Tamara Statman, Israeli National Softball Team


Surfing

* Makua Rothman, US, Big Wave World Champion * Shaun Tomson, South Africa, world champion * Anat Lelior, Israel, 2020 Summer Olympics


Swimming

* Margarete Adler, Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle swimming, freestyle relay) * Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke * Jessica Antiles, US * Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800m freestyle * Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800m freestyle, 400m Medley swimming, medley) * Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water * Gérard Blitz (swimmer), Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame * Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100m freestyle), Israel (50m freestyle and 100m freestyle) * Tiffany Cohen, US, 2× Olympic champion (400 m and 800m freestyle); 2× Pan American champion (400m and 800m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame *Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2× world champion (50 m freestyle, 100m freestyle) * Yoav Gath, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke) *Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4 × 200m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4 × 200m freestyle), bronze (4 × 200m freestyle) * Eran Groumi, Eran Cohen Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100m Butterfly stroke, butterfly) * Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame * Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3× Olympic champion (100m freestyle, 800m freestyle relay, 1,500m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame * Michael Halika, Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley * Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli, held every Austrian women's middle and long-distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people." * Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp *Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukraine, Ukrainian-born US, 4× Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200m backstroke, twice 4 × 100m medley relay); 3× world champion (100m and 200m backstroke, 4 × 100m medley) and 2× silver (4 × 100m medley, 50m backstroke); 3 world records (50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke) * Herbert Klein (swimmer), Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records * Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100m medley relay) * Ruth Langer (swimmer), Ruth Langer Lawrence, Austria; along with Judith Haspel and Lucie Goldner refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics, their protest stating "We do not boycott Olympia, but Berlin". * Katie Ledecky, US, 7× Olympic gold, 15× world champion, the most in history for a female swimmer *Keren Leibovitch, Israeli Paralympic swimmer, 3× world champion, 3 world records (100m and 200m backstroke; 100m freestyle), and 8× Paralympic medal winner *Jason Lezak, US, 4× Olympic champion (twice 4 × 100m medley relay, 4 × 400m medley relay, 4 × 100 freestyle relay), silver (400 m freestyle relay), 2× bronze (100m freestyle, 4 × 100m freestyle relay); 8× world champion (4× 4 × 100m medley, 3× 4 × 100m freestyle, 100m freestyle), silver (4 × 100m medley), bronze (4 × 100m freestyle) * Klara Milch, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay) * József Munk, Hungary, Olympic silver (4 × 200m freestyle relay) * Alfred Nakache, Alfred "Artem" Nakache, France; world record (200m breaststroke), one-third of French 2× world record (3 × 100m relay team); imprisoned by Nazis in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed * Paul Neumann (swimmer), Paul Neumann, Austria, Olympic champion (500m freestyle) * Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian Olympic swimmer *Sarah Poewe, South African-born German, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m medley relay) * Marilyn Ramenofsky, US, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle); 3× world record for 400m freestyle * Jeremy Reingold, South African, 200m individual medley world record, South South African SA under-21 rugby team * Keena Rothhammer, US, Olympic champion (800 m freestyle) and bronze (200 m freestyle); world champion (200 m freestyle) and silver (400 m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame * Albert Schwartz, US, Olympic bronze (100 m freestyle) * Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Austria, Olympic champion (400 m freestyle) and 2× bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle) * Mark Spitz, US, Olympic champion (9 golds (400 m freestyle relay twice, 800m freestyle relay twice, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 400m medley relay), 1 silver (100 m butterfly), 1 bronze (100 m freestyle)), has the second-most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7); 5× Pam Am champion; 10× Maccabiah champion; world records (100m and 200m freestyle, 100- and 200m butterfly), International Swimming Hall of Fame * Josephine Sticker, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay) *Tal Stricker, Israel (100m and 200m breaststroke, 4 × 100m medley relay) * András Székely, Hungary, Olympic silver (200 m breaststroke) and bronze (4 × 200m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp * Éva Székely, Hungary, Olympic champion & silver (200 m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati * Ilja Szrajbman, Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Poland, Olympic 4 × 200m freestyle relay; killed by the Nazis in Majdanek concentration camp * Judit Temes, Hungary, Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle), bronze (100 m freestyle) *Dara Torres, US, Olympic 4× champion (400 m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m freestyle relay twice, 4 × 100m medley relay), 4× silver (50 m freestyle, 2× 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley relay), 4× bronze (50 m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4 × 100m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m medley relay); world championship silver (4 × 100m freestyle); Pan American champion (4 × 100m freestyle) * Eithan Urbach, Israel, backstroke, European championship silver & bronze (100 m backstroke) * Otto Wahle, Austria/US, 2× Olympic silver (1,000 m freestyle, 200m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame *Garrett Weber-Gale, US, 2× Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m medley relay); world champion (3× 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley), silver (4 × 200m freestyle) * Wendy Weinberg, US, Olympic bronze (800 m freestyle); Pan American champion (800 m freestyle) *Ben Wildman-Tobriner, US, Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle relay); world champion (2× 4 × 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle) *Wally Wolf, US, Olympic champion ( freestyle relay) * Imre Zachár, Hungary, Olympic silver (4 × 200m freestyle relay) * Amit Ivry, Israel, Olympic semi-finalist (200 metre individual medley) *Claire Weinstein, US, World champion (women's 4 × 200m freestyle relay)


Table tennis

* Ruth Aarons, US, 2× world champion * Ivan Andreadis, Czechoslovakia, 9x world champion * Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22× world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF") * Laszlo Bellak, Hungary/US, 7× world champion, ITTFHoF * Dora Beregi, Hungarian 2× world champion * Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, 7× world champion, ITTFHoF * Benny Casofsky, English Swaythling Cup player * Alojzy Ehrlich, Poland, 3× silver and 1× bronze in the World Championships; incarcerated by the Nazis in Auschwitz; represented France after 1945 * Shimcha Finkelstein, Poland, World bronze medallist and first champion of Israel * Magda Gál, Hungarian, 20 world championship medals * Sandor Glancz, Hungarian, 4× world champion * Gregory Grinberg, Moldova/USSR, 4× USSR champion (singles, doubles, mix) * Tibor Házi, Hungarian three times world champion * Jeff Ingber, English international * Eddie Kantar, American bridge author; only person ever to have played in a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship * Gertrude Kleinová, Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, Czechoslovakia, 3× world champion, incarcerated by the Nazis in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz * Erwin Kohn, Austrian world champion * Marina Kravchenko, Ukraine, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national teams * Pavel Löwy, Czech world bronze medallist and believed to have died in concentration camp * Hyman Lurie, English three times world bronze medallist * Dick Miles, US, 10× US champion * Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation * Leah Neuberger (Thall), "Miss Ping", US, 29× US champion * Marty Reisman, US, 3× national champion * Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17× world champion, ITTFHoF * Samuel Schieff, Poland world bronze medallist and later Israel international * Sol Schiff, US double world champion * Anna Sipos, Hungary, 11× world champion, ITTFHoF * Miklos Szabados, Hungary/Australia, 15× world champion * Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, national team * Thelma Thall, US, 2× world table tennis champion * David Zalcberg, Australia, national team


Taekwondo

* Avishag Semberg, Israel, Olympic bronze medalist 2020 (49 kg) * Mitchell Bobrow, USA, All American Open Grand Champion 1969, Madison Square Garden


Tennis

* Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, highest world ranking No. 9 * Jay Berger, US, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 7 * Gilad Bloom, Israel *Madison Brengle, US * Gail Brodsky, US * Elise Burgin, US, highest world singles ranking No. 22, highest world doubles ranking No. 8 * Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French Championships, French women's doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon women's doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking No. 9 * Audra Cohen, US, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles champion *Julia Cohen, US, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion * Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, France * Brian Dabul, Argentina, #1 junior in the world * Pierre Darmon, France, highest world ranking No. 8 * Uberto De Morpurgo, Italy, highest world ranking No. 8 * Irvin Dorfman, US *Eva Duldig, Austria-the Netherlands_Austral

* Vlada Ekshibarova, Uzbekistan/Israel *Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking No. 5 * Gastón Etlis, Argentina * Marcel Felder, Uruguay *Sharon Fichman, Canada * Herbert Flam, US, 2× USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5 * Allen Fox, US * Mike Franks (tennis), Mike Franks, US * Brad Gilbert, US, highest world ranking No. 4, Olympic bronze (singles) * Justin Gimelstob, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams) *Camila Giorgi, Italy * Shlomo Glickstein, Israel *Julia Glushko, Israel * Grant Golden, US * Paul Goldstein (tennis), Paul Goldstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 2× 18s singles champion * Brian Gottfried, US, USTA boys 12s & 2× 18s singles champion, won 1975 & 1977 French Open men's doubles (w/Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon men's doubles (w/Ramirez), highest world singles ranking No. 3, and doubles ranking No. 2. * Jim Grabb, US, won 1989 French Open men's doubles (w/Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open (tennis), US Open men's doubles (w/Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking No. 1 * Seymour Greenberg, US * Jim Gurfein, US * Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovakia, highest world ranking No. 6 * Julie Heldman, US, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5 * Saša Hiršzon, Croatia * Helen Jacobs, US, won 1932–35 US women's singles, 1932–35 US women's doubles (w/Sarah Palfrey Cooke), 1934 US mixed (w/George Lott), and 1936 Wimbledon women's singles, highest world singles ranking No. 1 * Martín Jaite, Argentina, highest world ranking No. 10 * Anita Kanter, US, US girls 18s singles champion *Aslan Karatsev, Russian-Israeli tennis player * Ilana Kloss, South Africa, won 1976 US Open women's doubles (w/Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking No. 1 * Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungary, won 1958 French singles * Aaron Krickstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 6 * Steve Krulevitz, US/Israel * Jesse Levine, Canada/US, 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles champion *Jon Levine (tennis), Jon Levine, US * Harel Levy, Israel * Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel *Scott Lipsky, US, USTA # 1 junior in singles (1995) and doubles (1995–97); won 2011 French Open mixed doubles (w/Casey Dellacqua) * Jamie Loeb, US, 2012 US 18s singles and doubles champion, 2015 NCAA singles champion. * Amos Mansdorf, Israel * Bruce Manson, US * Stacy Margolin, US * Nicolás Massú, Chile, highest world ranking No. 9, 2× Olympic champion (singles & doubles) * Sam Match, US * Tzipora Obziler, Israel * Tom Okker, Dutch, won 1973 French Open men's doubles (w/John Newcombe), 1976 US Open men's doubles (w/Marty Riessen), highest world ranking No. 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles * Noam Okun, Israel *Yshai Oliel, Israel, 2016 French Open boys' doubles champion * Shahar Pe'er, Israel, highest world ranking No. 11 * Keren Shlomo, Israel * Shahar Perkiss, Israel * Felix Pipes, Austria, Olympic silver (doubles) * Daniel Prenn, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking No. 6 * Henry Prusoff, US *Andy Ram, Israel, won 2006 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Vera Zvonareva), 2007 French Open mixed doubles (w/Nathalie Dechy), 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Jonathan Erlich), highest world doubles ranking No. 5 * Renée Richards, US * Sergio Roitman, Argentina *Noah Rubin (tennis), Noah Rubin, US, 2014 Wimbledon junior singles champion, 2014 US boys 18s champion in singles & doubles * Michael Russell (tennis), Michael Russell, US, ranked No. 1 in USTA boys 16s & 18s, all-time-record 23 USTA Pro Circuit singles titles * Jeff Salzenstein, US, 1986 US boys' 12 Hard Court Singles & Doubles Champion * Dick Savitt, US, won 1951 Wimbledon men's singles, highest world ranking No. 2 *Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, highest world ranking No. 8 * Abe Segal, South Africa * Vic Seixas, US, won 1952 US men's doubles (w/Mervyn Rose), 1953 Wimbledon men's singles, 1953 & 1955 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Doris Hart), 1953 French mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1953–55 US mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 US men's, 1954 US men's doubles (w/Tony Trabert), 1954–55 French men's doubles (w/Trabert), 1955 Australian men's doubles (w/Trabert), and 1956 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Shirley Fry), highest world ranking No. 3 *Dudi Sela, Israel, 2003 French Open junior doubles champion * Julius Seligson, US, 2× boys 18s singles champion * Denis Shapovalov, Israeli-born Canadian, highest world ranking No. 10 * Anna Smashnova, Israel, highest world ranking No. 15 * Harold Solomon, US, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5 * Andrew Sznajder, Canada * Brian Teacher, US, US boys 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open singles, highest world ranking No. 7 * Eliot Teltscher, US, won 1983 French Open mixed doubles (w/Barbara Jordan (tennis), Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking No. 6 * Van Winitsky, US, 1977 Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open champion * Robbie Weiss, US, 1988 NCAA Division 1 Champion, career-high ATP ranking in singles of world No. 85, All-American selection 1986 and 1988.


Track and field

* Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprint running, sprinter, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) & silver (4 × 100 m relay) * Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper * Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase) * Gerry Ashworth, US, Olympic champion (4 × 100m relay) * Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault) * Seteng Ayele, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon * Marhu Teferi, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon * Gretel Bergmann, German Jewish high jumper * Ödön Bodor, Hungary, Olympic bronze (medley relay) * Louis Clarke (athlete), Louis "Pinky" Clarke, US, world record (100 m); Olympic champion (4 × 100m) * Janet Kohan-Sedq, Janet Cohansedgh, Iran * Lillian Copeland, US, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver (discus) * Ibolya Csák, Hungary, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper * Daniel Frank (athlete), Daniel Frank, US, long jump, Olympic silver * Danielle Frenkel, Israel, high jumper, 2× national champion * Hugo Friend, US, long jump, Olympic bronze * Jim Fuchs, US, shot put & discus, 2× Olympic bronze (shot put); 4× shot put world record holder, 2× Pan American champions (shot put & discus) * Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football) * Adam Goucher, US, 3:54 miler, 2000 Olympian, 1998 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships winner, 3rd in 2006 Prefontaine Classic 2-mile * Milton Green, US, world records (45 yard & 60m high hurdles) * Ageze Guadie, Israel, Olympic marathon-runner * Gary Gubner, US, world shot put records, weightlifter * Lilli Henoch, Germany, world records (discus, shot put, and 4 × 100m relay); shot by the Nazis in Latvia * Abby Hoffman, Canada, four-time Olympian (800m) * Maria Leontyavna Itkina, USSR, sprinter, world records (400 m & , and 800m relay) * Clare Jacobs, US, pole vaulter, Olympic bronze, world indoor record * Harry Kane (hurdler), Harry Kane, British hurdler, held national records in the 1950s *Deena Kastor, Deena (Drossin) Kastor, US, long-distance & marathon runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon); Olympic bronze (marathon) * Elias Katz, Finland, Olympic champion (3,000 m team steeplechase) & silver (3,000 m steeplechase) * Abel Kiviat, US, world records (2,400-yard relay & 1,500m); Olympic champion (3,000 m team) & silver (1,500m) * Mór Kóczán, Hungary, javelin, Olympic bronze * Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR, shot put, Olympic silver * Shaul Ladany, Yugoslavian-born Israeli racewalker, world record holder in the 50-mile walk, former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk * Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US, champion (high jump & shot put), British high jump champion * Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4× Maccabiah champion * Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion * Alvah Meyer, US, runner, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y); Olympic silver (100 m) * Jemima Montag, Australia, 20 km race walk, Olympian * Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, , and 880-yard) * Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100m & 200m champion * Irina Press, USSR, 2× Olympic champion (80 m hurdles & pentathlon) * Tamara Press, USSR, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3× Olympic champion (2× shot put & discus) and silver (discus) * Myer Prinstein, US, world record (long jump); 3× Olympic champion (2× triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump) * Fanny Rosenfeld, Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Canada, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4 × 100m relay) & silver (100m) * Steven Solomon, Australia, sprinter, 2× Australian 400 metres champion * Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash) * Dwight Stones, US, world record (high jump); 2× Olympic bronze * Irena Szewińska, Poland, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100m, 200m, and 400m); 3× Olympic champion (4 × 100m, 200m, 400m), 2 silver (200 m & long jump), and 2 bronze 1968 (100m & 200m) *Allan Tolmich, US, world records in the indoor 45 low hurdles, indoor 50 low hurdles, indoor 60-yard hurdles, 70 high hurdles, and 200m hurdles.


Triathlon

*Joanna Zeiger, US, triathlete, Ironman 70.3 world champion; world record (half ironman)


Volleyball

* Nelly Abramova, USSR, Olympic silver * Doug Beal, US, player & coach, national team *Adriana Behar, Brazil, beach player; 2× Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2× world champion *Larisa Bergen, USSR, Olympic silver * Yefim Chulak, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze *Marcelo Elgarten, Brazil, Olympic silver * Dan Greenbaum, US, Olympic bronze * Eliezer Kalina, Israel, 3× Paralympic gold * Waldo Kantor, Argentina, Olympic bronze * Alix Klineman, US, Olympic gold (women's beach volleyball) at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Nataliya Kushnir, USSR, Olympic silver * Yevgeny Lapinsky, USSR, Olympic champion, bronze * Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR, 2× Olympic champion, 2× world champion * Vladimir Patkin, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze * Igal Pazi, Israel, 2× Paralympic gold * Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver * Sam Schachter, Canada * Arie Selinger, Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach * Avital Selinger, Dutch, Olympic silver * Eugene Selznick, US, 2× world champion, 2× Pan American champion, Hall of Fame * Sandy Silver, Canada, Inducted Hall of Fame, Volleyball Canada, 2013 * Yuriy Venherovsky, USSR, Olympic champion * Chagai Zamir, Israel, 4× Paralympic Games champion


Water polo

* Róbert Antal, Hungary, Olympic champion * Peter Asch, US, Olympic bronze * István Barta, Hungary, Goalkeeper, Olympic champion, 1× gold, 1× Silver * Rayner Barta, Australia, Goalkeeper, Maccabiah Games, Bronze * Robert Barta, Australia, Coach, Maccabiah Games, Bronze * Gérard Blitz (swimmer), Gerard Blitz, Belgium, 2× Olympic silver, 2× bronze (one in swimming–100m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame, son of Maurice Blitz * Maurice Blitz, Belgium, 2× Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz (entrepreneur), Gérard Blitz * György Bródy, Hungary, goalkeeper, 2× Olympic champion * Henri Cohen (water polo), Henri Cohen, Belgium, Olympic silver * Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovak national team, Olympic competitor * Peter Folden, Australia, Maccabiah Games, 2× Bronze * Tom Folden, Australia, Maccabiah Games, 2× Bronze * Boris Goikhman, USSR, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze * György Kárpáti, Hungary, 3× Olympic champion, 1× bronze * Béla Komjádi, Hungary, player and coach * Jillian Kraus, US, defender, World Junior, GoldPaul Shapiro (April 11, 2008)
"Former Hewlett lacrosse star recognized by Hall of Fame,"
''The Jewish Star''. *Mihály Mayer, Hungary, 2× Olympic champion, 2× bronze * Nikolai Melnikov, USSR, Olympic champion *Merrill Moses, US, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, Pan American champion * Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, 2× Olympic champion


Weightlifting

* David Mark Berger, US-born Israeli, Maccabiah champion (middleweight); killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre * Isaac Berger, Isaac "Ike" Berger, US, Olympic champion (featherweight), 2× silver; 2× Pan American champion; 23 world records * Robert Fein, US, Olympic champion (lightweight) * Gary Gubner, US, 4 junior world records (heavyweight); 3× Maccabiah champion (weightlifting, shot put, discus) * Hans Haas, Austria, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver * Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, 3× British champion (lightweight), 3× Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis * Reuven Helman, Maccabiah Olympian and Israeli Weightlifting Champion * Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world champion * Nora Köppel, Argentina, Olympian * Naomi Kutin, US, world record in 44 kg weight class * Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records * Darío Lecman, Argentina, Pan-American silver (middle-heavyweight) * Grigory Novak, Soviet, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion * Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic champion (lightweight) * Valery Shary, Byelorussian-born USSR, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight) * Frank Spellman, US, Olympic champion (middleweight); world record; Maccabiah champion


Wrestling

*Lindsey Durlacher, US, world bronze (Greco-Roman) * Grigoriy Gamarnik, Ukrainian-born Soviet, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship gold and silver * Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight) * Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1931), Boris Maksimovich Gurevich, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2× world champion * Boris Gurevich (wrestler, born 1937), Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich, USSR, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2× world champion * Nickolaus Hirschl, Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austria, 2× Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman) * Oleg Karavaev, USSR, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2× world champion * Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Hungary, Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver * Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Olympic silver (Greco-Roman lightweight) *
Len Levy Leonard Bernard "Butch / Len" Levy (February 19, 1921 – February 9, 1999) was an American professional athlete. The 1941 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion and 1942 AAU champion, he was selected by the Cleveland Rams of the National Football ...
, US, NCAA national champion * Fred Meyer (wrestler), Fred Meyer, US, Olympic bronze (freestyle heavyweight) * Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion * Max Ordman, South African, competed in the Olympic Games of 1960 (freestyle light-heavyweight), Gold 1950 Maccabiah * Yakov Punkin, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight) * Samuel Rabin (artist), Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight) * David Rudman (wrestler), David Rudman, USSR, USSR 6× wrestling champion and 6× Sambo (martial art), sambo champion, sambo world champion, 2× European judo champion * Richárd Weisz, Hungary, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman super heavyweight) * Henry Wittenberg, US, Olympic champion (freestyle light-heavyweight), silver


Professional wrestling

*David Arquette, former WCW World Heavyweight Championship *Lior Ben-David *Matt Bloom (a.k.a. Jason Albert, "Albert", "A-Train", and "Tensai"), US, WWE Intercontinental Champion and IWGP World Tag Team Championship, IWGP World Tag Team Champion * Beau Beverly (Wayne Bloom), member of WWE tag team the Beverly Brothers *Matt Sydal (Matt Korklan; a.k.a. Evan Bourne), US, WWE Raw Tag Team Championship, WWE Tag Team Champion * Eddie Creatchman * Floyd Creatchman *Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), US, a.k.a. "Scotty Goldman", 2× NWA World Heavyweight Champion *Ric Drasin *Noam Dar, Israeli-born Scottish professional wrestler *Maxwell Jacob Friedman *Joel Gertner *
Bill Goldberg William Scott Goldberg (born December 27, 1966), often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is best known for his tenures in WCW and WWE. One of the most ...
, US, 1× WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 1× World Heavyweight Championship (WWE), World Heavyweight Champion and 2× WWE Universal Champion, second longest winning streak in professional wrestlingHandler, Judd "The Hebrew Hulk", ''San Diego Jewish Journal'' *Karl Gotch *Simon Gotch * Drew Gulak, US, former WWE Cruiserweight Champion, WWE/NXT Cruiserweight Champion *Rafael Halperin, Austrian-born Israeli *Paul Heyman * Barry Horowitz, US *Abe Jacobs *Andy Kaufman *Billy Kidman * Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), US, WWE Divas Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion *Yakov Kozalchik * Butch Levy (Len Levy), US, 2× NWA World Tag Team Champion *Donn Lewin *Mark Lewin *Ted Lewin * Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon), US, multiple professional wrestling championships throughout the 1960s and 1970s * Chad Collyer, Chad Malenko (Chad Collyer), US, 4× World Association of Wrestling, RQW Heavyweight Champion * Dean Malenko (Dean Simon), US, 2× WWF Light Heavyweight Champion *Joe Malenko *Ida Mae Martinez * Lanny Poffo, Leapin' Lanny Poffo ("The Genius"), Canada-US, Savage's brother *Raven (wrestler), Raven (Scott Levy), US, 2× ECW World Heavyweight Champion, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and 27× WWE Hardcore Championship, WWF/E Hardcore Champion *Ernie Roth *Bert Ruby * Randy Savage (Randall Poffo), US, 2× WWF World Heavyweight Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion *Scott L. Schwartz *Marina Shafir *Tomer Shalom *Izzy Slapawitz *David Starr (wrestler), David Starr *Ray Stern *Matt Stryker *Lisa Marie Varon (aka "Victoria" and "Tara"), US, 2× WWE Women's Championship (1956-2010), WWE Women's Champion, 5× Impact Knockouts Championship, TNA Knockouts Champion)


Jewish sports halls of fame

* International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Netanya, Israel)
Jewish Canadian Athletes Hall of Fame
* National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (US)
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California
* Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(California)
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(NY)
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
(Pennsylvania)


See also

*
List of Jews in sports (non-players) The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular soci ...
, a list of Jewish sports commissioners, managers, coaches, officials, owners, promoters, and sportscasters * List of Jewish American sportspeople * List of Jewish chess players * List of Jewish footballers * ''Jewish Sports Review'' * Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story


References


Notes


Bibliography


General works

*
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', Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Bloch Pub. Co., 1965 *
The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View
', Leible Hershfield, s.n., 1980 *
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', Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1985, *
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', Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Edition 4, Hippocrene Books, 1985, *
The Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame
', B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Shapolsky Publishers, 1989, *
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
', Joseph M. Siegman, SP Books, 1992, *
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience
', Peter Levine, Oxford University Press US, 1993, *
The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes
', Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 1993, *
Sports and the American Jew
', Steven A. Riess, Syracuse University Press, 1998, *
Jewish Sports Legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame
', 3rd Ed, Joseph Siegman, Brassey's, 2000, *
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement
', B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman, Scarecrow Press, 2003, *
Great Jews in Sports
', Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 2004, *
Judaism's Encounter with American Sports
', Jeffrey S. Gurock, Indiana University Press, 2005, *
Emancipation through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe
', Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni, translated by Brenner, Reuveni, U of Nebraska Press, 2006, *
Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present
', David J. Goldman, Edition 2, Kar-Ben Publishing, 2006, *
The Big Book of Jewish Athletes: Two Centuries of Jews in Sports – a Visual History
', Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, S P I Books, 2007, *
The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars
', Peter S. Horvitz, SP Books, 2007, *
Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
', Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2007, *
Day by Day in Jewish Sports History
', Bob Wechsler, KTAV Publishing House, 2008, *
Jews and the Sporting Life
', Vol. 23 of Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Ezra Mendelsohn, Oxford University Press US, 2009,


Baseball

*
Jewish Baseball Stars
', Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1984, *
The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars
', Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, *
The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History
', Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, SP Books, 2001,
''Jews and Baseball: Entering the American Mainstream, 1871–1948''
Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2006, *
The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History
', Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, Perseus Distribution Services, 2007, *
The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players
', Howard Megdal, Collins, 2009, *
Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008
', Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2010, *
American Jews and America's Game
', Larry Ruttman, University of Nebraska Press, 2013,


Boxing

*
The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame
', Ken Blady, SP Books, 1988,
When boxing was a Jewish sport
''When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport'', Allen Bodner, Praeger, 1997,


Chess

*
The Great Jewish Chess Champions
', Harold U. Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1987,


Olympics

*
Foiled, Hitler's Jewish Olympian: the Helene Mayer Story
', Milly Mogulof, RDR Books, 2002, *
Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists
', Paul Taylor, Sussex Academic Press, 2004, *
Jews and the Olympic Games; Sport: Springboard for Minorities
', Paul Yogi Mayer, Vallentine Mitchell, 2004, {{refend


External links


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