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* Doc Alexander, US, G, 2× All-Pro
* Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2× All-Pro
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Jews In Sports. Retrieved June 21, 2010. *
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* Cal Abrams, US, outfielderJewish Baseball Players
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"Mensch at the plate: Borenstein part of exciting Team Israel run in WBC,"
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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, ...
is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature (See also: List of Jews in sports (non-players)). 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
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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 th ...
, 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.
Athletes
American football
* Doc Alexander, US, G, 2× All-Pro
* Lyle Alzado, 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 t ...
, US, LS, All-Pro
* Adam Bisnowaty, 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 Bluethent ...
, US, C
* Justin Boren, US, OG
* Zach Boren, US, FB (free agent)
* Daniel Braverman 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, 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 c ...
* Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy
* Jake Curhan, 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 a ...
)
*Jordan Dangerfield
Jordan Isaac Aldon Dangerfield (born December 25, 1990) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Towson and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buffalo Bills in 2013. Dangerfield has al ...
, US, SS (free agent)
* JT Daniels, 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
Algiers Jameal William Dillon Jr. (born May 2, 1998) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boston College.
Early life and high school career
Dillon g ...
, 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) North division. It is the t ...
)
* 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 Conferenc ...
)
*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 a ...
, US, DB (free agent)
* Brad Edelman, US, OG, 1× Pro Bowl
* Julian Edelman, 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 (NFL) ...
, 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 Athle ...
, US, B
* Drew Ferris
Drew Ferris (born March 7, 1992) is an American football long snapper who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Florida.
Early years
Ferris was born in Carlsbad, California, and is Jewish.Raphael Gellar (May ...
, US, LS (free agent)
* Jay Fiedler, US, QB
* Anthony Firkser
Anthony Paul Firkser (born February 19, 1995) is an American football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Harvard and signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in ...
, 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) NFC South, South division. The Falcon ...
)
* 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, 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 Wrestling ...
, US, DT
* Adam Goldberg, 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 po ...
, 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, ...
)
* Marshall Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro
* Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro
* Lou Gordon, US, OL
* Ben Gottschalk, 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, ...
, 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, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player
* Greg Joseph, 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 expansi ...
)
* Len Levy, US, G
* Erik Lorig, US, FB
* Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8× All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame
* Joe Magidsohn, 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 ...
, US, G
* Taylor Mays, US, S
* Sam McCullum, 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 2 ...
, US, P
* Wayne Millner, US, E, DE, Hall of Fame
* Ron Mix, US, OT, 9× All-Pro, Hall of Fame
* Aaron Murray
Aaron William Murray (born November 10, 1990) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia. Murray currently leads the SEC c ...
, 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, 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 and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2004 ...
, 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 punting ...
, US, P
* Merv Pregulman, 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 vo ...
* Josh Rosen, 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, US, T
* Geoff Schwartz
Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard in the NFL and author. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and played for them from 2008-11. He has also ...
, 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 2012 ...
, US, OT, All-Pro
* Mike Seidman, US, TE
* Allie Sherman, 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. He played college football at Miami University, and in 2019 he made 86.7% of his field goal attempts (leading all kickers in the ...
, 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 Nationa ...
)
* Paul Steinberg
Jacob Paul "Twister" Steinberg (June 4, 1880 – February 1964) was a professional American football, football player in the early 1900s. As a member of the NFL (1902), first National Football League, he played with the Philadelphia Athletics (N ...
, US, FB/HB
* Terrell Suggs, US, DE, All-Pro
* Joseph Taussig
Joseph Knefler Taussig (30 August 1877 – 29 October 1947) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, China Relief Expedition, Cuban Pacification, World War I, Seco ...
, Germany-born US, QB
* Andre Tippett, 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)
*Liel Abada
Liel Abada ( he, ליאל עבדה, ; born ) is an Israeli professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger or a Forward (association football), forward for Scottish Premiership club Cel ...
, Israel, forward ( Celtic F.C. & national team)
* Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Atlantic City FC
Atlantic City Football Club (ACFC) is an American soccer team based in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 2017, the team plays in the NPSL . The team uses Stockton University's Soccer Stadium in Galloway for home matches. The ...
)
* 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 Unite ...
, US, midfielder (national team)
* Hennadiy Altman, 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 playe ...
, 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 footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After playing for several clubs in his country, most n ...
, 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. 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, an Israeli fan-owned association football club in Jerusalem. It was conceived and founded in 2007 by H ...
)
*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 began ...
, France/Israel, defensive midfielder ( Beitar Ramat Gan)
*Gai Assulin
Gai Yigaal Assulin ( he, גיא יגאל אסולין; born 9 April 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He last played for Serie D club Crema.
As a teenager, he was registered at Ba ...
, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder ( Politehnica Iași & national team)
* Yael Averbuch, US, midfielder
* Pini Balili, 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 ...
& national team)
* Tal Banin, 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 & 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 ...
, UK, midfielder, England national team
* Kyle Beckerman, 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 & national team)
* Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back ( Beitar Jerusalem & national team)
* Arik Benado, 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 ...
, 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, US, defender ( Miami FC)
* Steve Birnbaum, US, defender ( D.C. United & 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 ...
, Israel, defender/midfielder ( Maccabi Tel Aviv & 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 bor ...
, England/Barbados/Israel, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Barbados national team)
* Jean Bloch
Alfred Bloch, also known as Jean Bloch, (born 1877) was a French Olympic football player. He was affiliated with the Racing Club de France, in Paris.
Bloch won a silver medal playing football for France in the 1900 Olympics
The 1900 ...
, France, Olympic silver
* Harald Bohr, 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, US/Israel, left back/midfielder ( Chicago Fire & national team)
* David Boysen, Denmark, left winger ( Fremad Amager)
* 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, Ar ...
, 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 and ...
, Canada, defender
* Ashley Brown, 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 ...
* 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 ...
)
*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 natio ...
, 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 ...
& national team)
* Jordan Cila
Jordan Rodin Cila (born April 11, 1982) is an American former soccer midfielder/forward. He played for the Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team, and played 39 games in Major League Soccer. He also played in the Under-17 and Under-20 United States ...
, US, forward (Under-17 World Cup)
* Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...
, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & 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 & 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 cl ...
, LA Aztecs, California Surf, Wits University & national team)
* Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder (free agent)
* Tamir Cohen, 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 Fo ...
& 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 ...
, 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 ...
, 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
FC Ocean Kerch (russian: Футбольный клуб «Океан» (Керчь)) is a Ukrainian association football, football team based in Kerch. After the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Russian annexation of Crimea was admi ...
)
*Sol Eisner
Sol Eisner is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. Eisner played in the American Soccer League, and on the United States men's national soccer team.
Biography
Eisner was born in Germany, and is Jewish. He had four brothers ...
, 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 II & national team)
* Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and ...
& US national team)
* Lajos Fischer
Lajos Fischer (1 January 1902 – 1 January 1978) was a Hungarian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...
, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player
* Otto Fischer, Austria, national team player and coach
* Gottfried Fuchs, 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, and represented the national Socceroos.
Early life
Fuzes is Jewish. He emigrated to Australia in 1957 from Hungary as a refugee. He ...
, Australia, goalkeeper
* Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion
* Mikhail Gershkovich
Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich (russian: Михаил Данилович Гершкович; born 1 April 1948) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach of Jewish ethnicity.
International career
Gershkovich played on the U ...
, USSR, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team)
* Ludwik Gintel, 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
Amateur
...
, US, goalkeeper
* Béla Guttmann
Béla Guttmann (; 27 January 1899 – 28 August 1981) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish. He was deported by the Nazis to a Nazi slave labor camp where he was tortured; he survived the ...
, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach
* Rudy Haddad, France/Israel, midfielder
* Eddy Hamel, 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 ...
; killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...
)
* 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 fo ...
, Germany, winger, ( Karlsruher FV; killed by the Nazis)
* Ya'akov Hodorov, Israel, goalkeeper (national team)
* Rinus Israel, 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 i ...
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, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper
* Viktor Kanevskyi, USSR, striker & manager
* Tal Karp, 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 ...
)
*Scott Kashket
Scott Connor Kashket (born 25 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Gillingham. He has also played in his youth career for Spanish B side club Hércules, Wingate & Finchley, and Leyto ...
, 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 & 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, Hungary, winger, player & manager
* Vilmos Kertész, Hungary, winger, 47 national team caps
* Józef Klotz, 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 ov ...
, England, right winger
* Jonathan Levin, Mexico, midfielder ( Phoenix Rising)
* Lucas Matías Licht, Argentina, left defender/left winger ( Villa San Carlos)
*Marcelo Lipatin
Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to:
* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
, 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, 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 State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...
)
* Zac MacMath, 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, France, striker
* Melissa Maizels, 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&nbs ...
)
* Gyula Mándi, 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 i ...
& national team)
* Shep Messing, US, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster
* Federico Mociulsky, 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 p ...
)
* Bennie Muller, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam and national team)
* Andriy Oberemko, 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 Russia ...
& U21 national team)
* Eli Ohana, 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 tourn ...
and Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager
* Árpád Orbán, 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, h ...
, South Africa and Charlton Athletic
* José Pékerman, 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, I ...
, Israel, defensive midfielder ( Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)
* Zach Pfeffer, 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 2010 ...
)
* Suf Podgoreanu, Israel, forward (Spezia Calcio
Spezia Calcio is a professional 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 amateur teams in London ...
& Maccabi Haifa & 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, USSR/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager
* Charlie Reiter, US, forward ( Pali Blues)
* 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 fam ...
, 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 & 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, Israel, striker (national team)
* Sebastian Rozental, 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)
* Aaron Schoenfeld, 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 association football, football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Football in Denmark, Danish football. The club plays home matche ...
)
* Béla Sebestyén, Hungary, winger (national team)
* Gyorgy Silberstein / Szeder. Hungary, killed by the Nazis in Birnbaum
* Barry Silkman, England (QPR/Man City)
* Manor Solomon, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder ( Fulham F.C. & national team)
* Juan Pablo Sorín, 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 US ...
& national team)
* Leon Sperling, Poland, left wing (national team; killed by the Nazis in the Lemberg Ghetto)
* Giora Spiegel, 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 2015, a ...
, 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. Establish ...
)
* Sjaak Swart, Netherlands, winger (Ajax)
* Jordan Swibel, Australia, forward
* Idan Tal, Israel, midfielder ( Beitar Jerusalem & national team)
* Nicolás Tauber, Argentina/Israel, goalkeeper ( Villa San Carlos)
* Matt Turner, US, goalkeeper (Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club, commonly referred to as Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles (inclu ...
& national team)
* Joris van Overeem, Netherlands/Israel, midfielder ( Maccabi Tel Aviv )
* Yochanan Vollach, Israel, defender (national team)
* Shon Weissman, Israel, forward (Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system.
The club c ...
& national team)
* Sara Whalen
Sara Eve Hess (; born April 28, 1976) is a retired American professional Olympic medalist soccer player. Whalen played for the United States Women's National Soccer Team from 1997 to 2000, won an Olympic silver medal with the team, and was a foun ...
, US, defender/forward, Olympic silver
* DeAndre Yedlin, US, defender/midfielder ( Inter Miami CF & national team)
*Eran Zahavi
Eran Zahavi (or Zehavi, he, ערן זהבי; born 25 July 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Zahavi was named Israeli Footballer of the Year twice (2013–14 ...
, Israel, attacking midfielder/forward ( Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)"Israeli Sports", '' Jewish Sports Review'', Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.
Australian rules football
* Keith Baskin,AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
footballer
* Mordy Bromberg, Australia, AFL footballer
* Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer (North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...
)
* Julian Kirzner, AFL footballer
* Trevor Korn, VFL footballer
* Ezra Poyas, AFL and VFL footballer
* Harry Sheezel, AFL footballer
* Ian Synman
Ian Morris Synman (born 28 September 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He played as a centre half-back for the St Kilda Football Club, playing 153 games (0 goals) from 1958 to 196 ...
, AFL footballer, only Jew to play in a Premiership
* Michael Zemski
Michael Henry Zemski (born 10 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Preston and Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Zemski later played with ...
, Australia, AFL footballer
Baseball
* Cal Abrams, US, outfielderJewish Baseball Players''
Baseball Almanac
Baseball Almanac is an interactive baseball encyclopedia with over 500,000 pages of baseball facts, research, awards, records, feats, lists, notable quotations, baseball movie ratings, and statistics. Its goal is to preserve the history of baseba ...
''. Retrieved May 20, 2010
* Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager, first base coach
* Morrie "Snooker" Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star
* Brad Ausmus
Bradley David Ausmus (; born April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball manager and catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career, Ausmus played for the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston A ...
, US, catcher, All-Star, 3× Gold Glove
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in b ...
, manager
* José Bautista
José Antonio Bautista Santos (born October 19, 1980), nicknamed "Joey Bats", is a Dominican special advisor for the general manager of the Leones del Escogido and former professional baseball right fielder and third baseman. He played in ...
, Dominican-born, pitcher
* Robert "Bo" Belinsky, US, pitcher, no-hit game
* Moe Berg
Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major league ...
, US, catcher, and spy for US in World War II
* Jeremy Bleich
Jeremy Bleich (pronounced BLYSH; born June 18, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher who currently works as an advance scout and analyst for the Pittsburgh Pirates and pitches for Team Israel. He previously played f ...
, US-Israeli, pitcher ( Team Israel)
* Richard Bleier, US, pitcher (Miami Marlins
The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park.
The fra ...
, Team Israel)
* Ron "Boomer" Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter
The designated hitter (DH) is a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. The position is authorized by Major League Baseball Rule 5.11. It was adopted by the American League in 1973 and later by t ...
, Israel Baseball League
The Israel Baseball League (IBL; Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית, ''Ligat ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit'') was a six-team professional baseball league in Israel. The first game was played on June 24, 2007.
League structure
The s ...
manager
* Zach Borenstein
Zachary Borenstein (born July 23, 1990) is an American professional left-handed-hitting baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent.
Borenstein attended Buffalo Grove High School in Illinois, where he was a ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Chicag ...
, 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
Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "The Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a ...
, US, shortstop, 8× All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...
, manager
* Ralph "Hawk" Branca, US, pitcher, 3× All Star
*Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and fi ...
, US, outfielder, 6× All-Star, home run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
champion, Rookie of the Year, 5× Silver Slugger, MVP (Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. The Brewers are named for t ...
)
*Alex Bregman
Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
As a high school sophomore at Albuquerque Academy in 2010, Bregman became the ...
, US, infielder, 2× All Star, Silver Slugger (Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after s ...
)
* Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher
* Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2× All-Star
* Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach
* Harry “the Horse” Danning, US, catcher, 4× All-Star
*Ike Davis
Isaac Benjamin Davis (born March 22, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 2010 through 2016, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and New Y ...
, US, first baseman
* Cody Decker, US, first baseman
* Jonathan de Marte
Jonathan de Marte (born April 29, 1993) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher and pitches for Team Israel. He is 6-1 and weighs 205 lbs.
* Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher
*
George Mason University Athletics * Rob Kaminsky, US, pitcher (
*
* Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US
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
* 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
* 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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*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)
* 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
* Carina Benninga, Netherlands, Olympic champion, bronze
* Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, Olympic bronze
*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
*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
* 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
''The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games.''
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)
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)
*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)
* 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
* 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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* 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
* Makua Rothman, US, Big Wave World Champion
* Shaun Tomson, South Africa, world champion
* Anat Lelior, Israel, 2020 Summer Olympics
* 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)
* Avishag Semberg, Israel, Olympic bronze medalist 2020 (49 kg)
* Mitchell Bobrow, USA, All American Open Grand Champion 1969, Madison Square Garden
* 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.
* 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.
"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
*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, 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
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)
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', Robert Slater, Jonathan David Publishers, 2004, *
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', Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni, translated by Brenner, Reuveni, U of Nebraska Press, 2006, *
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', Jack Kugelmass, University of Illinois Press, 2007, *
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Jews in Sports
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Scott Effross
Scott Benjamin-Morton Effross (born December 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Indiana University. He was selected in the 15th round ...
, US, pitcher (New York Yankees
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)
* Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher
* Mike "Superjew" Epstein, US, first baseman
* Al Federoff
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, US, second baseman & manager
* Harry Feldman, US, pitcher
* Scott Feldman
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, US, pitcher
* Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medal
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ist
* Jake Fishman, US-Israeli, pitcher (Miami Marlins, Team Israel).
* Micah Franklin, US, outfielder
*Nate Freiman
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, US, first baseman
*Max Fried
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, US, pitcher, All Star, 3× Gold Glove, 2× Fielding Bible Award
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, Silver Slugger (Atlanta Braves
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)
* Sam Fuld, US, outfielder and general manager
*Brad Goldberg
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In high school, Goldberg was a 2008 preseason ''Baseball America'' All-Ame ...
, US, pitcher
* Paul Goldschmidt, US, first baseman, 7× All-Star, 4× Gold Glove, 4× Silver Slugger, NL Hank Aaron Award The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ha ...
, NL home run leader ( St. Louis Cardinals)
* 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, US, outfielder
* Hank "The Hebrew Hammer" Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5× All-Star, 4× home run champion, 4× 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
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, US, pitcher, All-Star, 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
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)
* Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder, manager (San Francisco Giants
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), 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
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 30–30 club is the group of batters who have collected thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases in a single season. Ken Williams was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1922. He remained the sole member ...
, 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, 1 perfect game, 4 no-hitters, 3× Triple Crown, 5× ERA leader, 4× strikeout
In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means that the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is den ...
s leader, 3× Wins leader, 2× W-L% leader, 2× World Series MVP, 3× Cy Young Award
The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Ha ...
, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame
* Dean Kremer
Dean Junior Kremer ( he, דין קרמר; born January 7, 1996) is an Israeli–American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2015 he became the first Israeli drafted by an MLB team. He made ...
, US-Israeli, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...
; Team Israel)
* Barry Latman
Arnold Barry Latman (May 21, 1936 – April 28, 2019) was an American professional All Star Major League Baseball pitcher.
Early and personal life
Latman was born in Los Angeles, California, and was Jewish. Latman would not pitch on the Jewish Hi ...
, US, pitcher, All-Star
* Ryan Lavarnway, US-Israeli, catcher (Miami Marlins; Team Israel)
* Alon Leichman, Israel, pitcher, former player, now Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...
assistant pitching coach
* Al Levine
Alan Brian Levine (born May 22, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched 234 games in the minor leagues, and 416 games in the major leagues.
Early and personal life
Levine, who is Jewish, was born in Park Ri ...
, US, relief pitcher
* Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2× All-Star, Gold Glove
* Shlomo Lipetz
Shlomo Lipetz ( he, שלמה ליפץ; born February 11, 1979) is an Israeli baseball player who pitches for Team Israel. He is also Vice President of Programming and music director at City Winery in New York City.
He was on the Israel nationa ...
, 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
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Ph ...
, US, pitcher
* Bob Melvin
Robert Paul Melvin (born October 28, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player and coach, who is the manager of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has been named Manager of the Year three times.
Selected in ...
, US, catcher, manager (Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The t ...
)
* Eli Morgan
Elijah Allan Morgan (born May 13, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Morgan was selected by the Indians in the e ...
, US, pitcher (Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...
; Team Israel)
* Jon Moscot, US-Israeli, pitcher
* Sam Nahem, US, pitcher
* Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager
* Joc Pederson, US, outfielder, 2x All Star (San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yo ...
, Team Israel)
* Barney "the Yiddish Curver" Pelty, US, pitcher
* 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
Jacob Albert Pitler (April 22, 1894 – February 3, 1968) was an American second baseman and longtime coach in Major League Baseball. Born in New York City, and Jewish, he moved with his family to Western Pennsylvania when he was a boy, and h ...
, US, second baseman and coach
* Scott Radinsky
Scott David Radinsky (born March 3, 1968) is an American left-handed former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, who had an 11-year career from – and –. Radinsky is also the lead singer of the punk rock band Pulley, former lead singer of ...
, US, relief pitcher and coach
* Jimmie Reese, US, second baseman & third baseman
* Dave Roberts, US, pitcher
* Saul Rogovin
Saul Walter Rogovin (March 24, 1922 – January 23, 1995) was an American professional baseball player.
Rogovin was a pitcher over parts of 8 seasons (1949–57), with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Ph ...
, US, pitcher, ERA leader
* Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4× All Star, 2× home run champion, 2× RBI leader, MVP
* Goody Rosen
Goodwin George Rosen (August 28, 1912 – April 6, 1994) was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) before and after World War II for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. He batted and threw left ...
, Canada, outfielder, All-Star
* Kenny Rosenberg, US, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels)
* Bubby Rossman, US, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...
; Team Israel)
* Josh Satin, US, second baseman
* Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star
* Mike "Lefty" Schemer, US, first baseman
* Scott Schoeneweis
Scott David Schoeneweis (; born October 2, 1973) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who played for several teams between 1999 and 2010.
In the five seasons from 2003 to 2007, Schoeneweis allowed only one hom ...
, 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 "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder, set minor league home run record
* Robert Stock, US, pitcher ( Doosan Bears; Team Israel)
* George Stone, US, outfielder, batting title
* Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Wins leader, Cy Young Award
* Garrett Stubbs
Garrett Patrick Stubbs (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros. Stubbs attended the University of South ...
, US, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
* Rowdy Tellez
Ryan John "Rowdy" Tellez ( ; born March 16, 1995) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays.
In 2013, Tellez was both a ''B ...
, US, first baseman (Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. The Brewers are named for t ...
)
* Danny Valencia, US-Israeli, third baseman (Team Israel)
* 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
Andrew Jacob Yerzy (born July 5, 1998) is a Canadian professional baseball catcher and first baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.
Ea ...
, 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
Joshua Alexander Zeid ( ; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher. He plays for Team Israel. He formerly played for the Houston Astros of MLB.
Zeid played for the gold-medal-winning Team USA Youth Natio ...
, US-Israeli, pitcher (Team Israel)
Basketball
* Eli Abaev
Eli Abaev (Hebrew: אלי אבייב; born December 13, 1998) is an American-Israeli basketball player who last played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, at the power forward and center positions. He played college ...
, US & Israel, 6' 8" forward/center ( Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C.)
* Joe Alexander
Joe Alexander (ג'ו אלכסנדר; born December 26, 1986) is a Taiwanese-born American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Liga Leumit. Alexander, who at plays both forward positions, was selected for the ...
, US & Israel, 6' 8" forward ( Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
* Ben Auerbach
Benjamin Auerbach (March 1, 1919 June 18, 1993) was an early American professional basketball player in the American Basketball League. He had a standout college career for New York University. Despite the shared surname, Ben Auerbach is not re ...
, US, 6' 1" guard
* Red Auerbach
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. He served as a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Boston Celtics. ...
, US, player for George Washington University
, mottoeng = "God is Our Trust"
, established =
, type = Private federally chartered research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.8 billion (2022)
, presi ...
; U.S., Hall of Fame-inducted coach of the Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...
* Deni Avdija
Deni Avdija ( he, דֶנִי אָבְדִיָה, sr-cyr, Дени Авдија; born 3 January 2001) is an Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the sma ...
, Israel, 6' 9" forward (Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays ...
)
* Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...
champion
* Miki Berkovich, Israel, 6'4" shooting guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's m ...
* Sue Bird, US & Israel, WNBA 5' 9" point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run the team's offense by ...
, 2× Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896
** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...
champion, 12× All-Star ( Seattle Storm)
* David Blatt, US & Israel, Israeli Premier Basketball League 6' 3.5" point guard, coached Russia National Basketball Team, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv to EuroLeague Championship, EuroLeague Coach of the Year
The Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year is an annual award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, that is given to each season's best head coach. The award was first introduced in the 2004–05 season. The win ...
, 4× Israeli League Coach of the Year, former Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central ...
, head coach of Turkish club Darussafaka
* Mike Bloom, US, NBA 6' 6" forward/center, ABA All-American
*David Blu
David Blu (born David Bluthenthal; July 18, 1980) is an American–Israeli former professional basketball player, who spent 10 seasons playing in the EuroLeague. Standing at , he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He is c ...
(formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 7" power forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
* Moysés Blás, Brazil, Olympics 5' 11" guard
* Harry Boykoff
Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was a professional American basketball player. During his career he was often referred to as "Heshie", Big Hesh", and "Big Boy". He stood at tall.
Early life
Boykoff was born on the Lower ...
, US, NBA 6' 10" center
* Tal Brody
Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; born August 30, 1943), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the National Basketball ...
, US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 2" shooting guard
* Larry Brown, US, ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3× ABA All-Star, 3× assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach ( 1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...
*Omri Casspi
Omri Moshe Casspi ( he, עומרי משה כספי, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He mainly played at the small forward position, but could play also at the power forward position.
Casspi was drafted 2 ...
, Israel, NBA 6' 9" small forward
The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers but taller, larger, and stronge ...
, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA draft, for Memphis Grizzlies ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)
* Steve Chubin
Stephen Chubin, also known as "Chube" (born February 8, 1944) is a retired American professional basketball player.
College career
Born in New York City, Chubin played college basketball at the University of Rhode Island, with the Rhode Island R ...
, US, ABA 6' 3" guard
* Alex Chubrevich, Israel & Russia, Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
7' 0" center ( Maccabi Haifa)
* Alysha Clark, US-Israel, WNBA 5' 11" small forward (Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...
)
* Jeff Cohen, US, ABL 6' 7" power forward
*Shawn Dawson
Shawn Dawson ( he, שון דאוסון; born 12 December 1993) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He is the son of former basketball player Joe Dawson. He was named the Israel ...
, Israel, 6' 6" small forward/shooting guard (Bnei Herzliya
Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. I ...
)
*Shay Doron
Shay Doron ( he, שי דורון) (born April 1, 1985) is an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She currently plays for Maccabi Ashdod.
Biography
Doron was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to Yehuda and Tamari Doron. F ...
, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (Maccabi Ashdod
Maccabi Ashdod B.C. ( he, מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League.
History
The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports ...
)
* Stu Douglass
Stuart Williams Douglass (born March 31, 1990) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Michigan. Douglass is known as a three-poi ...
, US & Israel, 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Ashdod B.C.
Maccabi Ashdod B.C. ( he, מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League.
History
The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports ...
)
* Lior Eliyahu, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 9" power forward, 2006 NBA draft (Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...
; traded to Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...
), playing in the EuroCup (European top tier) (Maccabi Ashdod
Maccabi Ashdod B.C. ( he, מכבי אשדוד) is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod, Israel. The team currently plays in the Israeli National League.
History
The team was founded in 1961 by "Maccabi Ashdod Sports ...
)
* Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard
* 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" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
* Yotam Halperin
Yotam Halperin ( he, יותם הלפרין; born January 24, 1984) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is currently the sporting director for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the Champions League. He is a 1. ...
, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics
* Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker
* Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard
* Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
* Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2× All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year
The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who le ...
, Hall of Fame
* Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, Australian National Basketball League & Israeli Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of w ...
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
Joel Bruce Kramer (born October 30, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at and , he played the power forward and center positions. After playing college basketball at San Diego State University, he had a five-se ...
, US, NBA 6' 7" forward
* Sylven Landesberg, US-Israel-Austria, EuroLeague 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard/small forward ( Beijing Royal Fighters)
* Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" 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 ( Partizan NIS) drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics in 2020
* Gal Mekel, Israel, 6' 3" point guard
* Yogev Ohayon
Yogev Ohayon ( he, יוגב אוחיון; born April 24, 1987) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Super League. He was the 2012 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. He also represents the senior ...
, Israel, Super League 6' 2" point guard ( Hapoel Holon)
* Bernard Opper
Bernard Opper (September 1, 1915 – February 24, 2000) was an All-American basketball player at Kentucky and then professional player in the National Basketball League and American Basketball League.
Early life
Opper was a native of the Bron ...
, US, NBL & ABL 5' 10" guard, All-American at University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...
* 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
Zack Rosen (born March 14, 1989) is an American basketball player. Rosen, a point guard, played collegiately at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an All-American and Ivy League player of the year.
College career
Rosen is Jewish, ...
, US, Super League 6' 1" point guard
* Lennie Rosenbluth
Leonard Robert Rosenbluth (January 22, 1933 – June 18, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), but he is remembered, first and foremost, for his college basketball player days. He play ...
, US, NBA 6' 4" forward
* Avi Schafer, Japan, B.League, 6' 10" center (SeaHorses Mikawa
Seahorses Mikawa is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Kariya and sponsored by Aisin. The team was founded in 1947. The team played in the National Basketball League. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in ...
)
* Danny Schayes
Daniel Leslie Schayes (born May 10, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played for Syracuse University and played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1981 until 1999. At 6' 11" and 235 pounds, h ...
, 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
Daniel Leslie Schayes (born May 10, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played for Syracuse University and played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1981 until 1999. At 6' 11" and 235 pounds, h ...
)
* Ossie Schectman
Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the Na ...
, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket
* Jon Scheyer, US, All-American, Head Coach Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jam ...
6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
* Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League
The Hudson River League was formed in 1903 as a class D minor baseball league after playing one season in 1886. Upgraded to Class C the next season, it continued through 1907 before collapsing. There were twelve cities that represented the 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
The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. Initiated following the 1952–53 NBA season, it confers the Eddie Gott ...
(2003), 5× All-NBA Team
* Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2× All-American, left as NYU
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
all-time scorer
*Alex Tyus
Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he ...
, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center ( ASVEL Basket)
* Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center
* Spencer Weisz
Spencer Weisz (ספנסר וייס; born May 31, 1995) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers, completing his college ...
, US & Israel, Premier League 6' 4" shooting guard/small forward ( Hapoel Haifa)
* Jamila Wideman
Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American lawyer, activist, and former professional basketball player. She is the daughter of author John Edgar Wideman.
Early life
Wideman was born on October 16, 1975. Her father, John Edgar Wide ...
, 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
Barry Asher (born July 14, 1946) was an American professional bowler on the PBA Tour (1966–76).
Biography
Asher, who is Jewish, was born in Los Angeles, California. His bowling average was 170 when he was 10 years old, 180 the next year, and ...
, US, 10 PBA titles, PBA Hall of Fame
* Marshall Holman, US, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame
* Mark Roth
Mark may refer to:
Currency
* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Finn ...
, US, 34 PBA titles (5th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame
Boxing
* Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxe ...
, Hall of Fame
*Salamo Arouch
Salamo Arouch ( el, Σολομόν Αρούχ; January 1, 1923 – April 26, 2009) was a Jewish Greek boxer, the Middleweight Champion of Greece (1938) and the All-Balkans Middleweight Champion (1939), who survived the Holocaust by boxing (over 2 ...
(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
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, th ...
, 1906–12, Hall of Fame
* Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is .
The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...
* Max Baer, US, world heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the W ...
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 Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
1989
* Jack Kid Berg
Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg (28 June 1909 – 22 April 1991), was an English boxer born in the East End of London, who became the World Light Welterweight Champion in 1930.
Biography
Judah Bergman was born in Rom ...
(Judah Bergman), England, world champion lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxe ...
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, US, Olympic champion heavyweight 1904
* Jack Bernstein
Jack Bernstein (November 5, 1899 – December 26, 1945) was an American boxer given the birthname John Dodick. He became World Junior lightweight Champion, on May 30, 1923, against Johnny Dundee at the Coney Island Velodrome in Brooklyn. When he ...
(also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight 1923
* Nathan Bor, Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxe ...
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
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is .
The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...
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 AttellAmazon. 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)
* 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, h ...
, 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, OlympianEquestrian
*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 Israel
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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''The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games.''
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 3Motorsport
* 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 bronzeRugby 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 leagueRugby 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)
* Nate Ebner
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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 OlympianSkiing 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, OlympianSpeed 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 TeamSurfing
* 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 teamTaekwondo
* 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. * Vlada Ekshibarova, Uzbekistan/Israel *Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking No.
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 championWater 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
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); 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, 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
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, 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), 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 StoryReferences
Notes
Bibliography
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The Jewish Athlete: A Nostalgic View
', Leible Hershfield, s.n., 1980 *
From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary
', Andrew Handler, East European Monographs, 1985, *
The Jew in American Sports
', 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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