List of Jews in sports

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This page is a list of Jews.
For more on who is considered Jewish, see Who is a Jew?.

This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria is: a) 1-3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; c) owners of world records; and d) for sportsmen who do not pass this criteria but are still active, we recommend using section "Champion Hope" for each sport. We are working on the changes now.

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[edit] Commissioners, managers, and owners

[edit] Sportscasters & promoters

[edit] Sportsmen

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Chess

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Fencing

  • Albert Axelrod, US fencer (foil)
  • Yves Dreyfus, French fencer (épée)
  • Sándor Erdös, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Dezsö Földes, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Jenö Fuchs, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Támas Gábor, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Sándor Gombos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • János Garay, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Oskar Gerde, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Johan Harmenberg, Swedish fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Otto Herschmann, Austrian fencer (saber)
  • Allan Jay, British fencer (épée)
  • Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Grigory Kriss, Soviet fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Alexandre Lippmann, French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Mariya Mazina, Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • David Micahnik, US fencer (épée)
  • Mark Midler, Soviet fencer (foil), Olympic champion
  • Armand Mouyal, French fencer (épée)
  • Claude Netter, French fencer (foil), Olympic champion
  • Jacques Ochs, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Ivan Osier, Danish fencer (épée)
  • Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Mark Rakita, Soviet fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Gaston Salmon, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • Edgar Seligman, British fencer (épée)
  • Sergei Sharikov, Russian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • Jean Stern, French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
  • David Tyschler, Soviet fencer (saber)
  • Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet fencer (épée)
  • Lajos Werkner, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
  • George Worth, US fencer (saber)

[edit] Figure skating

  • Sarah Abitbol, French figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2000
  • Benjamin Agosto, U.S. ice dancer (Jewish mother), Olympic silver 2006, World Figure Skating Championship silver 2005, bronze 2006
  • Ilya Averbukh, Russian ice dancer, Olympic silver 2002
  • Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater, (Jewish father and grandmother), Olympic gold 1994, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1993
  • Judy Blumberg, U.S. ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 1983-85
  • Alain Calmat, French figure skater, Olympic silver 1964, World Figure Scating Championship gold 1965, silver 1963, bronze 1961, 1962
  • Galit Chait, Israeli ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship, bronze 2002
  • Sasha Cohen, figure skater, the reigning U.S. National Champion and silver medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy[6]
  • Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American figure skater, competes with partner David Mitchell; won the bronze medal at the 2004 U.S. Figure Skating Championships[7]
  • Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet figure skater, Olympic silver 1968, World Figure Skating Championship silver 1966, 1968, bronze 1965
  • Melissa Gregory, figure skater, currently competes in ice dance with Denis Petukhov[8]
  • Timothy Steed, British ice dancer, Olympic silver 1998
  • Emily Hughes, American figure skater[9]
  • Sarah Hughes, U.S. figure skater, Olympic gold 2002, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2001[10]
  • Gennadi Karponossov, Russian ice dancer, coach Olympic gold 1980, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1978, 1979, silver 1980, bronze 1974, 1977
  • Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship gold 1908-1911, bronze 1906-07
  • Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater, Olympic gold 1972, 1976, 1980, World Figure Skating Championship 1969-78
  • Luis Rubenstein, Canadian figure skater, (pre-Olympic) World Figure Skating Championship gold 1891
  • Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israeli ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship bronze 2002
  • Jamie Silverstein, American figure skater, competed in ice dance with Ryan O'Meara, together capturing the Bronze medal at the 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships, also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics[11]
  • Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater, Olympic silver 2002, bronze 2006, World Figure Skating Championship gold 2004,2005, silver 1998, 2000, 2001, bronze 1996
  • Maxim Staviski, Bulgarian ice dancer, World Figure Skating Championship gold 2006, silver 2004, bronze 2003

[edit] Football (American)

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Golf

[edit] Gymnastics

  • Tatiana Lysenko, Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, balance beam gold medalist, Barcelona Olympics, 1992
  • Timothy Edgeler, Scottish gymnast, national competitor on the beam, 2005

[edit] Hockey

  • Evgeny Babich, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, World & European champion 1954, runner-up 1955, 1957
  • Sean Bergenheim, Finnish hockey player
  • Max Birbraer (1980 - ), a Russian Jew from Kazakhstan who lived and played in Israel. First Israeli to be drafted by an NHL team (The New Jersey Devils).
  • Vitaly Davidov, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963-1971, runner-up 1972
  • Rudi Ball, German hockey player Olympic bronze, 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934 [25]
  • Hyman (Hy) Buller, U.S. hockey player (born Canada)
  • Mike Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
  • Steve Dubinsky, U.S. hockey player
  • Jeff Halpern, U.S. hockey player
  • Cecil Hart, Canadian hockey coach, the Hart Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s Most Valuable Player is named after him. [16]
  • Alfred Kuchevsky Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960
  • Yuri Liapkin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1976, World & European champion 1971, 1973-75
  • Evgeni Malkin, Russian hockey player, 2nd player selected in 2004 NHL Entry Draft
  • Yuri Moiseev, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968, World & European champion 1968
  • Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1984, bronze 1983
  • David Nemirovsky, Canadian hockey player
  • Bob Nystrom, Canadian hockey player (converted to Judaism)
  • Eric Nystrom, American ice hockey left winger and the son of former National Hockey League player Bob Nyström[17]
  • Cory Pecker, Canadian hockey player, currently in the AHL, drafted 6th round by the Calgary Flames in 1999[18]
  • François Rozenthal, French hockey player
  • Maurice Rozenthal, French hockey player
  • Mathieu Schneider, U.S. hockey player
  • Avi Steinberg, Canadian hockey player, CSL Hockey League
  • Ronnie Stern, Canadian hockey player
  • Viktor Zinger, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968, World & European champion 1965-69
  • Yevgeny Zimin, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968-72, World and European champion 1968, 1969, 1971

[edit] Judo

[edit] Mixed Martial Arts

  • Rory Singer, fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3

[edit] Motorsport

[edit] Rugby (league and union)

  • Joel Stransky, South African rugby union player
  • Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby league player
  • Okie Geffen, South African Rugby Union Player
  • Sidney Nomis, South African Rugby Union Player
  • Ian Rubin, Australian rugby league player

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Swimming

  • Anthony Erwin, US swimmer, Olympic champion
  • Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
  • Mark Spitz (1972 - ) Olympic swimmer (9g1s1b), holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany[20]
  • Dara Torres, U.S. swimmer (Jewish father), Olympic champion
  • Alfred Nakache, French swimmer

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Track and field

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Professional Wrestling

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Wilf - [1] "The team’s owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew..."
  2. ^ Blomberg - [2] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
  3. ^ [3] "Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA... Bluthenthal’s late mother was Jewish and his father is black — the family name Bluthenthal originated with a slave owner David Bluthenthal believes was German-Jewish."
  4. ^ [4] "Bruin fans call him the Jewish Jordan...He's a real, live Jewish kid from the heart of Los Angeles, whose step-father is Israeli and has visited Israel twice" [5]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Dresner, Stacey. "Conversation with Manny Leibert", Connecticut Jewish Ledger, 2006-11-17, p. 2. Retrieved on 2006-11-17. (in English)
  6. ^ [6] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [7] [8]
  7. ^ Galler-Rabinowitz - [9]
  8. ^ [10] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [11] "Gregory is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. She now lives in Connecticut to train and Gregory recently spoke to the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about her religious background: "We [my brother and I] were brought up with the feeling that you have to believe in G-d. You have to believe in right and wrong. The rest they kind of left up to us. We celebrated everything-Christmas, Hanukkah, all the Jewish holidays, Easter. They taught us both traditions. Then when we got older they said whatever we chose and whatever we wanted was good with them. I identify that my heritage is Jewish. I feel proud of it.""
  9. ^ [12] "Emily Hughes—whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figureskating—also is Jewish."
  10. ^ [13] "16-year-old Sarah Hughes has a Jewish mother, Amy Hughes née Pasternack, and reportedly grew up in a house with some attachment to Judaism. But odds are you didn't read about it in your local Jewish paper."]
  11. ^ [14] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  12. ^ Bornstein - named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [15]; [16] ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is," Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Bornstein grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. He did not have a bar mitzvah, and he doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
  13. ^ Feilhaber - [17] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  14. ^ Tvrtko reveals: My grandmother was Jewish - Goes on to say that it was on his mother's side making him Jewish according to halakha
  15. ^ [18] de Ridder - "he netted a Ajax's only goal in the Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax lost in dramatic fashion. That fixture was a special one for De Ridder, who is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."
  16. ^ [19]"Hart, Cecil "Cece" - Jews in Sports"
  17. ^ [20] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  18. ^ [21]"Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"
  19. ^ "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle January 24, 1997 p.1
  20. ^ Spitz - [22] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  21. ^ [23] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him," said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  22. ^ PWTorch wrestling site Lanny Poffo "says his father Angelo is doing well, then goes on to read a poem he wrote for his parents anniversary. It is revealed in the poem that Lanny and Randy's mother was Jewish" Accessed 30 Oct 2006.
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