This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature.
Sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society. Many Jewish people immigrated from the countries where they had faced persecution to the United States or have made an Aliyah to the State of Israel.[1][2][3]
The criteria for inclusion in this list are:
- 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
- For team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
- Holders of past and current world records.
Boldface denotes a current competitor.
To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice another faith or not at all; although they do have to be of either ethnic Jewish descent or other Judaism-related background.
American football
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- Doc Alexander, US, G, 2× All-Pro[4]
- Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2× All-Pro[5]
- Harris Barton, US, OT, 2× All-Pro[6]
- Alex Bernstein (American football)
- Matt Bernstein
- David Binn, US, LS, All-Pro[7]
- Arthur Bluethenthal, US, C[8]
- Justin Boren, US, OG[9]
- Daniel Braverman US, WR[10]
- Greg Camarillo, US, WR[11]
- Noah Cantor, Canada, DT, Canadian Football League[12]
- Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy[13]
- Jake Curhan, US, OT (Chicago Bears)[14]
- Jordan Dangerfield, US, SS[15]
- JT Daniels, US, QB, Gatorade Player of the Year (USC Trojans and Rice Owls)[16]
- Brian de la Puente, US, C[17]
- A. J. Dillon (Quadzilla), US, RB (Green Bay Packers)[18]
- Michael Dunn, US, G (Cleveland Browns)[19]
- Nate Ebner, US, DB (free agent)[20]
- Brad Edelman, US, OG, 1× Pro Bowl[21]
- Julian Edelman, US, WR, MVP in Super Bowl LIII
- Hayden Epstein, US, K[22]
- Carl Etelman, US, B[23]
- Jay Fiedler, US, QB[12]
- Anthony Firkser, US, TE (New York Jets)[24]
- John Frank, US, TE[6]
- Benny Friedman, US, QB, 4× All-Pro, Hall of Fame[4]
- Lennie Friedman, US, G[4]
- Antonio Garay, US, DT[25]
- Sid Gillman, US, End, former player and coach[26]
- Adam Goldberg, US, OL[27]
- Bill Goldberg, US, DT; professional wrestler (4× world champion)[5]
- Marshall Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro[4]
- Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro[4]
- Lou Gordon, US, OL[28]
- Randy Grossman, US, TE[29]
- Arnold Horween, US, halfback, fullback, center, and blocking back (quarterback), Harvard All-American, and NFL player[30]
- Ralph Horween, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player[30]
- Greg Joseph, South African, kicker (Green Bay Packers)[31]
- Andrew Kline, US, G[32]
- Kyle Kosier, US, OL[32]
- Len Levy, US, G[33]
- Erik Lorig, US, FB[34]
- Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8× All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame[4]
- Joe Magidsohn, Russia, Halfback[4]
- Ali Marpet, US, G[35]
- Taylor Mays, US, S[6]
- Sam McCullum, US, WR[8]
- Josh Miller, US, P[36]
- Wayne Millner, US, E, DE, Hall of Fame[37]
- Ron Mix, US, OT, 9× All-Pro, Hall of Fame[4]
- Aaron Murray, US, QB[4]
- Ed Newman, US, G, All-Pro[4]
- Harry Newman, US, QB, All-Pro[4]
- Brent Novoselsky, US, TE[32]
- Igor Olshansky, Ukraine, DE[6]
- Adam Podlesh, US, P[7]
- Merv Pregulman, US, T & C, College Football Hall of Fame[38]
- Josh Rosen, US, QB (free agent)[39][40]
- Sage Rosenfels, US, QB[7]
- Mike Rosenthal, US, T[12]
- Adam Schreiber, US, C/LS[41]
- Geoff Schwartz, US, OT[42]
- Mitchell Schwartz, US, OT, All-Pro[43]
- Mike Seidman, US, TE[44]
- Allie Sherman, US, running back & coach[45]
- Sam Sloman, US, K (free agent)[46]
- Scott Slutzker, US, TE[32]
- Paul Steinberg, US, FB/HB[47]
- Terrell Suggs, US, DE, All-Pro[48]
- Joseph Taussig, Germany-born US, QB[49]
- Josh Taves, US, DE[50]
- Andre Tippett, US, LB, 2× All-Pro, Hall of Fame[45]
- Alan Veingrad, US, OL[51]
- Gary Wood, US, QB[45]
- Sid Youngelman, US, OT[32]
Association football (soccer)
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- Liel Abada, Israel, forward (Charlotte & national team)[52]
- Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Atlantic City FC)[53]
- Jeff Agoos, US, defender (national team)[54]
- Yari Allnut, US, midfielder (national team)[55]
- Hennadiy Altman, Ukraine, goalkeeper[56]
- Kyle Altman, US, defender[57][58]
- Dudu Aouate, Israel, goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca & national team)[59]
- Gary Assous, France/Israel, midfielder (Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.)[60]
- Jonathan Assous, France/Israel, defensive midfielder (Beitar Ramat Gan)[61]
- Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (Crema & national team)[54]
- Yael Averbuch, US National Team, midfielder[62]
- Finn Azaz, Ireland national team and Middlesbrough.[63]
- Pini Balili, Israel, striker (Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam & national team)[54]
- Tal Banin, Israel, midfielder, national team, manager[64]
- Orr Barouch, Israel, striker (Cal FC & national team)
- David Beckham, UK, midfielder, England national team[65][66]
- Kyle Beckerman, US, midfielder (Real Salt Lake & national team)[67][68]
- David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (Maccabi Petah Tikva & national team)[69][70]
- Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back (Beitar Jerusalem & national team)[71]
- Arik Benado, Israel, defender (national team)[72]
- Yossi Benayoun, Israel, attacking midfielder[54]
- Eyal Berkovic, Israel, midfielder (national team)[22]
- Rhett Bernstein, US, defender (Miami FC)[73]
- Steve Birnbaum, US, defender (D.C. United & national team)[74]
- Gyula Bíró, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team)[75][76]
- Nir Bitton, Israel, defender/midfielder (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[52]
- Nick Blackman, England/Barbados/Israel, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Barbados national team)[77]
- Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver[78]
- Harald Bohr, Denmark, Olympic silver[79]
- Louis Bookman, Lithuanian-born Ireland, forward[80]
- Jonathan Bornstein, US/Israel, left back/midfielder (Chicago Fire & national team)[81]
- David Boysen, Denmark/Israel, left winger (Brønshøj Boldklub)[82][83]
- Daniel Brailovski, Argentina/Uruguay, midfielder (Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, & Israel national teams)[84]
- Adam Braz, Canada, defender[85]
- Ashley Brown, Australia, football (soccer) player Melbourne Victory
- Jordan Brown, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)[86]
- Tomer Chencinski, Israel/Canada, goalkeeper (Shamrock Rovers & national team)[87]
- Jordan Cila, US, forward (Under-17 World Cup)[88]
- Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[89]
- Martin Cohen, South Africa, midfielder (Highlands Park, LA Aztecs, California Surf, Wits University & national team)
- Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder (free agent)[90]
- Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder (national team)[91]
- Yonatan Cohen, Israel, attacking midfielder/forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[citation needed]
- Edgar Davids, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, and national team)[92]
- Rolf Decker, Germany-born US, midfielder (US national team)
- Micky Dulin, England (Tottenham)[93]
- Daniel Edelman, US, midfielder (New York Red Bulls)[94]
- Ernő Egri Erbstein, Hungary, midfielder[95][96][97][98]
- Yakov Ehrlich, Russia, striker (FC Ocean Kerch)[99]
- Sol Eisner, US, forward (New York Americans and USMNT)[100][101]
- Ilay Elmkies, Israel, midfielder (Bnei Sakhnin & national team)[citation needed]
- Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (Sporting Kansas City & US national team)[102]
- Lajos Fischer, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player[103]
- Otto Fischer, Austria, national team player and coach[104]
- Gottfried Fuchs, Germany/Canada (Germany national team)[105]
- Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder (Warrington Rylands 1906 & national team)[106]
- Peter Fuzes, Australia, goalkeeper[107]
- Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion[78]
- Mikhail Gershkovich, URS, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team)
- Ludwik Gintel, Poland, defender and forward (national team)[108]
- Andy Gruenebaum, US, goalkeeper[109]
- Jake Girdwood-Reich, Australia, midfielder, Sydney FC and Australia U23s[110]
- Béla Guttmann, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach[4]
- Rudy Haddad, France/Israel, midfielder[111]
- Eddy Hamel, US, right winger (AFC Ajax; killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz)[112]
- Tomer Hemed, Israel, forward (Maccabi Haifa & national team)[113]
- Julius Hirsch, Germany, winger, (Karlsruher FV; killed by the Nazis)[114][115]
- Ya'akov Hodorov, Israel, goalkeeper (national team)[116]
- Rinus Israel, Netherlands, defender (Feyenoord and national team)
- Joe Jacobson, Wales, left back (Wycombe Wanderers & U21 national team)[117]
- Tvrtko Kale, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper[118]
- Viktor Kanevskyi, URS, striker & manager[119][120]
- Tal Karp, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)[121]
- Scott Kashket, England, striker (Sutton United)[122]
- Yaniv Katan, Israel, forward/winger (Maccabi Haifa & national team)[123]
- Josh Kennet, England/Israel, midfielder/right back (London Lions)[117]
- Gyula Kertész, Hungary, winger, player & manager[124]
- Vilmos Kertész, Hungary, winger, 47 national team caps[125]
- Józef Klotz, Poland, national team; killed by the Nazis[126]
- Konstantin Krizhevsky, URS/Russia, defender (national team)[127]
- Mark Lazarus, England, right winger[22]
- Jonathan Levin, Mexico, midfielder (Phoenix Rising)[128]
- Lucas Matías Licht, Argentina, left defender/left winger (Villa San Carlos)[129]
- Marcelo Lipatin, Uruguay, forward (C.D. Trofense)[130]
- Józef Lustgarten, Poland (17 years in the Gulag)[108]
- Zac MacMath, US, goalkeeper (Real Salt Lake)[131]
- Mickaël Madar, France, striker[132]
- Melissa Maizels, Australia, goalkeeper (Melbourne Victory FC (W-League))[133]
- Gyula Mándi, Hungary, half back (player & coach of Hungarian and Israeli national teams)[4]
- Ofir Marciano, Israel, goalkeeper (Hapoel Be'er Sheva & national team)[134]
- Shep Messing, US, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster[45]
- Federico Mociulsky, Argentina, midfielder (Deportivo Roca)[135]
- Bennie Muller, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam and national team)[136]
- Andriy Oberemko, Ukraine, midfielder (U21 national team)[137]
- Eli Ohana, Israel, won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager[22]
- Árpád Orbán, Hungary, Olympic champion[78]
- Sid O'Linn, South Africa and Charlton Athletic
- José Pékerman, Argentina, midfielder, former player, current coach and manager[138]
- Dor Peretz, Israel, defensive midfielder (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[citation needed]
- Zach Pfeffer, US, midfielder (Philadelphia Union)[139]
- Suf Podgoreanu, Israel, forward (Spezia Calcio & Maccabi Haifa & national team)[citation needed]
- Roni Porokara, Finland, winger (national team)[140]
- Boris Razinsky, URS/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager[78]
- Charlie Reiter, US, forward (Pali Blues)[141]
- Haim Revivo, Israel, attacking/side midfielder (national team)[22]
- Daniël de Ridder, Netherlands, forward winger/attacking midfielder (SC Cambuur & U21 national team)[142]
- Ronnie Rosenthal, Israel, left winger/striker (national team)[143]
- Moshe Romano, Israel, striker (national team)[144]
- Sebastian Rozental, Chile, forward (national team)[22]
- Patricio Sayegh, Argentina, striker[145]
- David Schipper, US, midfielder/fullback (Southern United)[146]
- Aaron Schoenfeld, US/Israel, forward (Austin & Israel national team)[147]
- Ronnie Schwartz, Denmark, striker (Hobro IK)
- Béla Sebestyén, Hungary, winger (national team)[148]
- Gyorgy Silberstein / Szeder. Hungary, killed by the Nazis in Birnbaum [149]
- Barry Silkman, England (QPR/Man City)[150]
- Manor Solomon, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (Tottenham Hotspur F.C. & national team)[151]
- Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentina, defender (national team)[22]
- Jonathan Spector, US, defender (Orlando City SC & national team)[152]
- Leon Sperling, Poland, left wing (national team; killed by the Nazis in the Lemberg Ghetto)[108]
- Giora Spiegel, Israel, midfielder (national team)
- Mordechai Spiegler, URS/Israel, striker (Israel national team), manager[22]
- Daniel Steres, US, defender (Houston Dynamo)[153]
- Sjaak Swart, Netherlands, winger (Ajax)[136]
- Jordan Swibel, Australia, forward[154]
- Idan Tal, Israel, midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem & national team)[5]
- Nicolás Tauber, Argentina/Israel, goalkeeper (Villa San Carlos)[155]
- Matt Turner, US, goalkeeper (Nottingham Forest F.C. & national team)[156]
- Joris van Overeem, Netherlands/Israel, midfielder (Maccabi Tel Aviv )
- Yochanan Vollach, Israel, defender (national team)
- Shon Weissman, Israel, forward (Real Valladolid/Granada CF & national team)
- Sara Whalen, US, defender/forward, Olympic silver[78]
- DeAndre Yedlin, US, defender/midfielder (FC Cincinnati & national team)[157]
- Eran Zahavi, Israel, forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[158]
Australian rules football
- Keith Baskin, AFL footballer[159]
- Mordy Bromberg, Australia, AFL footballer
- Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer (North Melbourne Football Club)[160][161][162]
- Alby Herman, VFL footballer
- Julian Kirzner, AFL footballer
- Trevor Korn, VFL footballer[163]
- Barney Lazarus[163]
- Ezra Poyas, AFL and VFL footballer[22]
- Bert Rapiport[163]
- Harry Sheezel, AFL footballer[164]
- Ian Synman, AFL footballer, only Jew to play in a Premiership[165]
- Michael Zemski, Australia, AFL footballer
Baseball
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(New York Yankees)
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(Oakland Athletics; Team Israel)
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- Cal Abrams, US, outfielder[166]
- Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager, first base coach[166]
- Morrie "Snooker" Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star[166]
- Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3× Gold Glove, manager[166]
- Harrison Bader, US, center fielder, Gold Glove (New York Mets)[167]
- José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher[166]
- Robert "Bo" Belinsky, US, pitcher, no-hit game[168]
- Moe Berg, US, catcher, and spy for US in World War II[166]
- Jake Bird, US, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)[167]
- Jeremy Bleich, US-Israeli, pitcher (Team Israel)[169]
- Richard Bleier, US, pitcher (Washington Nationals organization, Team Israel)[170]
- Ron "Boomer" Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter, Israel Baseball League manager[171]
- Zach Borenstein, US, outfielder (free agent)[172][173]
- Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8× All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager[166]
- Ralph "Hawk" Branca, US, pitcher, 3× All Star[174][175][176]
- Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 6× All-Star, home run champion, Rookie of the Year, 5× Silver Slugger, MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)[177]
- Alex Bregman, US, infielder, 2× All Star, Silver Slugger (Houston Astros)[178]
- Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher[166]
- Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2× All-Star[179]
- Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach
- Harry “the Horse” Danning, US, catcher, 4× All-Star[166][4]
- Ike Davis, US, first baseman[180]
- Cody Decker, US, first baseman[181][182]
- Jonathan de Marte, US-Israel, pitcher (Team Israel)[183][184][185][186]
- Scott Effross, US, pitcher (New York Yankees)[187][188]
- Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher[189]
- Mike "Superjew" Epstein, US, first baseman[166]
- Al Federoff, US, second baseman & manager[190]
- Harry Feldman, US, pitcher[166]
- Scott Feldman, US, pitcher[166]
- Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist[191]
- Jake Fishman, US-Israeli, pitcher (Oakland Athletics, Team Israel).[192]
- Micah Franklin, US, outfielder[190][193]
- Nate Freiman, US, first baseman[194][195]
- Max Fried, US, pitcher, All Star, 3× Gold Glove, 2× Fielding Bible Award, Silver Slugger (Atlanta Braves)[196]
- Jim Gaudet, US, catcher[197]
- Sam Fuld, US, outfielder and general manager[198]
- Zack Gelof, US, second baseman (Oakland Athletics)[199]
- Brad Goldberg, US, pitcher[200]
- Jake Goodman, US, first baseman[190]
- Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2× All-Star[166]
- John Grabow, US, relief pitcher[166]
- Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2× All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger[166]
- Adam Greenberg, US, outfielder [201]
- Hank "The Hebrew Hammer" Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5× All-Star, 4× home run champion, 4× RBI leader, 2× MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[166]
- Stephen Greenberg, US, first and third basemen in the minor leagues in the early 1970s; son of Hank Greenberg.
- Dalton Guthrie, US, infielder and outfielder (Boston Red Sox organization)[202]
- Jason Hirsh, US, pitcher[203][204]
- Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2× All-Star, 2 no-hitters, Israel Baseball League manager[166]
- Spencer Horwitz, US, first baseman (Toronto Blue Jays; Team Israel)
- Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader, no-hitter[166]
- Jake Kalish, US, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels)[205]
- Rob Kaminsky, US, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
- Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder, manager (San Francisco Giants), 2021 NL Manager of the Year[166]
- Ty Kelly, US-Israeli, utility player (Seattle Mariners; Team Israel)[166]
- Ian Kinsler, US-Israeli, second baseman, 4× All-Star, hit for the cycle, 2× 30–30 club, 2× Gold Glove, Fielding Bible Award[206]
- Jason Kipnis, US, second baseman, 2x All-Star, Jewish ancestry, practicing Roman Catholic[207][208]
- Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 7× All-Star, 1 perfect game, 4 no-hitters, 3× Triple Crown, 5× ERA leader, 4× strikeouts leader, 3× Wins leader, 2× W-L% leader, 2× World Series MVP, 3× Cy Young Award, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[166]
- Dean Kremer, US-Israeli, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles; Team Israel)[209]
- Barry Latman, US, pitcher, All-Star[189]
- Ryan Lavarnway, US-Israeli, catcher (Miami Marlins; Team Israel)[210]
- Max Lazar, US, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)[211]
- Alon Leichman, Israel, former pitcher, now Cincinnati Reds assistant pitching coach[212]
- Al Levine, US, relief pitcher[166]
- Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2× All-Star, Gold Glove[166]
- Shlomo Lipetz, Israel, pitcher (Team Israel)[213]
- Assaf Lowengart, Israel, outfielder (New York Boulders; Team Israel)[214][215]
- Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman[166]
- Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Silver Slugger[166]
- Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher[166]
- Bob Melvin, US, catcher, manager (Oakland Athletics)[216]
- Matt "Mash" Mervis, US, first baseman (Chicago Cubs; Team Israel)[217]
- Eli Morgan, US, pitcher (Cleveland Guardians; Team Israel)[218]
- Jon Moscot, US-Israeli, pitcher[219]
- Sam Nahem, US, pitcher[166]
- Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager[166]
- Joc Pederson, US, outfielder, 2x All Star (Arizona Diamondbacks, Team Israel)[220]
- Barney "the Yiddish Curver" Pelty, US, pitcher[166]
- Lefty Phillips, US; briefly a minor league pitcher in the 1930s, later became a pitching coach and manager.[221]
- Lip "the Iron Batter" Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, manager, 4× home run champion, RBI leader[166]
- Kevin Pillar, US, outfielder (Los Angeles Angels, Team Israel)[222]
- Jake Pitler, US, second baseman and coach[223][224]
- Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher and coach[166]
- Jimmie Reese, US, second baseman & third baseman[166]
- Dave Roberts, US, pitcher[166]
- Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher, ERA leader[166]
- Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4× All Star, 2× home run champion, 2× RBI leader, MVP[166]
- Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star[166]
- Kenny Rosenberg, US, pitcher (Los Angeles Angels)
- Bubby Rossman, US-Israeli, pitcher (New York Mets; Team Israel)
- Josh Satin, US, second baseman[225]
- Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star[166]
- Mike "Lefty" Schemer, US, first baseman[223][226]
- Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher[166]
- Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman, Israel Baseball League manager[166]
- Ryan Sherriff, US, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)[181]
- Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher, World Series MVP[166]
- Norm Sherry, US, catcher, manager[166]
- Jared Shuster, US, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)[167]
- Mose "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder, set minor league home run record[166]
- Robert Stock, US, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers; Team Israel)
- Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Wins leader, Cy Young Award[166]
- Garrett Stubbs, US, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies; Team Israel)[181]
- Rowdy Tellez, US, first baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates)[181]
- Danny Valencia, US-Israeli, third baseman (Team Israel)[227]
- Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder
- Zack Weiss, US-Israeli, pitcher (Minnesota Twins; Team Israel)[228]
- Steve Yeager, US, catcher, World Series MVP[166]
- Andy Yerzy, Canada, catcher/first baseman (Milwaukee Brewers organization)[229]
- Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3× All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award[166]
- Josh Zeid, US-Israeli, pitcher (Team Israel)[230]
Basketball
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- Eli Abaev , US & Israel, 6' 8" forward/center (Maccabi Haifa)[231][232][233][181][32]
- Joe Alexander, US & Israel, 6' 8" forward (Maccabi Haifa)[234]
- Ben Auerbach, US, 6' 1" guard[235]
- Red Auerbach, US, player for George Washington University; U.S., Hall of Fame-inducted coach of the Boston Celtics
- Deni Avdija, Israel, NBA 6' 9" small forward (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Amari Bailey, US, NBA 6' 5" shooting guard (Charlotte Hornets)
- Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Olympic champion[4][236]
- Miki Berkovich, Israel, 6' 4" shooting guard
- Sue Bird, US & Israel, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 5xOlympic champion, 4x World champion, 12x All-Star (Seattle Storm)[237][238]
- David Blatt, US & Israel, Israeli Premier Basketball League 6' 3.5" point guard, coached Russia National Basketball Team, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv to EuroLeague Championship, EuroLeague Coach of the Year, 4× Israeli League Coach of the Year, former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, head coach of Turkish club Darussafaka[239][240]
- Mike Bloom, US, NBA 6' 6" forward/center, ABA All-American[241]
- David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 7" power forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[242]
- Moysés Blás, Brazil, Olympics 5' 11" guard[243]
- Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center[244]
- Tal Brody, US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 2" shooting guard[4]
- Larry Brown, US, ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3× ABA All-Star, 3× assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach (1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Basketball Hall of Fame[4][236]
- Omri Casspi, Israel, NBA 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA draft, for Memphis Grizzlies (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[245]
- Steve Chubin, US, ABA 6' 3" guard[246]
- Alex Chubrevich, Israel & Russia, Premier League 7' 0" center (Maccabi Haifa)[247]
- Alysha Clark, US-Israel, WNBA 5' 11" small forward (Las Vegas Aces)[248]
- Jeff Cohen, US, ABL 6' 7" power forward[249]
- Shawn Dawson, Israel, 6' 6" small forward/shooting guard (Hapoel Holon)[250]
- Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (Maccabi Ashdod)[251]
- Stu Douglass, US & Israel, 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Ashdod)[252]
- Lior Eliyahu, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 9" power forward, 2006 NBA draft (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), playing in the EuroCup (European top tier) (Maccabi Ashdod)[22]
- Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard[253]
- Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[4]
- Jack Garfinkel, US, NBA 6' 0" guard[254]
- Tamir Goodman, US-Israel, 6' 3"[255]
- Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion[256]
- Yotam Halperin, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics[22]
- Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker[45]
- Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard[45]
- Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[4]
- Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2× All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame[4]
- Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, Australian National Basketball League & Israeli Super League 6' 5" guard (Haryana Gold), first-ever Indian national to play in ULEB competitions[257]
- Doron Jamchi, Israel, Israeli Basketball Premier League 6' 6" shooting guard/small forward[258]
- Jacqui Kalin, US/Israel, Israel League 5' 8" point guard[97][259][260]
- Oded Kattash, Israel, Premier League 6' 4" point guard & coach[261]
- Joel Kramer, US, NBA 6' 7" forward[262]
- Dave Kufeld, US/Israel, 6' 8", first Orthodox Jew selected in the NBA draft
- Sylven Landesberg, US-Israel-Austria, EuroLeague 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard/small forward (Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin)[263]
- Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5× All-Star[264]
- Howard Lassoff, US/Israel, 6' 10" center, six-time Israeli Basketball League Champion with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[265]
- Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA 5' 10" point guard, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame[236][78]
- Yam Madar, Israel, 6' 3" guard (Partizan Belgrade) drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics in 2020
- Gal Mekel, Israel, 6' 3" point guard[266]
- Abby Meyers, US, WNBA 6' 0" guard (Dallas Wings)[267]
- Yogev Ohayon, Israel, Super League 6' 2" point guard (Hapoel Holon)
- Bernard Opper, US, NBL & ABL 5' 10" guard, All-American at University of Kentucky[268]
- Donna Orender (née Chait), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, former WNBA president[45]
- Josh Pastner, US, NCAA 6' 0" guard & coach[269]
- Zack Rosen, US, Super League 6' 1" point guard[190]
- Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward[256]
- Avi Schafer, Japan, B.League, 6' 10" center (SeaHorses Mikawa)[270]
- Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)[45]
- Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3× FT% leader, 1× rebound leader, 12× All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)[4]
- Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket[256]
- Jon Scheyer, US, All-American, head coach Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[271]
- Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame[4]
- Ezequiel Skverer, Argentina & Israel, 5' 11" point guard[272]
- Tiago Splitter, Brazil, NBA 6' 11" power forward/center[273]
- Amar'e Stoudemire, US & Israel, NBA 6' 10" power forward/center, 6× NBA All-Star, NBA Rookie of the Year (2003), 5× All-NBA Team
- Amit Tamir, Israel, Israel League 6' 10" power forward/center[274]
- Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2× All-American, left as NYU all-time scorer[4]
- Alex Tyus, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center (ASVEL Basket)[275]
- Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center[45]
- Spencer Weisz, US & Israel, Premier League 6' 4" shooting guard/small forward (Hapoel Haifa)[276][277]
- Jamila Wideman, US, WNBA 5' 6" guard[278]
- Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1× FT% leader, 1× points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[4]
- Domantas Sabonis, Lithuania and US, NBA 6' 10" center, 3× All-Star, 2× All-NBA, 2× league rebounding leader[279] (Sacramento Kings)
Bowling
- Barry Asher, US, 10 PBA titles, PBA Hall of Fame[50]
- Marshall Holman, US, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[280]
- Mark Roth, US, 34 PBA titles (5th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[281]
Boxing
- Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame[282]
- Salamo Arouch (The Ballet Dancer), Greece & Israel, the Middleweight Champion of Greece 1938, and the All-Balkans Middleweight Champion 1939
- Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, 1906–12, Hall of Fame[4]
- Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight[283]
- Max Baer, US, world heavyweight champion 1934–35, wore a Star of David on his trunks[284]
- Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, 1927–29, Hall of Fame[4]
- Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight 1989[22]
- Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion lightweight 1930, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[4]
- Maxie Berger, Canada, flyweight, junior welterweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[285]
- Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight 1904[4]
- Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight 1923[4]
- Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight 1932[236]
- Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight 1926-30[283]
- Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame[4][286]
- Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight 1954-56[4]
- Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[283]
- Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, New Jersey and inspiration for Moe Szyslak on The Simpsons
- Carolina Duer ("The Turk"), Argentine, WBO world champion super flyweight 2010, and bantamweight 2013[287]
- John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight 1929 & Olympic champion featherweight 1924, Hall of Fame[4]
- Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight 2009[288]
- Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight 2009[289]
- Alexander Frenkel, undefeated cruiserweight who retired early.[290][291]
- György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight 1972[78]
- Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight 1924[292]
- Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[4]
- Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight[289]
- Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight[293][294]
- Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight 1957[4]
- Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight 1901-02[4]
- Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky, US, Panamanian heavyweight champion, American welterweight reputed to have fought 1,000 fights[283]
- Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[295]
- Harry Isaacs, South Africa, Olympic bronze medalist 1928
- Pavlo Ishchenko ("Wild Man"), Ukraine/Israel, bantamweight & lightweight, 2× European Amateur Boxing Championships medalist, and European Games medalist[296]
- Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight 1933[283]
- David "Star David" Kaminsky, Israel, junior lightweight[297]
- Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine, heavyweight champion
- Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, heavyweight champion
- Julie Kogon, US, 1947 New England Lightweight Champion; Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame
- Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight 1938-39[4]
- Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight 1917–1925, Hall of Fame[4]
- Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight 1916–1920, Hall of Fame[4]
- King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavyweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky[4]
- Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight 1908-11[283]
- Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight (1915–1916, 1917–1919), Hall of Fame[4]
- Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[283]
- Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight 1914-17[4]
- Daniel Mendoza, England, England Champion welterweight and heavyweight 1784–1795, Hall of Fame[4]
- Michael Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight 1928 and European Champion 1930[236]
- Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight 1920[4]
- Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight 1934-35[298]
- Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisia, world champion flyweight 1931-32[4]
- Harold Reitman ("The Boxing Doctor"), professional heavyweight, fought while working as surgeon, Golden Gloves champion[299]
- Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight 1925-27[4]
- Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight IBA 1999[300]
- Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[4]
- Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame[4]
- Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks[300]
- Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight[301]
- Cletus Seldin ("Hebrew Hammer"), US, light welterweight, welterweight, WBC International Silver junior welterweight champion
- Szapsel Rotholc, Poland, flyweight
- Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight[4]
- Abe Simon ("Big Abe Simon"), US, Last Jewish fighter to fight for the heavyweight title
- Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight[283]
- Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss, middleweight, only fighter to be knocked out on six continents
- "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight; wore a Star of David on his trunks; Hall of Fame[4]
- Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[292]
- Matt Wells, England, lightweight champion of Great Britain and world champion welterweight
- Jack "Kid" Wolfe, Russian-born US, superbantumweight
- Victor Zilberman, Romania, welterweight, Olympic bronze medalist[302]
Canoeing
- László Fábián, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4× world champion (3× K-2 10,000 meter and 1× K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)[236]
- Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoeist, 2× Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)[236]
- Jessica Fox, French-born Australian, slalom canoeist, Olympic gold (C-1 slalom), Olympic silver and bronze (K-1 slalom), world championships gold (C-1 and K-1)[303]
- Noemie Fox, French-born Australian, slalom canoeist, Olympic champion, 2x world champion
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2× K-1, 3× K-1 team)[78]
- Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)[236]
- Leonid Geishtor, URS (Byelorussia), sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000 meter)[78]
- Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (C-2 slalom)[78]
- Michael Kolganov, URS (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-1 500metre) for Israel; 2× world champion[304]
- Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic 2× silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2× bronze (K-2 500)[236]
- Naum Prokupets, Moldovan/URS, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000me), gold (C-2 10,000m) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships[78]
- Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoeist, 2× Olympic champion (C-1 10,000m, C-1 1,000m) and bronze (C-1 1,000m), 14 national titles[78]
- Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoeist, World Marathon champion 2006[305]
Cricket
- Ben Ashkenazi, Australia (Victorian Bushrangers)
- Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (uncle of Adam Bacher)[306]
- Mike Barnard, England, cricketer[306]
- Ivan Barrow, West Indies, cricketer, only Jew to hit a test century.[307]
- Mark Bott, England, cricketer[308]
- Mark Fuzes, Australian all rounder; played for Hong Kong.[309]
- Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper[310]
- Darren Gerard, England, cricketer[311]
- Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler[306]
- Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer[312]
- Sid Kiel, South Africa, opening batsman (Western Province)[313]
- Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Western Warriors)[306]
- Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer[306]
- Bev Lyon, England, cricketer[306]
- Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)[306]
- Greg, Jason, and Lara Molins, two brothers and a cousin from the same Irish family[312]
- Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers)[306]
- Sid O'Linn, South Africa
- John Raphael, England, batsman[306]
- Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector[314]
- Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen[315]
- Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler[306]
- Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament[316]
- Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman[306]
- Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer[306]
- Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer[306]
Cycling
- Mikhail Iakovlev, Russian-born Israeli, world record holder[317]
- Romāns Vainšteins, Latvia, Olympian
- Tinus van Gelder, Netherlands, 1948 Olympian, Maccabiah Games representative [318]
Equestrian
- Georgina Bloomberg, US, Pan-American bronze
- Robert Dover, US, 4× Olympic bronze, 1× world championship bronze (dressage)[319]
- Margie Goldstein-Engle, US, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping)[320]
- Hermann Mandl, Austria
- Edith Master, US, Olympic bronze (dressage)[236]
Fencing
- Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), Olympic champion[236]
- Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2× Olympic champion[236]
- Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (saber), Olympic bronze, 17× US champion[236]
- Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil), Olympic bronze, 4× US champion[4]
- Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3× bronze[78]
- Tamir Bloom, US (épée), 2× Pan-American silver[321]
- Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver[78]
- Nick Bravin, US (foil), 4x US champion, 3x NCAA champion
- Daniel Bukantz, US (foil), 4× US champion[45]
- Eli Dershwitz, US (saber), world champion, junior world champion, 4× Pan-American champion, US champion, NCAA champion[322]
- Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion[236]
- Jacqueline Dubrovich, US (foil), Olympic team champion
- Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion[236]
- Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 3× NCAA champion, 5× Israeli champion[22]
- Sándor Erdős, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion
- Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (saber), Olympic bronze[236]
- Dr. Dezső Földes, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion[236]
- Yuval Freilich, Israel (épée), 2014 and 2015 European Men's Épée Junior Champion, 2019 European Épée Champion, and the épée team silver medal with Israel at the 2022 European Fencing Championships
- Dr. Jenő Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4× Olympic champion[323]
- Tamás Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion[4]
- János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis[4]
- Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis[236]
- Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion[298]
- Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion[324]
- Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion[236]
- Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked No. 9 in world[325]
- Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann, Israel (foil), 20× Israeli champion[326][327]
- Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver[236]
- Nick Itkin, US (foil), Olympic silver, 2x Olympic bronze, individual Pan American champion, 2x individual World Championship medalist[328]
- Emily Jacobson, US (saber), Junior World Champion, NCAA champion[329]
- Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked No. 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2× bronze, 2× world team champion[329]
- Allan Jay, UK (épée & foil), Olympic 2× silver, world champion[236]
- Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3× Olympic champion, bronze[236]
- Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic champion & URS champion, killed by the Germans during World War II[236]
- Byron Krieger, US (foil, saber, épée), 2× Olympian, Pan American Games team gold/silver[38]
- Grigory Kriss, URS (épée), Olympic champion, 2× silver[236]
- Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3× Pan American Games champion[75]
- Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2× Olympic champion, 2× silver, bronze[4]
- Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion[236]
- Maria Mazina, Russia (épée), Olympic champion, bronze medalist[78]
- Mark Midler, URS (foil), 2× Olympic champion[4]
- Noam Mills, Israel (épée), female Junior World Champion[330]
- Armand Mouyal, France (épée), Olympic bronze, world champion[4]
- Claude Netter, France (foil), Olympic champion, silver[4]
- Jacques Ochs, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion[236]
- Ayelet Ohayon, Israel (foil), European champion[329]
- Ellen Osiier, Denmark (foil), Olympic champion[4]
- Dr. Ivan Osiier, Denmark (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic silver (épée), 25× Danish champion[4]
- Attila Petschauer, Hungary (saber), 2× team Olympic champion, silver, killed by the Nazis[236]
- Ellen Preis, Austria (foil), Olympic champion, 3× world champion, 17× Austrian champion[236]
- Mark Rakita, URS (saber), 2× Olympic champion, 2× silver[4]
- Yakov Rylsky, URS (saber), Olympic champion[236]
- Gaston Salmon, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion[78]
- Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Hungary (saber & foil), Olympic champion, silver, bronze[331]
- Edgar Seligman, British (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic 2× silver (épée), 2× British champion in each weapon[78]
- Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2× Olympic champion, silver, bronze[236]
- Andre Spitzer, Israel, killed by terrorists[332]
- Jean Stern, France (épée), Olympic champion[78]
- Soren Thompson, US (épée), World Team Champion, US Junior Champion, US champion, NCAA champion[333]
- David Tyshler, URS (saber), Olympic bronze[78]
- Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungary (foil), 2× Olympic champion[334]
- Eduard Vinokurov, Russia (saber), 2× Olympic champion, silver[4]
- Iosif Vitebskiy, URS (épée), Olympic silver, 10× national champion[4]
- Maia Weintraub, US (foil), Olympic team champion, 2x US national champion (2019 & 2023), 2022 NCAA Individual Foil Champion, 2021 Junior Team Silver, 2022 Junior Team Gold, 2023 Senior Team Silver, 3× gold 2019 European Maccabi Games[4]
- Lajos Werkner, Hungary (saber), 2× Olympic champion[4]
- George Worth, US (saber), Olympic bronze, US champion, 3× Pan American champion[236]
Field hockey
- Carina Benninga, Netherlands, Olympic champion, bronze[4]
- Giselle Kañevsky, Argentina, Olympic bronze[78]
Figure skating
- Max Aaron, US, figure skater, 2013 US men's champion[335]
- Sarah Abitbol, France, figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze[336]
- Benjamin Agosto, US, ice dancer, Olympic silver, world championship silver, bronze[337]
- Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver, world champion, European champion[5]
- Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater, Olympic gold[338]
- Jason Brown, US, figure skater, 2× Junior World Medalist, 2014 US silver, 2014 Olympic bronze (team)[339]
- Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[340]
- Judy Blumberg, US, ice dancer, 3× World Championship bronze[341]
- Aimee Buchanan, US & Israel, figure skater[342][343]
- Cindy Bortz, US, figure skater, world junior champion[22]
- Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater, 2× Olympic silver, 2× world championship silver[22][243]
- Zhan Bush, Russia, figure skater
- Oleksii Bychenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, 2016 European silver medallist, Olympian
- Alain Calmat, France, figure skater, Olympic silver, world championship gold, silver, 2× bronze[4]
- Galit Chait, Israel, ice dancer, world championship bronze, Olympian[22]
- Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, 2006 US Champion, 3× World medalist, 2006 Olympic silver[344][345]
- Amber Corwin, US, figure skater[346]
- Natalia Dubova, Russia/URS, ice dancer[347]
- Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, US, ice dancer, competes with partner David Mitchell; US Championships bronze[348]
- Aleksandr Gorelik, URS, pair skater, Olympic silver, world championship 2× silver, bronze[78]
- Melissa Gregory, US, figure skater, ice dancer with Denis Petukhov, US Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze[349]
- Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian[350]
- Emily Hughes, US, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver[351]
- Sarah Hughes, US, figure skater, Olympic gold, world championship bronze[352]
- Ronald Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2× silver, and bronze, world championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze[22]
- Vivian Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2× silver, and bronze, world championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze[22]
- Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, world championship 2× gold, silver, 2× bronze[4]
- Felix Kaspar, Austria, figure skater, Olympic bronze[78]
- Tamar Katz, US-born Israeli, figure skater[353]
- Evgeni Krasnopolski, Ukraine-born Israel, Olympian[354]
- Lily Kronberger, Hungary, figure skater, world championship 4× gold, 2× bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame[4]
- Dylan Moscovitch, Canada, pairs skater, 2011 Canadian national champion, 2014 Olympic silver (team)[355]
- Emilia Rotter, Hungary, pair skater, world championship 4× gold, silver, 2× Olympic bronze[4]
- Louis Rubenstein, Canada, figure skater, (pre-Olympic) world champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame[4]
- Lionel Rumi, Israel, ice dancer
- Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israel, ice dancer with Galit Chait, world championship bronze, Olympian[22]
- Daniel Samohin, Israel, figure skater, 2016 World Junior Champion; former junior world record holder (free skate), Olympian
- Michael Seibert, US, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships 5× gold, World Figure Skating Championships 3× bronze[22]
- Robert Shmalo, US, ice dancer
- Julia Shapiro, Russia-born Israel, pair skater, World Junior bronze[356]
- Michael Shmerkin, URS-born Israeli, figure skater[357]
- Simon Shnapir, Russian-born US, pairs skater, 2× US national champion (2013 & 2014), 2014 Olympic bronze (team)
- Igor Shpilband, URS, ice dancer, world junior championship gold, silver; coach to several world champion teams
- Jamie Silverstein, US, figure skater, ice dancer with Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze[349]
- Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver & bronze, world championship 2× gold, 3× silver & 1× bronze, 4× Russian champion, 7× European champion[298]
- Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, world championship gold, silver, bronze[358]
- László Szollás, Hungary, pair skater, world championship gold & silver, 2× Olympic bronze[4]
- Isabella Tobias, US-born Israeli ice dancer, represented Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics. Currently representing Israel.
- Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[358]
- Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[359]
Golf
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- Amy Alcott, US, LPGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame[4]
- Herman Barron, US, PGA Tour[4]
- Laetitia Beck, Israel, Israeli champion & 3× Maccabiah Games gold, LPGA Tour[360]
- Daniel Berger, US, PGA Tour
- Erica Blasberg, US, LPGA Tour[361]
- Bruce Fleisher, US, PGA Tour[362]
- Paul Friedlander, Eswatini, Sunshine Tour[363]
- Max Greyserman, US, PGA Tour
- Max Homa, US, 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Champion, PGA Tour[364]
- Jonathan Kaye, US, PGA Tour[22]
- Skip Kendall, US, Champions Tour[365][366][367][368]
- Alexander Lévy, France, European Tour[369]
- David Lipsky, US, Asian Tour[370]
- Sam Little, England, European Tour[371][372][373]
- David Merkow, US, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year[374]
- Rob Oppenheim, US, PGA Tour
- Corey Pavin, US, PGA Tour and Champions Tour (converted to Christianity)[5]
- Morgan Pressel, US, LPGA Tour[375]
- Monte Scheinblum, US, 1992 US & World Long Drive Champion[22]
- Zohar Sharon, Israel[376]
- Tony Sills, US, PGA Tour[377]
- Ben Silverman, Canada, PGA Tour[378]
Gymnastics
- Ruth Abeles, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[379]
- Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz[78]
- Lilia Akhaimova, Russia, Olympic gold artistic (team all-around) gymnast at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Linoy Ashram, Israel, Olympic gold (rhythmic gymnast) and 6× World Championships silver
- Daria Atamanov, Israel, European Champion and World medalist
- Shani Bakanov, Israel, 2x World Championships gold[380]
- Eliza Banchuk, Israel, 2x World Championships gold[380]
- Yana Batyrshina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnast)[78]
- Alyssa Beckerman, US, national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars)[22]
- Valery Belenky, URS/Azerbaijan/Germany, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises)[78]
- Ralli Ben-Yehuda, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[381]
- Moran Buzovski, Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)
- Elka de Levie, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)[78]
- Artem Dolgopyat, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Olympic gold and silver (artistic gymnast – floor) for Israel[382]
- Olena Dvornichenko, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnastics[383]
- Philip Erenberg, US, Olympic silver (Indian clubs)[78]
- Alfred Flatow, Germany, 3× Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar)[4]
- Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, 2× Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)[4]
- Samu Fóti, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)[78]
- Limor Friedman, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[384]
- Adar Friedmann, Israel, 2x World Championships gold[380]
- Mitch Gaylord, US, Olympic champion (team), silver (vaulting), 2× bronze (rings, parallel bars)[4]
- Imre Gellért, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)[78]
- Brian Ginsberg, US, 2x Pan-American champion[385][386][387]
- Nancy Goldsmith, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[388]
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russia/URS, Olympic 2× champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5× silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercise, team exercises with portable apparatus)[4]
- Abie Grossfeld, US, 8× Pan American champion, 7× Maccabiah champion, coach[4]
- George Gulack, US, Olympic champion (flying rings)[4]
- Miriam Kara, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[389]
- Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, 5× Olympic champion (2× floor exercise, asymmetrical bars, floor exercise, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3× silver (2× team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2× bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame[4][298]
- Alice Kertész, Hungary, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team)[236]
- Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, Australia, Olympian, Commonwealth Games clubs champion, rhythmic gymnast[390]
- Natalia Laschenova, Russia/URS, Olympic champion (team)[78]
- Ya'akov Levi, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[391]
- Tatiana Lysenko, URS/Ukraine, 2× Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)[298]
- Valeria Maksyuta, Ukraine/Israel, multiple World Cup medalist, Israeli Olympian, Maccabiah Games champion[392][393][394]
- Phoebe Mills, US, Olympic bronze (balance beam)[22]
- Abraham Mok, Netherlands[395]
- Yohanan Moyal, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)[396]
- Helena Nordheim, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[78]
- Mikhail Perelman, URS, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)[78]
- Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast[397]
- Anna Polak, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[78]
- Vladimir Portnoi, URS, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault)[78]
- Aly Raisman, US, Olympic champion (artistic gymnast; floor 2012, team combined exercises: 2012, 2016), silver (all-around, floor: 2016), bronze (balance beam); world gold (team: 2011, 2015), silver (team: 2010), and bronze (floor exercise: 2011)[398]
- Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)[78]
- Lihie Raz, US/Israel, European Championship bronze (floor), Olympian artistic gymnast for Israel
- Neta Rivkin, Israel, world bronze (rhythmic gymnastics; hoop)[399]
- Irina Risenzon, Hungary-born Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)[400]
- Monica Rokhman, US, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)[401]
- Maria Savenkov, Israel/Russia, rhythmic gymnast[383]
- Samantha Shapiro, US, 2x Pan-American champion (artistic gymnast)[402]
- Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze, European champion (artistic gymnast; floor exercise)[403]
- Yelena Shushunova, Russia/URS, Olympic 2× champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars)[298]
- Judijke Simons, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[78]
- Samantha Smith, Canada, Olympian (trampoline)[404]
- Kerri Strug, US, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises)[4]
- Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, Russia/Israel, youth Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) for Israel
- Rahel Vigdozchik, Israel, rhythmic gymnast[405]
- Veronika Vitenberg, Israel/Belarus, rhythmic gymnast[405]
- Julie Zetlin, US, 2010 US champion, rhythmic gymnastics[406]
- Valerie Zimring, US, 1984 US National Champion, 5× Maccabiah Champion (rhythmic gymnastics)[407]
Horse racing
- Sam Waley-Cohen, Britain, National Hunt jockey; winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Grand National, and King George VI Chase.
Ice hockey
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- Rudi Ball, Germany, right wing, Olympic bronze, world runner-up, bronze, IIHF Hall of Fame[408]
- Andrew Berenzweig, US, defenseman (NHL)[409][410]
- Max Birbraer, Russia/Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (NHL)[411][5]
- Austin Block, US, center and forward (free agent)[412][413][414]
- Jonathon Blum, US, defenseman (EHC Red Bull München)[415]
- Ross Brooks, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[416]
- Mike Brown, US, right wing (NHL)[245]
- Hy Buller, Canada-born US, All-Star defenseman (NHL)[411]
- André Burakovsky, Austria-born Sweden, left wing (Seattle Kraken)[417]
- Robert Burakovsky, Sweden, right wing (NHL)[418]
- Andrew Calof, Canada, center (HK Poprad)[416]
- Michael Cammalleri, Canada, left wing (NHL)[22][419]
- Carter Camper, US, center (Tappara Tampere)[420]
- Sasha Chmelevski, US, center (Salavat Yulaev Ufa)
- Jakob Chychrun, US/Canada, defenseman (Ottawa Senators)[421][422]
- Colby Cohen, US, defenseman (NHL)[423]
- Samantha Cogan, Canada, forward (PWHL Toronto)[424]
- Charlie Cotch, Canada, left wing (NHL) (Toronto St. Patricks)
- Olivier Dame-Malka, Canada-born France, defenseman (Rødovre Mighty Bulls)[420]
- Sara DeCosta, US, goaltender, Olympic gold and silver, 2000 & 2002 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award[346]
- Jason Demers, Canada, defenseman (Bakersfield Condors)[425]
- Justin Duberman, US, right wing (NHL)[426]
- Steve Dubinsky, Canada, center (NHL)[411]
- Alon Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, center
- Oren Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, center[22]
- David Elsner, Germany, right wing (1. EV Weiden)[427]
- Sam Faber, US, forward[428][429]
- Adam Fox, US, defenseman (New York Rangers)[430]
- Aerin Frankel, US, goaltender (PWHL) (Boston)
- Kaleigh Fratkin, Canada, defenseman (PWHL) (Boston)[431][432][433]
- Doug Friedman, US, forward (Edmonton Oilers)
- Mark Friedman, Canada, defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)[434]
- Chelsey Goldberg, US, forward (Team Adidas)[435]
- Jørn Goldstein, Norway, goaltender, Olympian and national team, awarded the Gold Puck as best player of the season[436]
- Dov Grumet-Morris, US, goaltender (AHL)[414]: 7–8
- Cole Guttman, US, center (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Jeff Halpern, US, center (NHL)[411]
- Jordan Harris, US, defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)[437]
- Gizzy Hart, Canada, left wing (NHL)[438]
- Mike Hartman, US, left wing (NHL)[38]
- Karel Hartmann, Czechoslovakia (Sparta Prague), left wing, Olympic bronze medal, vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[439]
- Adam Henrich, Canada, left wing/center[440]
- Michael Henrich, Canada, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers)[441]
- Eric Himelfarb, Canada, center (HC Thurgau)[427]
- Kim Hirschovits, Finland, center[427]
- Josh Ho-Sang, Canada, right wing (Florida Everblades)[442]
- Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, US, defenseman, world championship silver medal[443]
- Jack Hughes, US, center (New Jersey Devils), 2019 NHL Entry Draft #1 overall pick[444]
- Luke Hughes, US, defenseman, (New Jersey Devils)[445]
- Quinn Hughes, US, defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)[446]
- Zach Hyman, Canada, left wing/center (Edmonton Oilers)[416] 1st and only Jewish Hockey player to score more than 50 goals in an NHL regular season 2023–2024.
- Peter Ing, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[447]
- Joe Ironstone, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[448]
- Max Kaminsky, Canada, center (NHL)[449]
- Evan Kaufmann, US, forward[450]
- Mikhail Kravets, Russia, right wing (NHL)[447]
- Luke Kunin, US, center (San Jose Sharks)[451]
- Alfred Kuchevsky, URS/Russia, defenseman, Olympic champion, bronze[4]
- Max Labovitch, Canada, right wing (NHL)[452]
- Brendan Leipsic, Canada-Russia, left wing (SKA Saint Petersburg)[416]
- Devon Levi, Canada, goaltender (Buffalo Sabres)[453]
- David Levin, Israeli-born Canadian, left wing, 1st overall 2015 OHL draft selection (HSC Csíkszereda)[454]
- Alex Levinsky, Canada, defenseman (NHL)[411]
- Grant Lewis, US, defenseman (NHL)[455]
- David Littman, US, goaltender (NHL)[456]
- Yuri Lyapkin, URS/Russia, defenseman[457]
- David Meckler, US, left wing[414]: 7–8
- Jacob Micflikier, Canada, forward (free agent)[414]: 7–8 [458][459]
- David Nemirovsky, Canada, right wing (NHL)[411]
- Eric Nystrom, US, left wing, son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom (NHL)[460]
- Cory Pecker, Canada, right wing (Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999[461]
- Bob Plager, Canada, defenseman (NHL; converted to Judaism)[462]
- Chase Priskie, US, defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
- Yaniv Perets, Canada, goaltender (Carolina Hurricanes)
- Dylan Reese, US, defenseman (various NHL teams, HV71)[11])
- Steve Richmond, US, defenseman (NHL)[447]
- Maurice Roberts, US, goaltender (NHL)[463]
- Samuel Rothschild, Canada, left wing (NHL)[448]
- François Rozenthal, France, right wing[22]
- Maurice Rozenthal, France, right wing[22]
- Mathieu Schneider, US, defenseman (NHL)[411]
- Eliezer Sherbatov, Israeli-Canadian, left wing (Jonquière Marquis)[464]
- Todd Simon, Canada, center (NHL) (Buffalo Sabres)
- Trevor Smith, Canada, center (NHL)[465]
- Brett Sterling, US, left wing (NHL)[423]
- Ronnie Stern, Canada, right wing (NHL)[5]
- Jeremy Swayman, US, goaltender (NHL) (Boston Bruins)
- Nate Thompson, US, center (Philadelphia Flyers)[466]
- Josh Tordjman, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[414]: 7–8
- Márton Vas, Hungary, right wing[414]: 8–9
- Mike Veisor, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[5]
- Jake Walman, Canada-US, defenseman (Detroit Red Wings)[467]
- David Warsofsky, US, defenseman (Augsburger Panther)[468]
- Hermann Weiss, Austria, goaltender[469]
- Ozzy Wiesblatt, Canada, right wing (San Jose Barracuda)
- Jasper Weatherby, US, forward (San Jose Sharks)
- Ethan Werek, Canada-China, forward (HC Slovan Bratislava)[414]: 7–8
- Brian Wilks, Canada, center (NHL)[470]
- Bob Winograd, Canada, defenseman, first Jewish player selected in the NHL draft[471]
- Bernie Wolfe, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[472][473][474]
- Victor "Chick" Zamick, Canada, center (British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame)[475]
- Larry Zeidel, Canada, defenseman (NHL)[411]
- Alexei Zhitnik, Ukraine-born Russia, defenseman (NHL)[467]
- Jason Zucker, US, left wing (Nashville Predators)[476]
Judo
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- Yael Arad, Israel, 1992 Olympic silver (light-middleweight)[477]
- Mark Berger, Canada, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)[78]
- Robert Berland, US, Olympic silver (middleweight)[78]
- Ārons Bogoļubovs, URS/Latvia, Olympic bronze (lightweight)[78]
- James Bregman, US, Olympic bronze (middleweight)[78]
- Aaron Cohen, US
- Yarden Gerbi, Israel, 2016 Olympic bronze (under 63 kg)[478]
- Maya Goshen, Israel, 2022 world bronze medalist for mixed teams (men and women)[citation needed]
- Raz Hershko, Israel, Olympic silver and bronze, World 2x bronze, European champion[479]
- Felipe Kitadai, Brazil, Olympic bronze (60 kg)[480]
- Daniela Krukower, Israel/Argentina, world champion (under 63 kg)[22]
- Inbar Lanir, Israel, World Champion, Olympic silver (–78 kg) and bronze (mixed)[479]
- Charlee Minkin, US, Pan American women's champion (half lightweight division; under 52 kg)[22]
- Sagi Muki, Israel, 2019 World Champion (under 81 kg), Olympic bronze, 2022 World bronze medalist for mixed teams (men and women), 2015 & 2018 European champion
- Peter Paltchik, Israel, Olympic 2x bronze, world 2x bronze[481]
- Moshe Ponte, Israel, Olympian (half-middleweight)[482]
- Gefen Primo, Israel, 2018 & 2021 European bronze medalist, 2021 World bronze medalist (under 52 kg)
- Shira Rishony, Israel, -48 kg
- Or "Ori" Sasson, Israel, 2016 and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist
- Alice Schlesinger, Israel-Britain, World Judo Championships bronze; European junior champion (under 63 kg)[266]
- Baruch Shmailov, Israel, Olympic bronze medalist, European U23 champion, European junior champion (under 66 kg)
- Oren Smadja, Israel, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist (lightweight)[78]
- Ehud Vaks, Israel (half-lightweight)[483]
- Gal Yekutiel, Israel, European bronze medalist 2× Olympian[484]
- Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi, Israel, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist (100 kg)[477]
Lacrosse
Mixed martial arts
- Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion; 57–63 kilos (125–140 pounds) weight class
- Cyril Benzaquen, France, world champion of kickboxing, world champion of Muaythai, light heavyweight[486]
- Patrick Bittan, France, first French to medal at an International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation event (IBJJF Pans 1999), multiple times Champion of France of BJJ. Belgium International Grappling Champion (2000), US Open 2nd Place (1998 blue), São Paulo State Championship 2nd Place (2003), Pan American IBJJF 3rd Place (1999 blue)[487]
- Nili Block, Israeli world champion kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter; 60 kg (132 pound) weight class[488]
- Johann Fauveau, France, world champion of Kickboxing, super welterweight[489]
- Fabrice Fourment, France, Vis-European Champion of Kyokushinkaï Karate (2000), winner of the first Scandinavian Open (1998), winner of the North American Championship (2003), seven times France's Champion, heavyweight[490]
- Ilya Grad, Israel, lightweight Muay Thai boxing[491] champion[492]
- Emily Kagan, US, UFC fighter in the women's strawweight division; competed in season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter
- Sarah Kaufman, Canada, former Invicta and Strikeforce Bantamweight champion.[493]
- Noad "Neo" Lahat, Israel, featherweight MMA (UFC)[494]
- Ross Levine, US, karate combat champion
- Natan Levy*, Israel, featherweight mixed martial artist in the UFC[495]
- Ido Pariente, Israel, lightweight Pankration World Champion
- Yulia Sachkov, Israel, world champion kickboxer
- Marina Shafir, Moldova-US
- Rory Singer, US, middleweight fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3[496]
Motorsport
- Woolf Barnato, UK, x3 24 hours of Le Mans winner[497]
- Brandon Bernstein, US, drag racing driver and son of Kenny Bernstein
- Kenny Bernstein, US, drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner[5]
- Jo Bonnier, Sweden, Formula One and Sports Car driver[498]
- François Cevert (born "Albert Goldenberg", Christian mother), France, Formula One driver[22]
- Tim Coronel, Netherlands, Twin brother of Tom
- Tom Coronel, Netherlands, World Touring Car Championship[498]
- Alon Day, Israel, Whelen Euro Series[499][500][501][502][503]
- Jon Denning, US, NASCAR driver and National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum inductee[504]
- René Dreyfus, France, Grand Prix racer[505][506]
- Thomas Erdos, Brazil, Sports Cars, LMP2 champion 2007, 2010, British GT Champion 2002, British Formula Renault champion 1990
- Mário Haberfeld, Brazil, Champ Car driver[498]
- Kyle Krisiloff, US, NASCAR and USAC driver
- Steve Krisiloff, US, USAC and CART Championship Car driver[507]
- Eric Lichtenstein, Argentina, GP3 driver[508]
- Stirling Moss, UK, Formula One driver[509]
- Paul Newman, US, motorsport team owner and driver; actor[510]
- Chanoch Nissany, Israel, Formula One test-driver,[22] father of Roy Nissany
- Roy Nissany, Israel-France, Formula V8 3.5, son of Chanoch Nissany
- Peter Revson, US, Formula One driver[511]
- Mauri Rose, US, Indy driver, Indy 500 winner[298]
- Ricardo Rosset, Brazil, Formula One driver[498]
- Eddie Sachs, US, 8× starter of the Indianapolis 500, 1957–64, taking pole position in 1960 and 1961, with his best finish being second in 1961[512]
- Ian Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver (brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter)[22]
- Jody Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver, 1979 Formula One World Drivers champion (brother of Ian Scheckter and father of Tomas Scheckter)[4]
- Tomas Scheckter, South Africa, Indy Racing League driver[22]
- Lance Stroll, Canada-Belgium, Formula One driver, second youngest podium finisher in F1 history, and youngest rookie podium. Son of Lawrence Stroll
- Sheila van Damm, British rally driver[511]
- Lionel Van Praag, Australian motorcycle Speedway World Champion[22]
- Robert Shwartzman, Russia-Israel, racing driver, competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2020 and 2021 where he finished 4th and 2nd respectively. Current Ferrari reserve driver[513][514]
Professional wrestling
- David Arquette, US, former WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- Lior Ben-David, Israeli-British
- Matt Bloom (a.k.a. Jason Albert, "Albert", "A-Train", and "Tensai"), US, WWE Intercontinental Champion and IWGP World Tag Team Champion[515]
- Beau Beverly (Wayne Bloom), member of WWE tag team the Beverly Brothers
- Eddie Creatchman
- Floyd Creatchman
- Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), US, a.k.a. "Scotty Goldman", 2× NWA World Heavyweight Champion[516]
- Ric Drasin[517]
- Noam Dar, Israeli-born Scottish professional wrestler
- Maxwell Jacob Friedman, AEW World Heavyweight Champion
- Joel Gertner[518]
- Bill Goldberg, US, 1× WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 1× World Heavyweight Champion and 2× WWE Universal Champion, second longest winning streak in professional wrestling[516][519]
- Simon Gotch
- Drew Gulak, US, former WWE/NXT Cruiserweight Champion[520]
- Rafael Halperin, Austrian-born Israeli[521]
- Paul Heyman
- Barry Horowitz, US[516]
- Abe Jacobs
- Andy Kaufman
- Billy Kidman
- Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), US, WWE Divas Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion
- Yakov Kozalchik
- Butch Levy (Len Levy), US, 2× NWA World Tag Team Champion
- Donn Lewin
- Mark Lewin
- Ted Lewin
- Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon), US, multiple professional wrestling championships throughout the 1960s and 1970s
- Chad Malenko (Chad Collyer), US, 4× RQW Heavyweight Champion
- Dean Malenko (Dean Simon), US, 2× WWF Light Heavyweight Champion[516]
- Joe Malenko
- Ida Mae Martinez
- Leapin' Lanny Poffo ("The Genius"), Canada-US, Savage's brother
- Raven (Scott Levy), US, 2× ECW World Heavyweight Champion, NWA World Heavyweight Champion,[516][518] and 27× WWF/E Hardcore Champion
- Ernie Roth
- Bert Ruby
- Randy Savage (Randall Poffo), US, 2× WWF World Heavyweight Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion[522]
- Scott L. Schwartz
- Marina Shafir
- Tomer Shalom, Israel
- Izzy Slapawitz
- David Starr
- Ray Stern
- Matt Stryker
- Matt Sydal (Matt Korklan; a.k.a. Evan Bourne), US, WWE Tag Team Champion[516]
- Lisa Marie Varon (aka "Victoria" and "Tara"), US, 2× WWE Women's Champion, 5× TNA Knockouts Champion)
Rock climbing
- Oscar Eckenstein, England, pioneer in the sport of bouldering
- Jesse Grupper, US, Olympic rock climber[523]
- Renan Öztürk, Turkish-American, rock climber
Rowing
- Jean Klein, France, Olympic silver[524]
- Károly Levitzky, Hungary, Olympic bronze[525]
- Allen Rosenberg, US, champion and Olympics coach
- Donald Spero, US multi-collegiate (Cornell 8+) and national champion (1×), multi-European medalist (1×, 2×), world champion (1×), Henley Royal Regatta champion (1×), Gold Cup champion (1×), US Olympian (1×), and a founder of the National Rowing Foundation
- Josh West, American-born British, men's eight, Olympic silver, 2× World Rowing Championships silver and one bronze[526]
Rugby league
- Lewis Harris, England, English rugby league[527]
- Wilf Rosenberg, South African rugby union, and later rugby league[528][529]
- Albert Rosenfeld, Australia, five-eighth, Australian rugby league[527]
- Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team[530]
- Geoff Selby, Australia, St George Dragons
- Mark Shulman, Australian rugby league[531][532]
- James Alexander Caslick, Australia, Normanby Hounds RLFC[533]
Rugby union
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- Nathan Amos, Israel[534]
- Louis Babrow, South Africa, South Africa national team[535][536][537]
- Leo Camron, South Africa/Israel; helped introduce rugby to Israel[538]
- A.S. Cohen, England (Cambridge University RFC)[539]
- Hacjivah Dayimani, South Africa, flanker, Stormers
- Nate Ebner, 2016 US Olympic Team at Rio de Janeiro
- Okey Geffin, South Africa, forward, South Africa national team[527][536]
- Samuel Goodman, US, player and manager of gold-winning US Olympic team[527]
- Chaya Leib Herzovitz, Turkey-Poland, Stade Français[540]
- David Horwitz, Australian rugby union Fly-half and Centre.
- Joe Kaminer, South Africa, South Africa national team[536]
- Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand, flanker, New Zealand national team[22]
- Sarah Levy (born 1995), South Africa/US Olympic bronze, rugby union and rugby sevens player; great-granddaughter of Louis Babrow[541]
- Aaron Liffchak, England, prop[542]
- Shawn Lipman, South Africa/US, US national team[45][535]
- Alan Menter, England/South Africa, South Africa national team[536]
- Cecil Moss, South Africa, South Africa national team[536]
- Sydney Nomis, South Africa national team[536]
- John Raphael, Belgium/England, England national team[527]
- Jeremy Reingold, South Africa, WP, rugby union, Springbok U21
- Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa; rugby union, and later rugby league[528][529]
- Myer Rosenblum, South Africa/Australia, flanker, Australia[535][543]
- Rupert Rosenblum, Australia, Australia national team[544]
- Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby player
- Fred Smollan, South Africa, South Africa national team[536]
- Dr. Bethel Solomons, Ireland, forward, Ireland national team
- Scott Spurling England, Hooker
- Dallen Stanford, US, flyhalf/fullback, US national sevens team[545] BH
- Joel Stransky, South Africa, fly-half, South Africa national team, kicked winning points in 1995 Rugby World Cup final[535][536]
- Zack Test, US, wing/fullback, US national sevens team[545]
- Morris Zimerman, South Africa[536]
Sailing
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- Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[78]
- Eldad Amir, Israel, sailor[546][547][548]
- Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class)[549][550]
- Yehuda Atedji, Israel, sailor[551]
- Shimshon Brokman, Israel, sailor[552][553]
- Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman[554]
- Vered Buskila, Israel, sailor[555][556]
- Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[298]
- Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class)[78]
- Maayan Davidovich, Israel, windsurfer[557][558]
- Nufar Edelman, Israel, sailor[559]
- Larry Ellison, US, sailor[560][561][562][563]
- Anat Fabrikant, Israel, sailor[564]
- Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist (Israel's first gold medalist), 1996 Olympic bronze medalist (Mistral class)[565]
- Eitan Friedlander, Israel, sailor, world championship gold[566]
- Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class)[78]
- Amit Inbar, Israel, windsurfer[567][568]
- Clare Jacobs, United States, July 1963 winner of 200 mile Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac aboard 45-foot Falcon II[569]
- Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)[78]
- Sharon Kantor, Israel, IQFoil windsurfer, Olympic silver, world championship gold[481]
- Nike Kornecki, Italy-born Israel, 470-class[555][570]
- Lee Korzits, Israel, windsurfer, 4× world champion (RS:X)[158]
- Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[298]
- Valentyn Mankin, URS/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class)[78]
- Nimrod Mashiah, Israel, windsurfer, ranked No. 1 in world (RS:X; 2010)[571]
- Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2× world silver (laser and sunfish), bronze (laser)[572][573]
- Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class)[22]
- Tom Reuveny, Israel, Olympic champion, men's iQFoil windsurfing, 2x world U21 champion, youth champion[481]
- Ran Shantal, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[574]
- Nir Shental, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[575]
- Dan Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[576]
- Ran Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[577]
- Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion[578]
- Yoav Cohen, Israel, windsurfer, fourth place at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Eli Zuckerman, Israel, yachtsman, Olympian[579]
Shooting
- Morris Fisher, US, 5× Olympic champion (2× team free rifle; 300 m free rifle, 3 positions; 600 m free rifle; team 300 m military rifle, prone)[236]
- Guy Starik, Israel, world record in 50 m rifle prone[580]
- Lev Vainshtein, URS/Russia, 3× team world champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle)[581]
Skateboarding
- Alan Gelfand, US, invented the ollie, the foundational skateboarding trick
- Minna Stess, US, Olympian[582]
- Lynn Kramer, US, 17x Women's World Champion in Slalom Skateboarding, and a member of the Skateboard Hall of Fame
Skeleton
- Adam (AJ) Edelman, US-Israel, 4× National Champion, 2018 Olympian
Skiing and snowboarding
- Arielle Gold, US, Olympic bronze snowboarder, world champion[583]
- Taylor Gold, US, snowboarder[583]
- Jared Goldberg, US, Olympic alpine skier, US Junior Championships combined champion, US Championships downhill champion[584]
- Drew Goldsack, Canada, cross country skier, 2× Olympian
- Anna Segal, Australia, Olympic freestyle slopestyle skier, 2× world champion[585]
- Virgile Vandeput, Israel, Belgian-born, slalom & giant slalom skier, Olympian[355]
Speed skating
- Vladislav Bykanov, Ukraine-born Israel, short-track, Olympian and Silver European Championship [354]
- Andy Gabel, US, Olympic silver (5,000 meter short track relay)[22][30]
- Rafayel Grach, URS, Olympic silver (500 m), bronze (500 m)[78]
- Irving Jaffee, US, 2× Olympic champion (5,000m, 10,000m), world records (mile, 25 miles)[4]
- Emery Lehman, US, Olympic bronze (Team Pursuit)[586]
- Dan Weinstein, US, short-track, 3× world champion (2× team 1,000m, team short-track 5,000m)[346][30]
Sports Climbing
- Jesse Grupper, US, Pan-American gold medallist[587]
Softball
- Tamara Statman, Israeli National Softball Team[588]
Surfing
- Makua Rothman, US, Big Wave World Champion[589]
- Shaun Tomson, South Africa, world champion[590]
- Anat Lelior, Israel, 2020 Summer Olympics
Swimming
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- Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay)[591]
- Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke[592]
- Jessica Antiles, US[593][594]
- Semyon Belits-Geiman, URS, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800m freestyle[78]
- Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800m freestyle, 400m medley)[595]
- Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water
- Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[78]
- Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100m freestyle), Israel (50m freestyle and 100m freestyle)[511]
- Tiffany Cohen, US, 2× Olympic champion (400 m and 800m freestyle); 2× Pan American champion (400m and 800m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[596]
- Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2× world champion (50 m freestyle, 100m freestyle)[45]
- Yoav Gath, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke)[597]
- Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4 × 200m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4 × 200m freestyle), bronze (4 × 200m freestyle)[596]
- Eran Cohen Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100m butterfly)[511]
- Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[78]
- Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3× Olympic champion (100m freestyle, 800m freestyle relay, 1,500m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[298]
- Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley[511]
- Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli, held every Austrian women's middle and long-distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people."[598]
- Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp[4]
- Amit Ivry, Israel, Olympic semi-finalist (200 metre individual medley)[citation needed]
- Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US, 4× Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200m backstroke, twice 4 × 100m medley relay); 3× world champion (100m and 200m backstroke, 4 × 100m medley) and 2× silver (4 × 100m medley, 50m backstroke); 3 world records (50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke)[596]
- Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records[78]
- Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100m medley relay)[599]
- Ruth Langer Lawrence, Austria; along with Judith Haspel and Lucie Goldner refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics, their protest stating "We do not boycott Olympia, but Berlin".[600]
- Katie Ledecky, US, 7× Olympic gold, 15× world champion, the most in history for a female swimmer
- Keren Leibovitch, Israeli Paralympic swimmer, 3× world champion, 3 world records (100m and 200m backstroke; 100m freestyle), and 8× Paralympic medal winner[601]
- Jason Lezak, US, 4× Olympic champion (twice 4 × 100m medley relay, 4 × 400m medley relay, 4 × 100 freestyle relay), silver (400 m freestyle relay), 2× bronze (100m freestyle, 4 × 100m freestyle relay); 8× world champion (4× 4 × 100m medley, 3× 4 × 100m freestyle, 100m freestyle), silver (4 × 100m medley), bronze (4 × 100m freestyle)[596]
- Klara Milch, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay)[78]
- József Munk, Hungary, Olympic silver (4 × 200m freestyle relay)[78]
- Alfred "Artem" Nakache, France; world record (200m breaststroke), one-third of French 2× world record (3 × 100m relay team); imprisoned by Nazis in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed[4]
- Paul Neumann, Austria, Olympic champion (500m freestyle)[4]
- Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian Olympic swimmer[citation needed]
- Sarah Poewe, South African-born German, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m medley relay)[78]
- Marilyn Ramenofsky, US, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle); 3× world record for 400m freestyle[4]
- Jeremy Reingold, South African, 200m individual medley world record, South South African SA under-21 rugby team[602][603]
- Keena Rothhammer, US, Olympic champion (800 m freestyle) and bronze (200 m freestyle); world champion (200 m freestyle) and silver (400 m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[236]
- Albert Schwartz, US, Olympic bronze (100 m freestyle)[78]
- Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Austria, Olympic champion (400 m freestyle) and 2× bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle)[78]
- Mark Spitz, US, Olympic champion (9 golds (400 m freestyle relay twice, 800m freestyle relay twice, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 400m medley relay), 1 silver (100 m butterfly), 1 bronze (100 m freestyle)), has the second-most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7); 5× Pam Am champion; 10× Maccabiah champion; world records (100m and 200m freestyle, 100- and 200m butterfly), International Swimming Hall of Fame[604]
- Josephine Sticker, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay)[78]
- Tal Stricker, Israel (100m and 200m breaststroke, 4 × 100m medley relay)[605]
- András Székely, Hungary, Olympic silver (200 m breaststroke) and bronze (4 × 200m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp[78]
- Éva Székely, Hungary, Olympic champion & silver (200 m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati[4]
- Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Poland, Olympic 4 × 200m freestyle relay; killed by the Nazis in Majdanek concentration camp[236][606]
- Judit Temes, Hungary, Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle), bronze (100 m freestyle)[22]
- Dara Torres, US, Olympic 4× champion (400 m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m freestyle relay twice, 4 × 100m medley relay), 4× silver (50 m freestyle, 2× 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley relay), 4× bronze (50 m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4 × 100m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m medley relay); world championship silver (4 × 100m freestyle); Pan American champion (4 × 100m freestyle)[596]
- Eithan Urbach, Israel, backstroke, European championship silver & bronze (100 m backstroke)[607]
- Otto Wahle, Austria/US, 2× Olympic silver (1,000 m freestyle, 200m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame[78]
- Garrett Weber-Gale, US, 2× Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle relay, 4 × 100m medley relay); world champion (3× 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 100m medley), silver (4 × 200m freestyle)[596]
- Wendy Weinberg, US, Olympic bronze (800 m freestyle); Pan American champion (800 m freestyle)[78]
- Claire Weinstein, US, Olympic silver, world champion (women's 4 × 200m freestyle relay)[608][609]
- Ben Wildman-Tobriner, US, Olympic champion (4 × 100m freestyle relay); world champion (2× 4 × 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle)[78][596]
- Wally Wolf, US, Olympic champion (4 × 200m freestyle relay)[610]
- Imre Zachár, Hungary, Olympic silver (4 × 200m freestyle relay)[78]
Table tennis
- Ruth Aarons, US, 2× world champion[30]
- Ivan Andreadis, Czechoslovakia, 9x world champion[611]
- Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22× world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF")[4]
- Laszlo Bellak, Hungary/US, 7× world champion, ITTFHoF[4]
- Dora Beregi, Hungarian 2× world champion
- Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, 7× world champion, ITTFHoF[4]
- Benny Casofsky, English Swaythling Cup player
- Alojzy Ehrlich, Poland, 3× silver and 1× bronze in the world championships; incarcerated by the Nazis in Auschwitz; represented France after 1945
- Shimcha Finkelstein, Poland, World bronze medallist and first champion of Israel
- Magda Gál, Hungarian, 20 world championship medals
- Sandor Glancz, Hungarian, 4× world champion
- Gregory Grinberg, Moldova/URS, 4× national champion (singles, doubles, mix)[612][613]
- Tibor Házi, Hungarian three times world champion
- Jeff Ingber, English international
- Eddie Kantar, American bridge author; only person ever to have played in a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship
- Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, Czechoslovakia, 3× world champion, incarcerated by the Nazis in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz[4]
- Erwin Kohn, Austrian world champion
- Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, URS and Israel national teams[614]
- Pavel Löwy, Czech world bronze medallist and believed to have died in concentration camp
- Hyman Lurie, English three times world bronze medallist
- Dick Miles, US, 10× US champion[30]
- Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation[4]
- Leah Neuberger (Thall), "Miss Ping", US, 29× US champion[4]
- Marty Reisman, US, 3× national champion[30]
- Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17× world champion, ITTFHoF[4]
- Samuel Schieff, Poland world bronze medallist and later Israel international
- Sol Schiff, US double world champion
- Anna Sipos, Hungary, 11× world champion, ITTFHoF[4]
- Miklos Szabados, Hungary/Australia, 15× world champion[4]
- Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, national team
- Thelma Thall, US, 2× world table tennis champion[615]
- David Zalcberg, Australia, national team[614]
Taekwondo
- Mitchell Bobrow, USA, All American Open Grand Champion 1969, Madison Square Garden
- Avishag Semberg, Israel, Olympic bronze medalist 2020, European gold and silver (49 kg)
Tennis
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- Jay Berger, US, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 7[5]
- Gilad Bloom, Israel[616]
- Madison Brengle, US[617]
- Gail Brodsky, US[618]
- Elise Burgin, US, highest world singles ranking No. 22, highest world doubles ranking No. 8[50]
- Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French women's doubles (with Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon women's doubles (with Gibson), highest world ranking No. 9[5][619]
- Audra Cohen, US, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles champion[22]
- Julia Cohen, US, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion[620]
- Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, France[22]
- Brian Dabul, Argentina, #1 junior in the world[621]
- Pierre Darmon, France, highest world ranking No. 8[4]
- Uberto De Morpurgo, Italy, highest world ranking No. 8[622]
- Irvin Dorfman, US[623][624]
- Eva Duldig, Austria/the Netherlands/Australia[625]
- Vlada Ekshibarova, Uzbekistan/Israel[citation needed]
- Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (with Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking No. 5[619][626]
- Gastón Etlis, Argentina[627]
- Marcel Felder, Uruguay[628]
- Sharon Fichman, Canada[629]
- Herbert Flam, US, 2× USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5[4]
- Allen Fox, US[630]
- Mike Franks, US[631]
- Brad Gilbert, US, highest world ranking No. 4, Olympic bronze (singles)[5]
- Justin Gimelstob, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open mixed doubles (with Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open mixed doubles (with Venus Williams)[619][632][633][634][635]
- Camila Giorgi, Italy[636]
- Shlomo Glickstein, Israel[5]
- Julia Glushko, Israel[637]
- Grant Golden, US[75]
- Paul Goldstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 2× 18s singles champion[638]
- Brian Gottfried, US, USTA boys 12s & 2× 18s singles champion, won 1975 & 1977 French Open men's doubles (with Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon men's doubles (with Ramirez), highest world singles ranking No. 3, and doubles ranking No. 2.[511]
- Jim Grabb, US, won 1989 French Open men's doubles (with Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open men's doubles (with Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking No. 1[619]
- Seymour Greenberg, US[639]
- Jim Gurfein, US[640]
- Julie Heldman, US, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5[641]
- Helen Jacobs, US, won 1932–35 US women's singles, 1932–35 US women's doubles (with Sarah Palfrey Cooke), 1934 US mixed (with George Lott), and 1936 Wimbledon women's singles, highest world singles ranking No. 1[619]
- Martín Jaite, Argentina, highest world ranking No. 10[5]
- Anita Kanter, US, US girls 18s singles champion[642]
- Aslan Karatsev, Russian-Israeli tennis player[643]
- Sofia Kenin, Russian-born US tennis player, 2020 Australia Open women's singles champion, world #4.[644]
- Ilana Kloss, South Africa, won 1976 US Open women's doubles (with Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking No. 1[641]
- Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungary, won 1958 French singles[619]
- Aaron Krickstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 6[5]
- Steve Krulevitz, US/Israel[645][646]
- Jesse Levine, Canada/US, 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles champion[647]
- Jon Levine, US[648]
- Harel Levy, Israel[22]
- Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel
- Scott Lipsky, US, USTA # 1 junior in singles (1995) and doubles (1995–97); won 2011 French Open mixed doubles (with Casey Dellacqua)[649]
- Jamie Loeb, US, 2012 US 18s singles and doubles champion, 2015 NCAA singles champion.[650][651]
- Amos Mansdorf, Israel[5]
- Bruce Manson, US[652]
- Stacy Margolin, US[653]
- Nicolás Massú, Chile, highest world ranking No. 9, 2× Olympic champion (singles & doubles)[627]
- Sam Match, US[654]
- Larry Nagler, US, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion, ITA Hall of Fame[655][656]
- Tzipora Obziler, Israel[22]
- Tom Okker, Dutch, won 1973 French Open men's doubles (with John Newcombe), 1976 US Open men's doubles (with Marty Riessen), highest world ranking No. 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles[298][619]
- Noam Okun, Israel[647]
- Yshai Oliel, Israel, 2016 French Open boys' doubles champion
- Shahar Pe'er, Israel, highest world ranking No. 11[626]
- Keren Shlomo, Israel[citation needed]
- Shahar Perkiss, Israel[22]
- Felix Pipes, Austria, Olympic silver (doubles)[78]
- Daniel Prenn, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking No. 6[4]
- Henry Prusoff, US[657]
- Andy Ram, Israel, won 2006 Wimbledon mixed doubles (with Vera Zvonareva), 2007 French Open mixed doubles (with Nathalie Dechy), 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (with Jonathan Erlich), highest world doubles ranking No. 5[626]
- Renée Richards, US[658]
- Sergio Roitman, Argentina[659]
- Noah Rubin, US, 2014 Wimbledon junior singles champion, 2014 US boys 18s champion in singles & doubles[660]
- Michael Russell, US, ranked No. 1 in USTA boys 16s & 18s, all-time-record 23 USTA Pro Circuit singles titles[661]
- Jeff Salzenstein, US, 1986 US boys' 12 Hard Court Singles & Doubles Champion[662]
- Dick Savitt, US, won 1951 Wimbledon men's singles, highest world ranking No. 2[641]
- Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, highest world ranking No. 8[663][664]
- Abe Segal, South Africa[665][666]
- Vic Seixas, US, won 1952 US men's doubles (with Mervyn Rose), 1953 Wimbledon men's singles, 1953 & 1955 Wimbledon mixed doubles (with Doris Hart), 1953 French mixed doubles (with Hart), 1953–55 US mixed doubles (with Hart), 1954 Wimbledon mixed doubles (with Hart), 1954 US men's, 1954 US men's doubles (with Tony Trabert), 1954–55 French men's doubles (with Trabert), 1955 Australian men's doubles (with Trabert), and 1956 Wimbledon mixed doubles (with Shirley Fry), highest world ranking No. 3[619]
- Dudi Sela, Israel, 2003 French Open junior doubles champion[647]
- Julius Seligson, US, 2× boys 18s singles champion[667]
- Denis Shapovalov, Israeli-born Canadian, highest world ranking No. 10
- Anna Smashnova, Israel, highest world ranking No. 15[627]
- Harold Solomon, US, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking No. 5[511]
- Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, Olympian[668]
- Andrew Sznajder, Canada[22]
- Brian Teacher, US, US boys 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open singles, highest world ranking No. 7[619]
- Eliot Teltscher, US, won 1983 French Open mixed doubles (with Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking No. 6[5][619]
- Van Winitsky, US, 1977 Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open champion[669]
- Robbie Weiss, US, 1988 NCAA Division 1 Champion, All-American 1986 and 1988
Track and field
- Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprinter, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) & silver (4 × 100 m relay)[670]
- Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper[671]
- Gashau Ayale, Israel, Olympic marathon
- Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)[672]
- Gerry Ashworth, US, Olympic champion (4 × 100m relay)[4]
- Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault)[673]
- Seteng Ayele, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon[580]
- Gretel Bergmann, German high jumper
- Ödön Bodor, Hungary, Olympic bronze (medley relay)[236]
- Louis "Pinky" Clarke, US, world record (100 m); Olympic champion (4 × 100m)[236]
- Janet Cohansedgh, Iran
- Lillian Copeland, US, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver (discus)[4][674]
- Ibolya Csák, Hungary, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper[675]
- Daniel Frank, US, long jump, Olympic silver[236]
- Danielle Frenkel, Israel, high jumper, 2× national champion[676]
- Hugo Friend, US, long jump, Olympic bronze[236]
- Jim Fuchs, US, shot put & discus, 2× Olympic bronze (shot put); 4× shot put world record holder, 2× Pan American champions (shot put & discus)[236]
- Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)[673]
- Adam Goucher, US, 3:54 miler, 2000 Olympian, 1998 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships winner, 3rd in 2006 Prefontaine Classic 2-mile[677]
- Milton Green, US, world records (45 yard & 60m high hurdles)[4]
- Ageze Guadie, Israel, Olympic marathon runner[678]
- Gary Gubner, US, world shot put records, weightlifter[4]
- Lilli Henoch, Germany, world records (discus, shot put, and 4 × 100m relay); shot by the Nazis in Latvia[4]
- Abby Hoffman, Canada, four-time Olympian (800m)[679][680][681]
- Maria Leontyavna Itkina, Russia/URS, sprinter, world records (400 m & 220 yards (200 m), and 800m relay)[4]
- Clare Jacobs, US, pole vaulter, Olympic bronze, world indoor record[236]
- Harry Kane, British hurdler, held national records in the 1950s
- Deena (Drossin) Kastor, US, long-distance & marathon runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon); Olympic bronze (marathon)[673]
- Elias Katz, Finland, Olympic champion (3,000 m team steeplechase) & silver (3,000 m steeplechase)[4]
- Abel Kiviat, US, world records (2,400-yard relay & 1,500m); Olympic champion (3,000 m team) & silver (1,500m)[4]
- Mór Kóczán, Hungary, javelin, Olympic bronze[236]
- Svetlana Krachevskaya, URS/Russia, shot put, Olympic silver[236]
- Shaul Ladany, Yugoslavian-born Israeli racewalker, world record holder in the 50-mile walk, former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk[682][683]
- Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US, champion (high jump & shot put), British high jump champion[684]
- Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4× Maccabiah champion[4]
- Faina Melnik, URS/Ukraine, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion[4]
- Alvah Meyer, US, runner, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y); Olympic silver (100 m)[236]
- Jemima Montag, Australia, 20 km race walk, Olympic 2x bronze, world championship silver[685]
- Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, 440-yard (400 m), and 880-yard)[4]
- Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100m & 200m champion[673]
- Irina Press, URS/Russia, 2× Olympic champion (80 m hurdles & pentathlon)[78]
- Tamara Press, URS/Russia, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3× Olympic champion (2× shot put & discus) and silver (discus)[78]
- Myer Prinstein, US, world record (long jump); 3× Olympic champion (2× triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump)[4]
- Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Canada, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4 × 100m relay) & silver (100m)[4]
- Steven Solomon, Australia, sprinter, 2× Australian 400 metres champion[549]
- Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash)[686]
- Dwight Stones, US, world record (high jump); 2× Olympic bronze[687][688]
- Irena Szewińska, Poland, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100m, 200m, and 400m); 3× Olympic champion (4 × 100m, 200m, 400m), 2 silver (200 m & long jump), and 2 bronze 1968 (100m & 200m)[4]
- Marhu Teferi, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon
- Allan Tolmich, US, world records in the indoor 45 low hurdles, indoor 50 low hurdles, indoor 60-yard hurdles, 70 high hurdles, and 200m hurdles.[689]
Triathlon
- Joanna Zeiger, US, triathlete, Ironman 70.3 world champion; world record (half ironman)[45][690]
Volleyball
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- Nelly Abramova, URS/Russia, Olympic silver[78]
- Doug Beal, US, player & coach, national team[4]
- Adriana Behar, Brazil, beach player; 2× Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2× world champion[691]
- Larisa Bergen, URS, Olympic silver[236]
- Yefim Chulak, URS, Olympic silver, bronze[78]
- Marcelo Elgarten, Brazil, Olympic silver[692]
- Dan Greenbaum, US, Olympic bronze[78]
- Eliezer Kalina, Israel, 3× Paralympic gold
- Waldo Kantor, Argentina, Olympic bronze
- Alix Klineman, US, Olympic gold (women's beach volleyball) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Nataliya Kushnir, URS/Russia, Olympic silver[78]
- Yevgeny Lapinsky, URS/Russia, Olympic champion, bronze[236]
- Georgy Mondzolevsky, URS/Russia, 2× Olympic champion, 2× world champion[78]
- Vladimir Patkin, URS/Russia, Olympic silver, bronze[236]
- Igal Pazi, Israel, 2× Paralympic gold
- Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver[78]
- Sam Schachter, Canada
- Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach[693]
- Avital Selinger, Dutch, Olympic silver[78]
- Eugene Selznick, US, 2× world champion, 2× Pan American champion, Hall of Fame[298]
- Sandy Silver, Canada, Inducted Hall of Fame, Volleyball Canada, 2013[694]
- Yuriy Venherovsky, URS, Olympic champion[78]
- Chagai Zamir, Israel, 4× Paralympic Games champion[4]
Water polo
- Róbert Antal, Hungary, Olympic champion[78]
- Peter Asch, US, Olympic bronze[78]
- István Barta, Hungary, Goalkeeper, Olympic champion, 1× gold,[4] 1× Silver
- Gerard Blitz, Belgium, 2× Olympic silver, 2× bronze (one in swimming–100m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame, son of Maurice Blitz[78]
- Maurice Blitz, Belgium, 2× Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz[78]
- György Bródy, Hungary, goalkeeper, 2× Olympic champion[4]
- Henri Cohen, Belgium, Olympic silver[78]
- Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovak national team, Olympic competitor[695][696]
- Boris Goikhman, URS, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze[78]
- György Kárpáti, Hungary, 3× Olympic champion, 1× bronze[236]
- Béla Komjádi, Hungary, player and coach[697][698][699]
- Jillian Kraus, US, defender, World Junior, gold[700][701]
- Mihály Mayer, Hungary, 2× Olympic champion, 2× bronze[236]
- Nikolai Melnikov, URS, Olympic champion[236]
- Merrill Moses, US, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, Pan American champion[78]
- Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, 2× Olympic champion[4]
Weightlifting
- David Mark Berger, US-born Israeli, Maccabiah champion (middleweight); killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre[702]
- Isaac "Ike" Berger, US, Olympic champion (featherweight), 2× silver; 2× Pan American champion; 23 world records[4]
- Robert Fein, US, Olympic champion (lightweight)[78]
- Gary Gubner, US, 4 junior world records (heavyweight); 3× Maccabiah champion (weightlifting, shot put, discus)[4]
- Hans Haas, Austria, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver[78]
- Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, 3× British champion (lightweight), 3× Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis[4]
- Reuven Helman, Maccabiah Olympian and Israeli Weightlifting Champion
- Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukraine/URS, world champion[581]
- Nora Köppel, Argentina, Olympian [703]
- Naomi Kutin, US, world record in 44 kg weight class[704]
- Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records[4]
- Darío Lecman, Argentina, Pan-American silver (middle-heavyweight)[705]
- Grigory Novak, URS, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion[4]
- Igor Rybak, Ukraine/URS, Olympic champion (lightweight)[78]
- Valery Shary, Byelorussia/URS, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight)[78]
- Frank Spellman, US, Olympic champion (middleweight); world record; Maccabiah champion[4]
Wrestling
- Louis Baise, South Africa, won gold medals at the 1950 Maccabiah Games and the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki for South Africa, coming in 6th in the Men's Flyweight, Freestyle.
- Lindsey Durlacher, US, world bronze (Greco-Roman)[706]
- Amit Elor, US, 2024 Olympic champion and 8x world champion, at age 18 became the youngest world champion in American free-style wrestling history, and at 20 the youngest Olympic champion[707]
- Grigoriy Gamarnik, Ukraine/URS, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship gold and silver[581]
- Samuel Gerson, Ukraine-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)[78]
- Boris Maksimovich Gurevich, URS, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2× world champion[4]
- Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich, URS, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2× world champion[78]
- Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austria, 2× Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)[4]
- Oleg Karavaev, URS, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2× world champion[708]
- Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Hungary, Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver[4]
- Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Olympic silver (Greco-Roman lightweight)[78]
- Len Levy, US, NCAA national champion[709]
- Fred Meyer, US, Olympic bronze (freestyle heavyweight)[78]
- Fred Oberlander, Austria, Britain, and Canada; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion[4]
- Max Ordman, South Africa, competed in the Olympic Games of 1960 (freestyle light-heavyweight), Gold 1950 Maccabiah[4]
- Yakov Punkin, URS, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)[78]
- Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)[78]
- David Rudman, URS, 6× national wrestling champion and 6× sambo champion, sambo world champion, 2× European judo champion[581]
- Richárd Weisz, Hungary, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)[4]
- Henry Wittenberg, US, Olympic champion (freestyle light-heavyweight), silver[4]
- Mark Schultz, US, Olympic champion (freestyle 82 kg), gold[4]
- Lauren Lamb, US, 6 time national champion (freestyle)
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See also
- List of Jewish Olympic medalists
- List of Jews in sports (non-players), a list of Jewish sports commissioners, managers, coaches, officials, owners, promoters, and sportscasters.
References
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