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International Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (IJSHOF) () is the international hall of fame for Jewish athletes and special contributors to the world of sport. The purpose of the IJSHOF is to honor Jewish individuals, worldwide, who have accomplished extraordinary achievements in sports and to honor those who have made significant contributions to society through sports. The IJSHOF has inducted over 500 athletes and sportspersons representing over 30 countries. The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1 for votes for the following year, and a formal induction ceremony taking place several days prior to the Maccabiah Games every four years. History The IJSHOF's predecessor, the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, was founded in 1979 by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer from Beverly Hills, California, and pharmacist Alan Sherman of Rockville, Maryland. The original Hall of Fame included only American honorees. In 1981, the International Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall Of Fame
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums that enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia and general information regarding the inducted recipients. Sometimes, the honorees' plaques may instead be posted on a wall (hence a "wall of fame") or inscribed on a sidewalk (as in a "walk of fame", "walk of stars", or "avenue of fame"). In other cases, the hall of fame is more figurative and consists of a list of names of noteworthy people and their achievements and contributions. The lists are maintained by an organization or community, and may be national, state, local, or private. Etymology The term "hall of fame" first appeared in German with the Ruhmeshalle (Munich), Ruhmeshalle, built in 1853 in Munich. The Walhalla (memorial), W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blatt
David Michael Blatt (; born May 22, 1959) is an Israeli-American professional basketball executive. He is also a former coach and player. Blatt played point guard at Princeton University from 1977 to 1981 and played in the Maccabiah Games for the U.S. national team that won a gold medal in 1981 Maccabiah Games, 1981. He then played professional basketball in Israel for nine of the next twelve years, before an injury ended his playing career, and he began coaching full-time. He is one of the most successful Israeli-American coaches in European basketball history. As a coach, Blatt has been the Israeli Basketball Super League, Israeli Super League Israeli Basketball Premier League Coach of the Year, Coach of the Year four times (1996, 2002, 2011, and 2014), the Russian Basketball Super League 1, Russian Super League Russian Gold Basket awards, Coach of the Year (2005), and the EuroLeague Coach of the Year Award, EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2014). Blatt took over as Cleveland Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estella Agsteribbe
Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (6 April 1909 – 17 September 1943) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam. The team was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. Like other members of her team ( Lea Nordheim, Ans Polak, Judikje Simons, Elka de Levie) and their coach Gerrit Kleerekoper, she was Jewish and deported during World War II. She was murdered together with her husband Samuel Blits, their six-year-old daughter Nanny and their two-year-old son Alfred in the Auschwitz concentration camp. See also * List of select Jewish gymnasts * List of victims of Nazism * World War II casualties of Poland References Further reading * External links * Estella Agsteribbecommemoration, Yad Vashem Yad Vashem (; ) is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of Holocaust, the Holocaust known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (). It is dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands At The 1928 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands was the host nation for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. 266 competitors, 222 men and 44 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports. Medalists On 11 August, the Netherlands won 7 medals on a single day. This remained the country's record until it won 8 medals on Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Medalists, 28 July 2021 during the 2020 Summer Olympics. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events Boxing Cycling Eleven cyclists, all men, represented the Netherlands in 1928. ;Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Individual road race * Leen Buis * Janus Braspennincx * Ben Duijker * Anton Kuys ; Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race, Team road race * Leen Buis * Janus Braspennincx * Ben Duijker ;Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, Sprint * Antoine Mazairac ;Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial, Time trial * Gerard Bosch van Drakestein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deena Kastor
Deena Michelle Kastor (née Drossin; born February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She is the former American record holder in the marathon (2003-2022) and numerous road distances. Kastor held 15 American records simultaneously in every distance from 5K to the marathon. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Kastor won the 2005 Chicago Marathon and the 2006 London Marathon. In 2006 she was ranked #1 in the world. She is also a 24 time National Champion, including eight-time national champion in cross country. Early and personal life Kastor was adopted into a Jewish family. She is an alumna of Agoura High School located in Agoura Hills, California. She ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas. She is married to Andrew Kastor. In August 2010, they announced that she was three months pregnant with their first child, Piper. As a result, she announced she would not compete in that year's New York City Maratho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Dreyfus
Yves Dreyfus (17 May 1931 – 16 December 2021) was a French epee fencer who won two bronze medals as part of the French Olympic épée team, one in 1956 and one in 1964. Life and career Dreyfus was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Raoul Andre Dreyfus and Nelly Caroline Haas on May 17, 1931, and was Jewish. He survived the Nazi occupation of France as a child despite being Jewish by taking the name Yves Doucet. In 1955, he was married to Marie Lise Levy. Olympics Dreyfus was a three-time Olympian for France and won two bronze medals in épée, one in 1956 and one in 1964, competing well but not medaling in 1960. 1956 At the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne at the age of 25 he won a bronze medal in team épée. The French Team defeated Great Britain, but lost to Hungary and Italy. 1960 Though making a good showing, at the 1960 Olympics in Rome at the age of 29 he came in 6th in individual épée but was eliminated in the final round, though he survived the first, and second ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Dershwitz
Eli Dershwitz ( ; born September 23, 1995) is an American left-handed saber fencer, five-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and the 2023 saber World Champion. In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senior men's saber championship holder. Dershwitz then won the 2015 Junior World Fencing Championships in saber, becoming the inaugural U.S. men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a five-time Pan-American Championship title holder, and the 2015 Pan American Games champion in saber. Dershwitz competed in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championship and as a junior in the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championship. He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Cohn
Linda Cohn (born November 10, 1959) is an American sportscaster. She has anchored ESPN's ''SportsCenter'' since 1992. Early life and education Cohn grew up in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York (state), New York. As a child, she would watch sports on TV with her father, who is a huge sports fan. When she was 15, her mother found a hockey league where she could play with boys, although the boys were eight or nine years old. As a teenager, Cohn demonstrated talent at ice hockey as a goaltender, making her high school's boys team. Although she didn't make her high school hockey team as a junior, she ended up making the team as a senior. After graduating from Newfield High School in Selden, New York, Selden, Cohn attended State University of New York at Oswego, SUNY Oswego, where she was the goalie for the women's ice hockey team. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts and communications in 1981. Cohn was inducted to the Oswego State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Cantor
Andrés Cantor (born December 22, 1962) is an Argentine-American sportscaster and pundit who works in the United States providing Spanish-language commentary and analysis in sports. Cantor is well known among both Spanish- and English speakers for his narration of association football matches, and shouting "'' ¡Gooooooooooool!'' when one is scored. Outside of football commentary, he covers other sports as well. Cantor has dual citizenship with Argentina and the United States. Early life Cantor was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved with his family to the Southern California area when he was a teen, where he attended San Marino High School and then graduated from the University of Southern California. Andrés is Jewish. His mother was born in Romania, and migrated to Argentina at the age of 13, while his father was born in Argentina. His paternal grandparents were Jews from Poland, and fled during the Nazi occupation. His favorite team is Boca Juniors from Argentina. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cammalleri
Michael Anthony Cammalleri (born June 8, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for five different teams. He was selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Cammalleri made his NHL debut with the Kings in 2002. In September 2007, he scored the 2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season#September, first regular season goal ever scored in an 2007–08 NHL season#League business, NHL game played in Europe. After playing with the Calgary Flames for one season in 2008–09, he joined the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he scored the 20,000th goal in franchise history in 2009 and tied a franchise record for goals in one playoff series in 2010. He returned to the Flames in 2012 following an unusual transaction in which he was traded in the middle of a game. After the expiry of his contract in 2014, Cammalleri signed a five-year contract with the New Jersey Devils, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanoch Budin
Hanoch Budin (; born 8 May 1962) is a former Israeli para swimmer. Career Budin represented Israel at the Summer Paralympics as a member of the swimming team in six Paralympics from 1984 through 2004, winning eight medals. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics he won his first medal winning bronze in the 100m freestyle tournament for class A8. He went on to win five medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, including two gold medals. His final two medals were gained at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, though he continued participating in tournaments at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Paralympics. In 2009 Budin was a contestant on Survivor Survivor(s) may refer to: * one who survives Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Survivors, characters in the 1997 KKnD series#Armies, ''KKnD'' video-game series * ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Foundation'', a fictional .... References External links * * 1962 births Living people Paralympic gold medalists for Israel Paraly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimshon Brokman
Shimshon Brokman (also "Brockman"; ; born 16 September 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the 1972 420 International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championship in West Germany, the gold medals in the 1979 470 European Championships in Spain and the 1980 420 World Championship in France, and a bronze medal in 1983 at the 470 World Championships. Early and personal life He was born in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra, Israel, and is Jewish. Brokman's father represented Israel in two world championship sailing competitions. Brokman lived in Haifa, Israel. Brokman graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, Israel, in 1975, received his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1983, his M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from Technion in 1987, and an Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University in 2006. In 1984 he noted: "You don’t have to be an aeronautical engineer to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
