Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz (שוקי שוורץ; born April 3, 1954) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. Schwartz played in the

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

Biography

Schwartz was born in Kiryat Motzkin, Israel. He is 1.95 m tall. He competed in basketball for Israel at the 1973 World University Student Games in Moscow. Schwartz then played in the

for Hapoel Haifa (1973-75), Maccabi Tel Aviv (1975-81), and Beitar Tel Aviv (1981-83). He was part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Israeli team that in the

1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Pionir Hall, in Belgrade, Yugos ...

(EuroLeague) semifinals defeated CSKA Moscow — the Red Army team -- in a dramatic upset, on its way to winning its first European Championship. Schwartz recalled four decades later: "The one great thing about our team was teamwork. In every organization it’s a matter of building the right team, and you need to know how to play together. Each player on the team was a winner, but when it comes to playing together, that was our secret. Most of us were friends both on and off of the court and even today we meet and see each other. We are really friends. That was our secret. He also played for the Israeli national basketball team. Schwartz competed in the 1971 FIBA European Championship for Cadets, the

1974 Asian Games The 7th Asian Games ( fa, بازی‌های آسیایی ۱۹۷۴) were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. The Aryamehr Sports Complex was built for the Games. The Asian Games were hosted in the Middle East for th ...

(at which Israel won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

), the 1975 FIBA European Championship for Men, the 1977 FIBA European Championship for Men, and the 1979 FIBA European Championship for Men (at which Israel won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

). Schwartz later pursued a career in business, and married and had three children. He acquired the home furniture design company Tollman's in 2005, and is its CEO."TOLLMAN'S (ISRAEL) LTD,"
Dun & Bradstreet Business Directory.

References

External links

"Observe - Create - Initiate , Tollman's Talk , Shuki Schwartz, Liron Schwartz,"
video, July 19, 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Shuki 1954 births Living people People from Kiryat Motzkin Israeli men's basketball players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1974 Asian Games