Yehuda Zadok (also "Tzadok"; יהודה צדוק; born December 29, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic runner. He set Israeli records in the 3000 metre race in 1980, and in the

3000 metre steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the ...

in 1984. At the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading ...

, he won the 10,000 metres race. Zadok was born in Israel, and is Jewish.

Running career

His personal best in the 3000 metre race is an Israeli record 8:09.0 which he ran in 1980, and his personal best in the

was an Israeli record 8:35.41, in 1984. He 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 e ...

in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 25. In the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase he came in 9th in Heat 3 with a time of 8:42.28. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall and weighed 143 lbs (65 kg). In 1985 and 1986 he attended and ran track for

Santa Monica College Santa Monica College (SMC) is a Public university, public, community college in Santa Monica, California. Founded as a Junior college#United States, junior college in 1929, SMC enrolls over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. Althoug ...

, coming in second at the 1985 Metropolitan Conference Championships, in Pacific Palisades, with a time of 20:51 in the four-mile cross-country race.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zadok, Yehuda Israeli male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Santa Monica College alumni Jewish male athletes (track and field) Living people Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Olympic athletes of Israel 1958 births Israeli steeplechase runners Israeli Jews