Moshe Ponte (also "Ponti"; he, משה פונטה; born August 29, 1956) is an Israeli former Olympic

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ka. He is the President of the Israel Judo Association. He was born in Israel, and is Jewish."Ponte, Moshe"
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Judo career

His coach was Morris Smadga. Ponte competed for

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 ...

in Los Angeles, California, in

. In the Men's Half-Middleweight (U78) he came in tied for 20th, after losing to Michel Nowak of France, who won the bronze medal at the Olympics. When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-10.5 (180 cm) tall, and weighed 172 lbs (78 kg). He won a

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at the Belgian Open Championships Visé in 1986 in the U86 category. He coached Israeli Olympic bronze medalist

Oren Smadja Shay-Oren Smadja ( he, אורן סמדג'ה; born June 20, 1970) is a former Israeli judoka and a judo coach. Smadja won the Olympic Games, Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli man to win an Olymp ...

. Ponte is the President of the Israel Judo Association.

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* * * Living people Israeli male judoka Olympic judoka of Israel 1956 births Judoka trainers Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israeli Jews Jewish martial artists {{israel-judo-bio-stub