List of Jews in sports
List of Jews in sports
This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. 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.
The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States).[1]
Athletes
American football
Nate Abrams, US, TE [2]
Doc Alexander, US, G, 2x All-Pro[3]
Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2x All-Pro[4]
Teddy Andrulewicz, US, FB/HB
John Barsha, Russia, FB[5]
Harris Barton, US, OL, 2x All-Pro[6]
David Binn, US, LS, All-Pro[9]
Adam Bisnowaty, US, T (Denver Broncos)[10]
Justin Boren, US, OG [11]
Zach Boren, US, FB (Free Agent)[12]
Arthur Bluethenthal, US, C[3]
Daniel Braverman US, WR (Calgary Stampeders)[13]
Greg Camarillo, US, WR[14]
Noah Cantor, Canada, DT, Canadian Football League[15]
Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy[16]
Irv Constantine, US, B[17]
Jordan Dangerfield, US, SS (Pittsburgh Steelers)[18]
Brian de la Puente, US, G[19]
Nate Ebner, US, DB (New England Patriots)[20]
Brad Edelman, US, OG, 1x Pro Bowl [21]
Julian Edelman, US, WR, MVP in Super Bowl LIII (New England Patriots)[22][23][24]
Hayden Epstein, US, K[25]
Drew Ferris, US, LS (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)[26]
Jay Fiedler, US, QB[15]
John Frank, US, TE[6]
Benny Friedman, US, QB, 4x All-Pro, Hall of Fame[3]
Lennie Friedman, US, OL[3]
Antonio Garay, US, DT[27]
Adam Goldberg, US, OL
Bill Goldberg, US, DT; professional wrestler (2x world champion)[4]
Marshall Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro[3]
Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro[3]
Lou Gordon, US, OL [28]
Ben Gottschalk, US, C[29]
Randy Grossman, US, TE[30]
Arnold Horween, US, halfback, fullback, center, and blocking back (quarterback), Harvard All-American, and NFL player[31]
Ralph Horween, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player[31]
Greg Joseph, US, Kicker[32]
Len Levy, US, G[33]
Erik Lorig, US, FB/TE[34]
Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8x All-Pro, MVP, Hall of Fame[3]
Joe Magidsohn, Russia, Halfback[3]
Ali Marpet, US, OL (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)[35]
Taylor Mays, US, S (free agent)[6]
Sam McCullum, US, WR[36]
Josh Miller, US, P[37]
Wayne Millner, US, E, DE, Hall of Fame[38]
Ron Mix, US, OT, 9x All-Pro, Hall of Fame[3]
Aaron Murray, US, QB[3]
Ed Newman, US, G, All-Pro[3]
Harry Newman, US, QB, All-Pro[3]
Igor Olshansky, Ukraine, DL[6]
Adam Podlesh, US, P[9]
Merv Pregulman, US, T & C[39]
Josh Rosen, US, QB (Miami Dolphins)
Sage Rosenfels, US, QB[9]
Mike Rosenthal, US, T[15]
Geoff Schwartz, US, OT[40]
Mitchell Schwartz, US, OT (Kansas City Chiefs)[41]
Mike Seidman, US, TE[42]
Allie Sherman, US, running back & coach[43]
Nate Silver, US, QB [44]
Edward Siskind, US, TE[45]
Paul Steinberg, US, FB/HB [46]
Scott Slutzker, US, TE[15]
Steve Tannen, US, DB[21]
Joseph Taussig, Germany-born US, QB [47]
Josh Taves, US, DE[15]
Andre Tippett, US, LB, 2x All-Pro, Hall of Fame[43]
Alan Veingrad, US, OL[48]
Gary Wood, US, QB[43]
Association football (aka soccer)
Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Hapoel Ashkelon)[49]
Jeff Agoos, US, defender (national team)[50]
Yari Allnut, US, midfielder (national team), [51]
Dudu Aouate, Israel, goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca & national team)[52]
Gary Assous. France/Israel, midfielder (Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.) [53]
Jonathan Assous, France/Israel, defensive midfielder (Beitar Ramat Gan)[54]
Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (CE Sabadell FC & national team)[50]
Yael Averbuch, US, midfielder (FC Kansas City & women's national team)[55]
Pini Balili, Israel, striker (Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam & national team)[50]
Tal Banin, Israel, midfielder, player & manager [56]
Orr Barouch, Israel, striker (Hapoel Petah Tikva & Israeli national team)
David Beckham, British, footballer[57][58]
Kyle Beckerman, US, midfielder (Real Salt Lake & national team)[59][60]
David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (Bnei Sakhnin & national team)[61][62]
Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)[63]
Arik Benado, Israel, defender (national team) [64]
Yossi Benayoun, Israel, attacking midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem & national team captain)[50]
Eyal Berkovic, Israel, midfielder (national team)[25]
Rhett Bernstein, US, defender (Miami FC)[65]
Steve Birnbaum, US, defender (D.C. United & national team)[66]
Gyula Bíró, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team)[67][68]
Nick Blackman, England, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[69]
Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver[70]
Harald Bohr, Denmark, Olympic silver[71]
Louis Bookman, Lithuanian-born Ireland, forward [72]
Jonathan Bornstein, US, left back/midfielder (Querétaro & US national team)[73]
David Boysen, Denmark, left winger, (Helsingborgs IF) [74][75]
Daniel Brailovski, Argentina/Uruguay, midfielder (Argentina, Uruguay, & Israel national teams)[76]
Adam Braz, Canada, defender (Montreal Impact & national team)[77]
Ashley Brown, Australia, football (soccer) player Melbourne Victory
Jordan Brown, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)[78]
Leonid Buryak, USSR/Ukraine, midfielder, Olympic bronze[70]
Tomer Chencinski, Israel, goalkeeper (Shamrock Rovers)[79]
Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)
Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder (Hapoel Ra'anana & national team)[80]
Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder (Free Agent) [81]
Edgar Davids, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus and Dutch national team)[82]
Rolf Decker, Germany-born US, midfielder (US national team)
Yakov Ehrlich, Russia, striker (FC Ocean Kerch) [83]
Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Malaysia, forward, AFF Suzuki Cup Champion (national team)
Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (Sporting Kansas City & US national team)[84]
Lajos Fischer, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player [85]
Gottfried Fuchs, Germany/Canada (German national team)[86]
Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder (SuperSport United)[87]
Peter Fuzes, Australia, goalkeeper[88]
Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion[70]
Mikhail Gershkovich, USSR, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team)
Ludwik Gintel, Poland, defender and forward (national team)[89]
Andy Gruenebaum, US, goalkeeper[90]
Béla Guttmann, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach[3]
Rudy Haddad, France, midfielder (Hapoel Ashkelon & U21 national team)[91]
Eddy Hamel, US, right winger (AFC Ajax; killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz)[92]
Julius Hirsch, Germany, winger, (Karlsruher FV; killed by the Nazis)[93][94]
Ya'akov Hodorov, Israel, goalkeeper (Israeli national team) [95]
Rinus Israel, Netherlands, defender, Feyenoord and Dutch national team
Joe Jacobson, Wales, left back (Wycombe Wanderers & U21 national team)[96]
Tvrtko Kale, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper (Maccabi Kiryat Gat)[97]
Tal Karp, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)[98]
Yaniv Katan, Israel, forward/winger (Maccabi Haifa & national team)[99]
Josh Kennet, England, midfielder/right back (London Lions)[96]
Adolf Kertész, Hungary, defender, 11 caps for national team [100]
Gyula Kertész, Hungary, winger, player & manager [101]
Vilmos Kertész, Hungary, winger, 47 national team caps [102]
Józef Klotz, Poland, national team; killed by the Nazis[103]
Konstantin Krizhevsky, USSR/Russia, defender (national team) [104]
Mark Lazarus, England, right winger[25]
Jonathan Levin, Mexico, midfielder (Las Vegas Lights) [105]
Lucas Matías Licht, Argentina, left defender/left winger (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata)[106]
Marcelo Lipatin, Uruguay, forward (C.D. Trofense)[107]
Gennady Logofet, USSR, defender, 17 caps for USSR national team, Euro 1968, 1970 FIFA World Cup (FC Spartak Moscow)
Józef Lustgarten, Poland (17 years in the Gulag)[89]
Zac MacMath, US, goalkeeper (Colorado Rapids)[108]
Mickaël Madar, France, striker [109]
Gyula Mándi, Hungary, half back (player & coach of Hungarian and Israeli national teams)[3]
Shep Messing, US, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster[43]
Federico Mociulsky, Argentina, midfielder (Club Atlético Atlanta) [110]
Bennie Muller, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam and Dutch national team)[111]
Andriy Oberemko, Ukraine, midfielder (Metalurh Zaporizhya & U21 national team)[112]
Eli Ohana, Israel, won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Bravo Award (most outstanding young player in Europe); national team; manager[25]
Árpád Orbán, Hungary, Olympic champion[70]
Zach Pfeffer, US, midfielder (Philadelphia Union)[113]
Roni Porokara, Finland, winger (national team)[114]
Boris Razinsky, USSR/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager[70]
Charlie Reiter, US, forward (Pali Blues)[115]
Haim Revivo, Israel, attacking/side midfielder (national team)[25]
Daniël de Ridder, Netherlands, forward winger/attacking midfielder (SC Cambuur & U21 national team)[116]
Ronnie Rosenthal, Israel, left winger/striker (national team)[117]
Moshe Romano, Israel, striker (national team) [118]
Sebastian Rozental, Chile, forward (national team)[25]
David Schipper, US, midfielder/fullback (Southern United)[119]
Aaron Schoenfeld, US-Israeli, forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Israeli national team)
Ronnie Schwartz, Denmark, striker (Silkeborg IF)
Béla Sebestyén, Hungary, winger (national team) [120]
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentina, defender (national team)[25]
Jonathan Spector, US, defender (Orlando City SC & national team)
Leon Sperling, Poland, left wing (national team; killed by the Nazis in the Lemberg Ghetto)[89]
Giora Spiegel, Israel, midfielder (Israel national team)
Mordechai Spiegler, Soviet Union/Israel, striker (Israel national team), manager[25]
Daniel Steres, US, defender (LA Galaxy II)[121]
Sjaak Swart, Netherlands, winger (Ajax)[111]
Idan Tal, Israel, midfielder (Beitar Jerusalem & national team)[4]
Nicolás Tauber, Argentina/Israel, goalkeeper (Club Atlético Nueva Chicago)[122]
Yochanan Vollach, Israel, defender (Israel national team)
Andriy Voronin, Ukraine, striker/attacking midfielder (Ukrainian national team) [123]
Sara Whalen, US, defender/forward, Olympic silver[70]
DeAndre Yedlin, US, defender/midfielder (Newcastle United & national team)[124]
Eran Zahavi, Israel, attacking midfielder (Guangzhou R&F & national team)[125]
Michael Zandberg, Israel, left wing (Israel national team) [126]
Australian rules football
Keith Baskin, former AFL footballer (Sydney Swans)[127]
Mordy Bromberg, former AFL footballer (St Kilda Football Club).
Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer (North Melbourne Football Club)[128][129][130]
Ezra Poyas, former AFL and current VFL footballer (Sandringham Football Club)[25]
Ian Synman, AFL footballer, only Jew to play in a Premiership[131]
Baseball
Cal Abrams, US, outfielder[132]
Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, former outfielder, General Manager, first base coach (New York Mets)[132]
Morrie "Snooker" Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star[132]
Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, manager[132]
José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher[132]
Robert "Bo" Belinsky, US, pitcher, no-hit game[133]
Moe Berg, US, catcher, and spy for US in World War II[132]
Jeremy Bleich, US-Israeli, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
Richard Bleier, US, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
Ron "Boomer" Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter, Israel Baseball League manager[134]
Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager[132]
Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 6x All-Star, home run champion, Rookie of the Year, 5x Silver Slugger, MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)[135]
Alex Bregman, US, infielder, 2x All Star (Houston Astros)[136]
Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)[132]
Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2x All-Star[137]
Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach
Tony Cogan, US, pitcher [138]
Ike Davis, US, first baseman[139]
Cody Decker, US, first baseman (Arizona Diamondbacks)[136]
Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher[67]
Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher[140]
Mike "SuperJew" Epstein, US, first baseman[132]
Harry Feldman, US, pitcher[132]
Scott Feldman, US, pitcher[132]
Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist[141]
Max Fried, US, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)[144]
Sam Fuld, US, outfielder[145]
Brad Goldberg, US, pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks)[146]
Paul Goldschmidt, US, first baseman, 6x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove Award winner, 4x Silver Slugger, NL Hank Aaron Award winner (2013), NL home run leader (2013) (St. Louis Cardinals) [147]
Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star[132]
John Grabow, US, relief pitcher[132]
Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger[132]
Adam Greenberg**,** US, outfielder [148]
Hank "Hammerin' Hank" Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[132]
Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star, 2 no-hitters, Israel Baseball League manager[132]
Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader, no-hitter[132]
Brian Horwitz, US, outfielder [151]
Jake Kalish, US, pitcher (Kansas City Royals)[152]
Ryan Kalish, US, outfielder [153]
Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder, manager (Philadelphia Phillies)[132]
Ty Kelly, US-Israeli, utility player (Los Angeles Angels)[132]
Ian Kinsler, US, second baseman, 4x All-Star, hit for the cycle, 2× 30–30 club, 2x Gold Glove, Fielding Bible Award (San Diego Padres)[154]
Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 7x All-Star, 1 perfect game, 4 no-hitters, 3× Triple Crown, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 2× World Series MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[132]
Barry Latman, US, pitcher, All-Star[140]
Ryan Lavarnway, US, catcher (Cleveland Indians)[155]
Al Levine, US, relief pitcher[132]
Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove[132]
Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman[132]
Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Silver Slugger (free agent)[132]
Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher[132]
Bob Melvin, US, catcher, manager (Oakland Athletics)[156]
Jon Moscot, US, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)[157]
Sam "Subway Sam" Nahem, US, pitcher[132]
Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager[132]
Joc Pederson, US, outfielder, All-Star (Los Angeles Dodgers)[158]
Barney "the Yiddish Curver" Pelty, US, pitcher[132]
Lip Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader[132]
Kevin "Superman" Pillar, US, outfielder (San Francisco Giants)
Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher and coach[132]
Dave Roberts, US, pitcher[132]
Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher, ERA leader[132]
Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP[132]
Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star[132]
Josh Satin, US, second baseman[159]
Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star[132]
Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher[132]
Michael Schwimer, US, pitcher [160] Schwimer was the first Jewish player for the Phillies since Mike Lieberthal.[161][162][163][164]
Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman, Israel Baseball League manager[132]
Ryan Sherriff, US, pitcher (Tampa Bay Rays)[165]
Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher, World Series MVP[132]
Norm Sherry, US, catcher, manager[132]
Mose "The Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder, set minor league home run record[132]
Adam Stern, Canada, outfielder [166]
Robert Stock, US, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
George Stone, US, outfielder, batting title[167]
Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Wins leader, Cy Young Award[132]
Garrett Stubbs, US, catcher (Houston Astros)[136]
Rowdy Tellez, US, first baseman (Toronto Blue Jays)[136]
Danny Valencia, US-Israeli, third baseman[168]
Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder
Zack Weiss, US-Israeli, pitcher (Minnesota Twins)[169]
Steve Yeager, US, catcher, World Series MVP[132]
Andy Yerzy, Canada, catcher (Arizona Diamondbacks) [170]
Kevin "The Greek God of Walks" Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award[132]
Josh Zeid, US, pitcher[171]
Basketball
Joe Alexander, US & Israel, 6' 8" forward (Beşiktaş) [172]
Eric Alfasi, Israel, 6' 0" guard & coach
Ben Auerbach, US, 6' 1" guard
Miki Berkovich, Israel, 6'4" shooting guard
Sue Bird, US & Israel, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 11x All-Star (Seattle Storm)[174]
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, 4x Israeli League Coach of the Year, former Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, head coach of Turkish club Darussafaka[175][176]
Mike Bloom, US, NBA 6' 6" ABA All-American [177]
David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 7" power forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[178]
Moysés Blás, Brazil, Olympics 5' 11" guard [179]
Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center[180]
Tal Brody, US & Israel, EuroLeague 6' 2" shooting guard[3]
Larry Brown, US, ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3x ABA All-Star, 3x assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach (1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Basketball Hall of Fame[3][173]
Omri Casspi, Israel, NBA 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA draft, for Memphis Grizzlies (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[181]
Steve Chubin, US, ABA 6' 3" guard
Alex Chubrevich, Israel & Russia, Premier League 7' 0" center (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) [182]
Jeff Cohen, US, ABL 6' 7" power forward
Shawn Dawson, Israel, 6' 6" small forward/shooting guard (Club Joventut Badalona)
Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)[183]
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)[25]
Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard (Sacramento Kings)[184]
Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[3]
Alexander Gomelsky, Russia, EuroLeague 5' 5" guard & coach
Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion[185]
Yotam Halperin, Israel, EuroLeague 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics (Hapoel Jerusalem)[25]
Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker[43]
Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard[43]
Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[3]
Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2x All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame[3]
Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, Australian National Basketball League & Israeli Super League 6' 5" guard, first-ever Indian national to play in ULEB competitions[186]
Oded Kattash, Israel, Premier League 6' 4" point guard & coach
Joel Kramer, US, NBA 6' 7" forward (Phoenix Suns)
Sylven Landesberg, US, EuroLeague 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard/small forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[187]
Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5x All-Star[188]
Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA 5' 10" point guard, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame[173][70]
Gal Mekel, Israel, NBA 6' 3" point guard (Dallas Mavericks)[189]
Boris Nachamkin, US, NBA 6' 6" small forward (Rochester Royals)
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
Donna Orender (née Chait), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, former WNBA president[43]
Josh Pastner, US, NCAA 6' 0" guard & coach [190]
Zack Rosen, US, Super League 6' 1" point guard [182]
Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward[185]
Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)[43]
Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3x FT% leader, 1x rebound leader, 12x All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)[3]
Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket[185]
Jon Scheyer, US, All-American Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[191]
Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame[3]
Tiago Splitter, Brazil, NBA 6' 11" power forward/center [192]
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
Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2x All-American, left as NYU all-time scorer[3]
Alex Tyus, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center (UNICS Kazan)
Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center[43]
Spencer Weisz, US & Israel, Premier League 6' 4" shooting guard/small forward (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) [193][194]
Jamila Wideman, US, WNBA 5' 6" guard [195]
Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1x FT% leader, 1x points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[3]
Bowling
Boxing
Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame[198]
Salamo Arouch (The Ballet Dancer), Greece & Israel, the Middleweight Champion of Greece, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight
Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight[199]
Max Baer, US, world heavyweight champion 1934–35, wore a Star of David on his trunks
Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight[25]
Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[3]
Maxie Berger, Canada, wore a Star of David on his trunks[200]
Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight[3]
Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight[3]
Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight[173]
Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight[199]
Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame[3][201]
Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight[3]
Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[199]
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 and bantamweight[202]
John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight[203]
Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight[204]
György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight[70]
Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight[205]
Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[3]
Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight[204]
Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight[206][207]
Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight[3]
Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight[3]
Pavlo Ishchenko ("Wild Man") – Ukraine/Israel, bantamweight & lightweight, 2x European Amateur Boxing Championships medalist, and European Games medalist[208]
Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky, US, Panamanian heavyweight champion, American welterweight reputed to have fought 1,000 fights[199]
Harry Isaacs, Bantamweight bronze medal winner for South Africa, 1928 Olympic Games
Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[209]
Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight[199]
David "Star David" Kaminsky, Israeli, One of the youngest professional middleweight boxer[210]
Julie Kogon, US, 1947 New England Lightweight Champion; inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame
Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight[3]
Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight, Hall of Fame[3]
King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky[3]
Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight[199]
Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[199]
Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight[3]
Daniel Mendoza, England, world champion heavyweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight[173]
Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight[3]
Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight[211]
Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisia, world champion flyweight[3]
Harold Reitman ("The Boxing Doctor"), professional heavyweight, fought while working as surgeon, Golden Gloves champion[212]
Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight[3]
Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight[213]
Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[3]
Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame[3]
Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks[213]
Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight[214]
Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight[3]
Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight[199]
Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss, 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[3]
Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[205]
Matt Wells, England, lightweight champion of Great Britain and world champion welterweight
Victor Zilberman, Romania, Olympic bronze medallist [215]
Canoeing
László Fábián, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4x world champion (3x K-2 10,000 meter and 1x K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)[173]
Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoeist, 2x Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)[173]
Jessica Fox, French-born Australian, slalom canoeist, Olympic silver (K-1 slalom), world championships bronze (C-1)[216]
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)[70]
Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)[173]
Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000-meter)[70]
Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (C-2 slalom)[70]
Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoeist, world champion, Olympic bronze (K-1 500-meter)[70]
Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoeist, Olympic 2x silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2x bronze (K-2 500)[173]
Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000-meter), gold (C-2 10,000-meter) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships[70]
Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoeist, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles[70]
Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoeist, World Marathon champion 2006[217]
Cricket
Ben Ashkenazi, Australia (Victorian Bushrangers)
Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (uncle of Adam Bacher)[218]
Mike Barnard, England, cricketer[218]
Mark Bott, England, cricketer[219]
Mark Fuzes, Australian all rounder; played for Hong Kong; kept goal for Australian Soccer team[220]
Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper[221]
Darren Gerard, England, cricketer[222]
Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler[218]
Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer[223]
Sid Kiel, South Africa, opening batsman (Western Province)[224]
Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Western Warriors)[218]
Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer[218]
Bev Lyon, England, cricketer[218]
Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)[218]
Greg, Jason, and Lara Molins, two brothers and a cousin from the same Irish family[223]
Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers)[218]
John Raphael, England, batsman[218]
Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector[225]
Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen[226]
Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler[218]
Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament[227]
Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman[218]
Fred Trueman, England, English test fast bowler (a lifelong Christian)[218]
Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer[218]
Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer[218]
Equestrian
Fencing
Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), Olympic champion[173]
Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2x Olympic champion[173]
Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (saber), Olympic bronze, 17x US champion[173]
Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil), Olympic bronze, 4x US champion[3]
Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3x bronze[70]
Tamir Bloom, US (epee), 2x Pan-American silver [230]
Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver[70]
Nick Bravin
Daniel Bukantz, US (foil), 4x US champion[43]
Eli Dershwitz, US (saber), Junior World Champion, 4x Pan-American champion, US champion, NCAA champion[231]
Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion[173]
Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[173]
Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 3x NCAA champion, 5x Israeli champion[25]
Sándor Erdős, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion
Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (saber), Olympic bronze[173]
Dr. Dezső Földes, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[173]
Yuval Freilich, Israel (épée), 2019 European Epee Champion
Dr. Jenő Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4x Olympic champion[232]
Tamás Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion[3]
János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis[3]
Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis[173]
Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion[211]
Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion[233]
Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion[173]
Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked #9 in world[234]
Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann, Israel (foil), 20x Israeli champion[235][236]
Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver[173]
Emily Jacobson, US (saber), Junior World Champion, NCAA champion[237]
Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2x bronze, 2x world team champion[237]
Allan Jay, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2x silver, world champion[173]
Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3x Olympic champion, bronze[173]
Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion, killed by the Nazis[173]
Byron Krieger, US (foil, saber, épée), 2x Olympian, Pan American Games team gold/silver[39]
Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2x silver[173]
Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3x Pan American Games champion[67]
Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver, bronze[3]
Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion[173]
Maria Mazina, Russia (épée), Olympic champion, bronze[70]
Noam Mills, Israel (épée), female Junior World Champion[238]
Armand Mouyal, France (épée), Olympic bronze, world champion[3]
Claude Netter, France (foil), Olympic champion, silver[3]
Jacques Ochs, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion[173]
Ayelet Ohayon, Israel (foil), European champion[237]
Ellen Osiier, Denmark (foil), Olympic champion[3]
Dr. Ivan Osiier, Denmark (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic silver (épée), 25x Danish champion[3]
Attila Petschauer, Hungary (saber), 2x team Olympic champion, silver, killed by the Nazis[173]
Ellen Preis, Austria (foil), Olympic champion, 3x world champion, 17x Austrian champion[173]
Mark Rakita, Soviet (saber), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver[3]
Yakov Rylsky, Soviet (saber), Olympic champion[173]
Gaston Salmon, Belgium (épée), Olympic champion[70]
Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Hungary (saber & foil), Olympic champion, silver, bronze[239]
Edgar Seligman, British (épée, foil, and saber), Olympic 2x silver (épée), 2x British champion in each weapon[70]
Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver, bronze[173]
Andre Spitzer, Israel, killed by terrorists[240]
Jean Stern, France (épée), Olympic champion[70]
Soren Thompson, US (épée), World Team Champion, US Junior Champion, US champion, NCAA champion[241]
David Tyshler, Soviet (saber), Olympic bronze[70]
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungary (foil), 2x Olympic champion[242]
Eduard Vinokurov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver[3]
Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet (épée), Olympic silver, 10x national champion[3]
Lajos Werkner, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[3]
George Worth, US (saber), Olympic bronze, US champion, 3x Pan American champion[173]
Field hockey
Figure skating
Max Aaron, US, figure skater, 2013 US men's champion[243]
Sarah Abitbol, France, figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze[244]
Benjamin Agosto, US, ice dancer, Olympic silver, World Championship silver, bronze[245]
Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver, world champion, European champion[4]
Jason Brown, US, figure skater, 2x Junior World Medalist, 2014 US silver, 2014 Olympic bronze (team)[246]
Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[247]
Judy Blumberg, US, ice dancer, 3x World Championship bronze[248]
Zhan Bush, Russia, figure skater
Cindy Bortz, US, figure skater, World Junior Champion[25]
Fritzi Burger, Austria, figure skater, 2x Olympic silver, 2x World Championship silver[25]
Oleksii Bychenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, 2016 European silver medallist, Olympian
Alain Calmat, France, figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2x bronze[3]
Galit Chait, Israel, ice dancer, World Championship bronze, Olympian[25]
Sasha Cohen, US, figure skater, 2006 US Champion, 3x World medalist, 2006 Olympic silver[251]>[252]
Amber Corwin, US, figure skater[253]
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, US, ice dancer, competes w/partner David Mitchell; US Championships bronze[254]
Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet, pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2x silver, bronze[70]
Melissa Gregory, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Denis Petukhov, US Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze[255]
Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian[256]
Emily Hughes, US, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver[257]
Sarah Hughes, US, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze[258]
Ronald Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze[25]
Vivian Joseph, US, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, 2x silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze, 1964 Olympic bronze[25]
Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, World Championship 2x gold, silver, 2x bronze[3]
Felix Kaspar, Austria, figure skater, Olympic bronze[70]
Tamar Katz, US-born Israeli, figure skater[259]
Lily Kronberger, Hungary, figure skater, World Championship 4x gold, 2x bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame[3]
Dylan Moscovitch, Canada, pairs skater, 2011 Canadian national champion, 2014 Olympic silver (team)[260]
Irina Rodnina, USSR, figure skater, 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympic gold, 10x World Championship
Emilia Rotter, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship 4x gold, silver, 2x Olympic bronze[3]
Louis Rubenstein, Canada, figure skater, (pre-Olympic) world champion, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame[3]
Lionel Rumi, Israel, ice dancer
Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israel, ice dancer with Galit Chait, World Championship bronze, Olympian[25]
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 5x gold, World Figure Skating Championships 3x bronze[25]
Robert Shmalo, US, ice dancer
Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli, figure skater[261]
Simon Shnapir, Russian-born US, pairs skater, 2x US national champion (2013 & 2014), 2014 Olympic bronze (team)
Igor Shpilband, Soviet, ice dancer, World Junior Championship gold, silver; coach to several world champion teams
Jamie Silverstein, US, figure skater, ice dancer w/Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze[262]
Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver & bronze, World Championship 2x gold, 3x silver & 1x bronze, 4x Russian champion, 7x European champion[211]
Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze[263]
László Szollás, Hungary, pair skater, World Championship gold & silver, 2x Olympic bronze[3]
Isabella Tobias, US-born ice dancer, represented Lithuania at 2014 Winter Olympics. Currently representing Israel.
Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[263]
Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian[264]
Gaelic football
Enon Gavin, former Roscommon footballer; won two Connacht Senior Club Football Championships and one All Star Award[265]
Golf
Amy Alcott, US, LPGA Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame[3]
Herman Barron, US, PGA Tour[3]
Laetitia Beck, Israel, Israeli champion & 3x Maccabiah Games gold, LPGA Tour[266]
Daniel Berger, US, PGA Tour
Erica Blasberg, US, LPGA Tour [267]
Bruce Fleisher, US, PGA Tour[268]
Jonathan Kaye, US, PGA Tour[25]
Alexander Lévy, France, PGA Tour[273]
David Lipsky, US, Asian Tour[274]
David Merkow, US, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year[275]
Rob Oppenheim, US, PGA Tour
Corey Pavin, US, PGA & Champions Tour (converted to Christianity)[4]
Morgan Pressel, US, LPGA Tour[276]
Monte Scheinblum, US, 1992 US & World Long Drive Champion[25]
Ben Silverman-Canada
Gymnastics
Ruth Abeles, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [277]
Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz[70]
Yana Batyrshina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)[70]
Alyssa Beckerman, US, national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars)[25]
Valery Belenky, USSR/Azerbaijan/Germany, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises)[70]
Ralli Ben-Yehuda, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [278]
Moran Buzovski, Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)
Elka de Levie, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)[70]
Artem Dolgopyat, Israeli artistic gymnast (silver medal in World Championships)[279]
Olena Dvornichenko, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnastics[280]
Philip Erenberg, US, Olympic silver (Indian clubs)[70]
Alfred Flatow, Germany, 3x Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar)[3]
Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, 2x Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)[3]
Samu Fóti, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)[70]
Limor Friedman, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [281]
Mitch Gaylord, US, Olympic champion (team), silver (vaulting), 2x bronze (rings, parallel bars)[3]
Imre Gellért, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)[70]
Nancy Goldsmith, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [282]
Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5x silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercise, team exercises with portable apparatus)[3]
Abie Grossfeld, US, 8x Pan American champion, 7x Maccabiah champion, coach[3]
George Gulack, US, Olympic champion (flying rings)[3]
Miriam Kara, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [283]
Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, 5x Olympic champion (2x floor exercise, asymmetrical bars, floor exercise, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3x silver (2x team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2x bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame[3][211]
Alice Kertész, Hungary, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team)[173]
Natalia Laschenova, USSR, Olympic champion (team)[70]
Ya'akov Levi, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [284]
Tatiana Lysenko, USSR/Ukraine, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)[211]
Valeria Maksyuta, Ukraine/Israel, multiple World Cup medalist, Israeli Olympian, Maccabiah Games champion[285][286][287]
Phoebe Mills, US, Olympic bronze (balance beam)[25]
Abraham Mok, Netherlands,[288]
Yohanan Moyal, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast) [289]
Helena Nordheim, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[70]
Mikhail Perelman, USSR, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)[70]
Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast[290]
Anna Polak, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[70]
Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault)[70]
Monica Rokhman, US, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast) [291]
Aly Raisman, US, Olympic champion (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)[292]
Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)[70]
Neta Rivkin, Israel, world bronze (rhythmic gymnastics; hoop)[293]
Maria Savenkov, Israel/Russia, rhythmic gymnast[280]
Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze, European champion (artistic gymnast; floor exercise)[294]
Yelena Shushunova, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars)[211]
Judijke Simons, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór[70]
Kerri Strug, US, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises)[3]
Rahel Vigdozchik, Israel, rhythmic gymnast[295]
Veronika Vitenberg, Israel/Belarus, rhythmic gymnast[295]
Julie Zetlin, US, 2010 US champion, rhythmic gymnastics[296]
Valerie Zimring, US, 1984 US National Champion, 5x Maccabiah Champion (rhythmic gymnastics)[297]
Ice hockey
Jason Bailey, US, right wing[298]
Rudi Ball, Germany, right wing, Olympic bronze, world runner-up, bronze[299]
Max Birbraer, Russia/Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (New Jersey Devils)[300][4]
Austin Block, US, center (Manchester Monarchs)[301][302][303]
Jonathon Blum, US, defenseman (Dinamo Minsk)[304]
Ross Brooks, Canada, goaltender (NHL)
Mike Brown, US, right wing (NHL)[181]
Hy Buller, Canada-born US, All-Star defenceman (NHL)[300]
André Burakovsky, Austria-born Sweden, left wing (Colorado Avalanche)[305]
Andrew Calof, Canada, center (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
Carter Camper, US, forward (Grand Rapids Griffins)[307]
Colby Cohen, US, defenseman[308]
Matt Cohen, US, defenseman[309]
Paul Cohen, Canada, goaltender
Sandy Cohen, Canada, forward
Olivier Dame-Malka, Canada-born France, defense (Nice Aigles)[307]
Sara DeCosta, US, ice hockey player, Olympic gold and silver[253]
Scott Drevitch, US, defense[310]
Justin Duberman, US, right wing (NHL)
Steve Dubinsky, Canada, center (NHL)[300]
Jason Demers, Canada, defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)[311]
Justin Duberman, US, right wing (NHL)[312]
Alon Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, centre
Oren Eizenman, Canada-born Israel, center[25]
David Elsner, Germany, forward (ERC Ingolstadt)[313]
Daniel Erlich, Canada, forward[314]
Kaleigh Fratkin, Canada, defenseman (Boston Pride)[317][318][319]
Doug Friedman, US, winger, (NHL)
Mark Friedman, Canada, defense (Lehigh Valley Phantoms)
Chelsey Goldberg, US, forward (Boston Blades)[320]
Jørn Goldstein, Norway, goaltender, Olympian and national team, awarded the Gold Puck as best player of the season[321]
Dov Grumet-Morris, US, goaltender (Hartford Wolf Pack)[303] []
Jeff Halpern, US, center (NHL)[300]
Gizzy Hart, Canada, left wing (NHL)
Mike Hartman, US, left wing (NHL)[39]
Adam Henrich, Canada, left wing/center
Michael Henrich, Canada, right wing, 1st Jewish player drafted in NHL 1st round (by Edmonton Oilers)[322]
Eric Himelfarb, Canada, center (HC Thurgau)[313]
Kim Hirschovits, Finland, forward (Espoo United)[313]
Josh Ho-Sang, Canada, forward (New York Islanders)[323]
Ellen Weinberg-Hughes, US, defense [324]
Jack Hughes, US, center (U.S. NTDP, 2019 NHL Entry Draft #1 overall pick by the New Jersey Devils)
Quinn Hughes, US, defense (Vancouver Canucks)[325]
Zach Hyman, Canada, left wing/center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Joe Ironstone, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[326]
Billy Jaffe, US, right wing
Max Kaminsky, Canada, centre (NHL)
Evan Kaufmann, US, forward[327]
Mikhail Kravets, Russia, left wing (NHL)
Luke Kunin, US, centre (Minnesota Wild)[328]
Alfred Kuchevsky, Soviet, Olympic champion, bronze[3]
Max Labovitch, Canada, right wing (NHL)[329]
Brendan Leipsic, Canada, left wing (Washington Capitals)[330]
David Levin, Israel, 1st overall 2015 OHL draft selection (Sudbury Wolves)[331]
Alex Levinsky, Canada, defenceman (NHL)[300]
Grant Lewis, US, defenseman (NHL)[332]
David Littman, US, goaltender (NHL)
Yuri Lyapkin, Soviet, defenseman[333]
Tyler Maxwell, US, center (Alaska Aces)[334]
Jacob Micflikier, Canada, forward (EHC Biel)[303] [] [335][336]
David Nemirovsky, Canada, right wing (NHL)[300]
Mikhail Nemirovsky, Russia, right wing
Bobby Nystrom, Sweden-born Canada, right wing (NHL) (converted to Judaism)[43]
Eric Nystrom, US, left wing & son of former NHL player Bob Nystrom[337]
Mitch Pechet, Canada, right wing (NHL)
Cory Pecker, Canada, right wing (Nationalliga B's Switzerland team Lausanne HC), drafted 6th round by Calgary Flames in 1999[338]
Brad Peltz, US, left wing
Bob Plager, Canada, defense (NHL) (converted to Judaism)[339]
Dylan Reese, US, defenseman (HV71)[14])
Maurice Roberts, US, goaltender (NHL)
Samuel Rothschild, Canada, left wing (NHL)[326]
François Rozenthal, France, right wing[25]
Maurice Rozenthal, France, right wing[25]
Wyatt Russell, US, goaltender
Mathieu Schneider, US, defenseman (NHL)[300]
Eliezer Sherbatov, Israel, left wing (free agent)[340]
Todd Simon, Canada, centre (NHL)
Trevor Smith, Canada, centre (San Antonio Rampage)[341]
Daniel Spivak, Israel-Canada, defense (Gwinnett Gladiators; Israel National team)[313][342]
Brett Sterling, US, left wing (NHL)[308]
Ronnie Stern, Canada, right wing (NHL)[4]
Nate Thompson, US, center (Montreal Canadiens)
Josh Tordjman, Canada, goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)[303] []
János Vas, Hungary, left wing (DVTK Jegesmedvék)
Mike Veisor, Canada, goaltender (NHL)[4]
David Warsofsky, US, defenceman (Colorado Avalanche)[334]
Brian Wilks, Canada, center (NHL)[343]
Bob Winograd, Canada, defense
Victor "Chick" Zamick, Canada, center
Larry Zeidel, Canada, defenceman (NHL)[300]
Jason Zucker, US, left wing (Minnesota Wild)[347]
Judo
Yael Arad, Israel, 1992 Olympic silver (light-middleweight)[348]
Mark Berger, Canada, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)[70]
Robert Berland, US, Olympic silver (middleweight)[70]
Ārons Bogoļubovs, USSR, Olympic bronze (lightweight)[70]
James Bregman, US, Olympic bronze (middleweight)[70]
Aaron Cohen, US
Yarden Gerbi, Israel, 2016 Olympic bronze (under 63 kg)[349]
Felipe Kitadai, Brazil, Olympic bronze (60 kg)[350]
Daniela Krukower, Israel/Argentina, world champion (under 63 kg)[25]
Charlee Minkin, US, Pan American women's champion (half lightweight division; under 52 kg)[25]
Peter Paltchik, Israel, 2018 European Bronze medalist (under 100 kg)
Sagi Muki, Israel, 2015 & 2018 European champion, 2019 World Champion (under 73 kg)
Or Sasson, Israel, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
Alice Schlesinger, Israel, World Judo Championships bronze; European junior champion (under 63 kg)[189]
Oren Smadja, Israel, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist (lightweight)[70]
Ehud Vaks, Israel (half-lightweight)[351]
Gal Yekutiel, Israel, European bronze medalist 2x Olympian [352]
Arik Ze'evi, Israel, 2004 Olympic bronze medalist (100 kg)[348]
Mixed martial arts
Sarah Avraham, Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion; 57-63 kilos (125–140 pounds) weight class
Nili Block, Israeli world champion kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter; 60 kg (132 pound) weight class[353]
Ilya Grad, Israel, lightweight Muay Thai boxing[354] champion[355]
Emily Kagan, US, UFC fighter in the women's strawweight division; competed in season 20 of The Ultimate Fighter
Noad "Neo" Lahat, Israel, featherweight MMA (UFC)[356]
Ido Pariente, Israel, lightweight Pankration World Champion
Rory Singer, US, middleweight fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3[357]
Motorsport
Kenny Bernstein, US, drag racing driver and former NASCAR owner[4]
François Cevert (born "Albert Goldenberg", Christian mother), France, Formula One driver[25]
Kyle Krisiloff, US, NASCAR and USAC driver
Steve Krisiloff, US, USAC and CART Championship Car driver[358]
Eric Lichtenstein, Argentina, GP3 driver[359]
Paul Newman, US, motorsport team owner & driver; actor[360]
Chanoch Nissany, Israel, Formula One test-driver,[25] father of Roy Nissany
Roy Nissany, Israel, Formula V8 3.5, son of Chanoch Nissany
Peter Revson, US, Formula One driver[167]
Mauri Rose, US, Indy driver, Indy 500 winner[211]
Eddie Sachs, US, 8x starter of the Indianapolis 500, 1957–64, winning the pole position in 1960 and 1961, with his best finish being second in 1961[361]
Ian Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver (brother of Jody Scheckter and uncle of Tomas Scheckter)[25]
Jody Scheckter, South Africa, Formula One driver, 1979 Formula One World Drivers champion (brother of Ian Scheckter and father of Tomas Scheckter)[3]
Tomas Scheckter, South Africa, Indy Racing League driver[25]
Lance Stroll, Canada, Formula One driver
Sheila van Damm, British rally driver[167]
Lionel Van Praag, Australian motorcycle Speedway World Champion[25]
Rowing
Rugby league
Rugby union
Nathan Amos, Israel[370]
Louis Babrow, South Africa, South Africa national team[371][372][373]
Leo Camron, South Africa/Israel; helped introduce rugby to Israel[374]
A.S. Cohen, England (Cambridge University RFC)[375]
Nate Ebner, 2016 US Olympic Team at Rio de Janeiro
Okey Geffin, South Africa, forward, South Africa national team[364][372]
Samuel Goodman, US, player and manager of gold-winning US Olympic team[364]
Chaya Leib Herzovitz, Stade Français[376]
Joe Kaminer, South Africa, South Africa national team[372]
Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand, flanker, New Zealand national team[25]
Aaron Liffchak, England, prop[377]
Alan Menter, England/South Africa, South Africa national team[372]
Cecil Moss, South Africa, South Africa national team[372]
Sydney Nomis, South Africa national team[372]
John Raphael, Belgium/England, England national team[364]
Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa; rugby union, and later rugby league[365][366]
Myer Rosenblum, South Africa/Australia, flanker, Australia[371][378]
Rupert Rosenblum, Australia, Australia national team[379]
Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby player
Fred Smollan, South Africa, South Africa national team[372]
Dr. Bethel Solomons, Ireland, forward, Ireland national team
Joel Stransky, South Africa, fly-half, South Africa national team, kicked winning points in 1995 Rugby World Cup Final[371][372]
Zack Test, US, wing/fullback, US national sevens team[380]
Morris Zimerman, South Africa[372]
Sailing
Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[70]
Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class)[381][382]
Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman[383]
Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[211]
Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class)[70]
Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist (Israel's first gold medalist), 1996 Olympic bronze medalist (Mistral class)[384]
Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class)[70]
Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)[70]
Lee Korzits, Israel, windsurfer, 4x world champion (RS:X)[125]
Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[211]
Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/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)[70]
Nimrod Mashiah, Israel, windsurfer, ranked # 1 in world (RS:X; 2010)[385]
Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2x world silver (laser and sunfish), bronze (laser)[386][387]
Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class)[25]
Ran Shantal, Israel, 470-class, Olympian [388]
Nir Shental, Israel, 470-class, Olympian [389]
Dan Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian [390]
Ran Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian [391]
Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion[392]
Eli Zuckerman, Israel, yachtsman, Olympian [393]
Shooting
Morris Fisher, US, 5x Olympic champion (2x team free rifle; 300 m free rifle, 3 positions; 600 m free rifle; team 300 m military rifle, prone)[173]
Guy Starik, Israel, world record in 50 m rifle prone[394]
Lev Vainshtein, USSR (Russia), 3x team world champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle)[395]
Skeleton
Adam (AJ) Edelman, 4x National Champion, 2018 Olympian
Skiing and snowboarding
Arielle Gold, American Olympic bronze snowboarder, world champion[396]
Taylor Gold, American snowboarder[396]
Jared Goldberg, American Olympic alpine skier, US Junior Championships combined champion, US Championships downhill champion[397]
Virgile Vandeput, Israel, Belgian-born, slalom & giant slalom skier, Olympian[260]
Speed skating
Andy Gabel, US, Olympic silver (5,000 meter short track relay)[25][31]
Rafayel Grach, USSR, Olympic silver (500 m), bronze (500 m)[70]
Irving Jaffee, US, 2x Olympic champion (5,000-meter, 10,000-meter), world records (mile, 25 miles)[3]
Dan Weinstein, US, short-track, 3x world champion (2x team 1,000 meters, team short-track 5,000 meters)[253][31]
Swimming
Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-meter (m) freestyle relay)[398]
Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke[399]
Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800-m freestyle[70]
Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800-m freestyle, 400-m medley)[400]
Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water
Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[70]
Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100-m freestyle), Israel (50 m freestyle and 100-m freestyle)[167]
Tiffany Cohen, US, 2x Olympic champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle); 2x Pan American champion (400 m and 800-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[401]
Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50 m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2x world champion (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle)[43]
Yoav Gath, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke)[402]
Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4x200-m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4x200-m freestyle), bronze (4x200-m freestyle)[401]
Eran Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100-m butterfly)[167]
Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame[70]
Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3x Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 800-m freestyle relay, 1,500-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame[211]
Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200-m butterfly, 200- and 400-m individual medley[167]
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."[403]
Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100-m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp[3]
Ziv Kalontarov, Israel, European Games champion (50 m freestyle)[404]
Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US, 4x Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200-m backstroke, twice 4x100-m medley relay); 3x world champion (100 m and 200-m backstroke, 4×100-m medley) and 2x silver (4×100-m medley, 50-m backstroke); 3 world records (50-, 100-, and 200-m backstroke)[401]
Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records[70]
Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly, 4×100-m medley relay)[405]
Ruth Langer Lawrence who, 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".[406]
Keren Leibovitch, Israeli Paralympic swimmer, 3x world champion, 3 world records (100 m and 200-m backstroke; 100-m freestyle), and 8x Paralympic medal winner[407]
Jason Lezak, US, 4x Olympic champion (twice 4 × 100 medley relay, 4 × 400 medley relay, 4x100 freestyle relay), silver (400 m freestyle relay), 2x bronze (100 m freestyle, 4x100 freestyle relay); 8x world champion (4x 4x100-m medley, 3x 4x100-m freestyle, 100-m freestyle), silver (4x100-m medley), bronze (4x100-m freestyle)[401]
Klara Milch, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)[70]
József Munk, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)[70]
Alfred "Artem" Nakache, France; world record (200 m breaststroke), one-third of French 2x world record (3x100 relay team); imprisoned by Nazis in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed[3]
Paul Neumann, Austria, Olympic champion (500 m freestyle)[3]
Maxim Podoprigora, Ukrainian-born Austrian swimmer
Sarah Poewe, South African-born German, Olympic bronze (4 × 100 medley relay)[70]
Marilyn Ramenofsky, US, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle); 3x world record for 400-m freestyle[3]
Jeremy Reingold, South African, 200m individual medley world record, South South African SA under-21 rugby team[408][409]
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[173]
Albert Schwartz, US, Olympic bronze (100 m freestyle)[70]
Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Austria, Olympic champion (400 m freestyle) and 2x bronze (400 m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle)[70]
Mark Spitz, US, Olympic champion (9 golds (400 m freestyle relay twice, 800-m freestyle relay twice, 100-m freestyle, 200-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 200-m butterfly, 400-m 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); 5x Pam Am champion; 10x Maccabiah champion; world records (100- and 200-m freestyle, 100- and 200-m butterfly), International Swimming Hall of Fame[410]
Josephine Sticker, Austria, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)[70]
Tal Stricker, Israel (100- and 200-m breaststroke, 4×100-m medley relay)[411]
András Székely, Hungary, Olympic silver (200 m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp[70]
Éva Székely, Hungary, Olympic champion & silver (200 m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati[3]
Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Poland, Olympic 4×200-m freestyle relay; killed by the Nazis in Majdanek concentration camp[173][412]
Judit Temes, Hungary, Olympic champion (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100 m freestyle)[25]
Dara Torres, US, Olympic 4x champion (400 m freestyle relay, 4x100-m freestyle relay twice, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x silver (50 m freestyle, 2x 4x100-m freestyle, 4x100-m medley relay), 4x bronze (50 m freestyle, 100-m freestyle, 100-m butterfly, 4x100-m freestyle relay, 4x100-m medley relay); world championship silver (4x100-m freestyle); Pan American champion (4x100-m freestyle)[401]
Eithan Urbach, Israel, backstroke, European championship silver & bronze (100 m backstroke)[413]
Otto Wahle, Austria/US, 2x Olympic silver (1,000 m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400 m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame[70]
Garrett Weber-Gale, US, 2x Olympic champion (4x100 freestyle relay, 4 × 100 medley relay); world champion (3x 4x100-m freestyle, 4×100-m medley), silver (4×200-m freestyle)[401]
Wendy Weinberg, US, Olympic bronze (800 m freestyle); Pan American champion (800 m freestyle)[70]
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m freestyle relay); world champion (2x 4x100-m freestyle, 50-m freestyle)[70][401]
Imre Zachár, Hungary, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)[70]
Table tennis
Ruth Aarons, US, 2x world champion[31]
Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22x world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF")[3]
Laszlo Bellak, Hungary/US, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF[3]
Dora Beregi, Hungarian 2x world champion
Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF[3]
Benny Casofsky, English Swaythling Cup player
Alojzy Ehrlich, Poland, 3x silver and 1x 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, 4x world champion
Gregory Grinberg, Moldova/USSR, 4x USSR champion (singles, doubles, mix)[414][415]
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, 3x world champion, incarcerated by the Nazis in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz[3]
Erwin Kohn, Austrian world champion
Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national teams[416]
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, 10x US champion[31]
Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation[3]
Leah Neuberger (Thall), "Miss Ping", US, 29x US champion[3]
Marty Reisman, US, 3x national champion[31]
Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF[3]
Samuel Schieff, Poland world bronze medallist and later Israel international
Sol Schiff, US double world champion
Anna Sipos, Hungary, 11x world champion, ITTFHoF[3]
Miklos Szabados, Hungary/Australia, 15x world champion[3]
Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, national team
Thelma Thall, US, 2x world table tennis champion[417]
David Zalcberg, Australia, national team[416]
Tennis
Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland
Noam Behr, Israel [418]
Elliot Benchetrit, France
Ilana Berger, Israel [419]
Jay Berger, US, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7[4]
Gilad Bloom, Israel[420]
Madison Brengle, US[421]
Gail Brodsky, US [422]
Elise Burgin, US, highest world singles ranking # 22, highest world doubles ranking # 8[21]
Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French women's doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon women's doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9[4][423]
Audra Cohen, US, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles champion[25]
Celine Cohen, Switzerland [424]
Julia Cohen, US, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion[425]
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, France[25]
Brian Dabul, Argentina, former #1 junior in the world[426]
Pierre Darmon, France, highest world ranking # 8[3]
Uberto De Morpurgo, Italy [429]
Vlada Ekshibarova, Uzbekistan/Israel
Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking # 5[423][432]
Gastón Etlis, Argentina[433]
Marcel Felder, Uruguay [434]
Sharon Fichman, Canada[435]
Herbert Flam, US, 2x USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5[3]
Allen Fox, US[436]
Mike Franks, US[437]
Brad Gilbert, US, highest world ranking # 4, Olympic bronze (singles)[4]
Justin Gimelstob, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams)[423][438][439][440][441]
Camila Giorgi, Italy[442]
Shlomo Glickstein, Israel[4]
Julia Glushko, Israel[443]
Grant Golden, US[67]
Jamie Golder, US [444]
Paul Goldstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 2x 18s singles champion[445]
Brian Gottfried, US, USTA boys 12s & 2x 18s singles champion, won 1975 & 1977 French Open men's doubles (w/Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon men's doubles (w/Ramirez), highest world ranking # 3[167]
Jim Grabb, US, won 1989 French Open men's doubles (w/Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open men's doubles (w/Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking # 1[423]
Seymour Greenberg, US[446]
Amanda Grunfeld, Great Britain [447]
Jim Gurfein, US [448]
Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovakia [449]
Julie Heldman, US, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5[450]
Saša Hiršzon, Croatia [451]
Helen Jacobs, won 1932–35 US women's singles, 1932–35 US women's doubles (w/Sarah Palfrey Cooke), 1934 US mixed (w/George Lott), and 1936 Wimbledon women's singles, highest world singles ranking # 1[423]
Martín Jaite, Argentina, highest world ranking # 10[4]
Anita Kanter, US, US girls 18s singles champion[452]
Jeff Klaparda, US [453]
Ilana Kloss, South Africa, won 1976 US Open women's doubles (w/Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking # 1[450]
Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungary, won 1958 French singles[423]
Aaron Krickstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 6[4]
Jesse Levine, Canada/US[456]
Jon Levine, US [457]
Harel Levy, Israel[25]
Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel
Scott Lipsky, US, USTA # 1 junior in singles (1995) and doubles (1995–97); won 2011 French Open mixed doubles (w/Casey Dellacqua)[458]
Amos Mansdorf, Israel[4]
Bruce Manson, US [461]
Stacy Margolin, US [462]
Nicolás Massú, Chile, highest world ranking # 9, 2x Olympic champion (singles & doubles)[433]
Sam Match, US[463]
Tzipora Obziler, Israel[25]
Wayne Odesnik, US[464]
Tom Okker, Dutch, won 1973 French Open men's doubles (w/John Newcombe), 1976 US Open men's doubles (w/Marty Riessen), highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles[211][423]
Noam Okun, Israel[456]
Yshai Oliel, Israel
Shahar Pe'er, Israel, highest world ranking # 11[432]
Shahar Perkiss, Israel[25]
Felix Pipes, Austria, Olympic silver (doubles)[70]
Daniel Prenn, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking # 6[3]
Henry Prusoff, US[465]
Andy Ram, Israel, won 2006 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Vera Zvonareva), 2007 French Open mixed doubles (w/Nathalie Dechy), 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Jonathan Erlich), highest world doubles ranking # 5[432]
Eyal Ran, Israel[466]
Renée Richards, US[467]
Sergio Roitman, Argentina[468]
Noah Rubin, US[469]
Michael Russell, US, ranked # 1 in USTA Boys 16s & 18s, all-time-record 23 USTA Pro Circuit singles titles[470]
Jeff Salzenstein, US [471]
Dick Savitt, US, won 1951 Wimbledon men's singles, highest world ranking # 2[450]
David Schneider, South Africa/Israel [472]
Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, highest world ranking # 11[473][474]
Vic Seixas, US, won 1952 US men's doubles (w/Mervyn Rose), 1953 Wimbledon men's singles, 1953 & 1955 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Doris Hart), 1953 French mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1953–55 US mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 US men's, 1954 US men's doubles (w/Tony Trabert), 1954–55 French men's doubles (w/Trabert), 1955 Australian men's doubles (w/Trabert), and 1956 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Shirley Fry)[423]
Dudi Sela, Israel[456]
Julius Seligson, US, 2x boys 18s singles champion[477]
Denis Shapovalov, Israel-born Canada
Anna Smashnova, Israel, highest world ranking # 15[433]
Harold Solomon, US, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5[167]
Andrew Sznajder, Canada[25]
Brian Teacher, US, US boys 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open singles, highest world ranking # 7[423]
Eliot Teltscher, US, won 1983 French Open mixed doubles (w/Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking # 6[4][423]
Amir Weintraub, Israel
Van Winitsky, US [478]
Track and field
Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprinter, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) & silver (4 × 100 m relay)[479]
Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper[480]
Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)[481]
Gerry Ashworth, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)[3]
Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault)[482]
Mykola Avilov, USSR, decathlon, world record; Olympic champion & bronze[483][484]
Seteng Ayele, Ethiopia-Israel, Olympic marathon[485]
Gretel Bergmann, German Jewish high jumper
Ödön Bodor, Hungary, Olympic bronze (medley relay)[173]
Louis "Pinky" Clarke, US, world record (100 m); Olympic champion (4 × 100 m)[173]
Janet Cohansedgh, Iran
Lillian Copeland, US, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver (discus)[3][486]
Ibolya Csák, Hungary, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper[487]
Daniel Frank, US, long jump, Olympic silver[173]
Danielle Frenkel, Israel, high jumper, 2x national champion[488]
Hugo Friend, US, long jump, Olympic bronze[173]
Jim Fuchs, US, shot put & discus, 2x Olympic bronze (shot put); 4x shot put world record holder, 2x Pan American champions (shot put & discus)[173]
Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)[482]
Adam Goucher, US, 3:54 miler, 2000 Olympian, 1998 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships winner, 3rd in 2006 Prefontaine Classic 2-mile[489]
Milton Green, US, world records (45-yard & 60-m high hurdles)[3]
Ageze Guadie, Israel, Olympic marathon-runner[490]
Lilli Henoch, Germany, world records (discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay); shot by the Nazis in Latvia[3]
Abby Hoffman, Canada, four-time Olympian (800-meter) [491][492][493]
Maria Leontyavna Itkina, USSR, sprinter, world records (400 m & 220 yards (200 m), and 800-m relay)[3]
Clare Jacobs, US, pole vaulter, Olympic bronze, world indoor record[173]
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)[482]
Elias Katz, Finland, Olympic champion (3,000 m team steeplechase) & silver (3,000 m steeplechase)[3]
Abel Kiviat, US, world records (2,400-yard relay & 1,500-m); Olympic champion (3,000 m team) & silver (1,500-m)[3]
Mór Kóczán, Hungary, javelin, Olympic bronze[173]
Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR, shot put, Olympic silver[173]
Vera Krepkina, USSR, Olympic champion (long jump), world records (100 m dash & 4x100-m)[173]
Shaul Ladany, Yugoslavian-born Israeli racewalker, world record holder in the 50-mile walk, former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk[494][495]
Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US, champion (high jump & shot put), British high jump champion[496]
Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4x Maccabiah champion[3]
Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion[3]
Alvah Meyer, US, runner, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y); Olympic silver (100 m)[173]
Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, 440-yard (400 m), and 880-yard)[3]
Micheline Ostermeyer, France, 2x Olympic champion (shot put & discus), bronze (high jump)[173]
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion[482]
Irina Press, USSR, 2x Olympic champion (80 m hurdles & pentathlon)[70]
Tamara Press, USSR, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus) and silver (discus)[70]
Myer Prinstein, US, world record (long jump); 3x Olympic champion (2x triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump)[3]
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Canada, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) & silver (100-m)[3]
Steven Solomon, Australia, sprinter, 2x Australian 400 metres champion[381]
Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash)[497]
Dwight Stones, US, world record (high jump); 2x Olympic bronze[498][499]
Irena Szewińska, Poland, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m); 3x Olympic champion (4x100-m, 200-m, 400-m), 2 silver (200 m & long jump), and 2 bronze 1968 (100 m & 200-m)[3]
Jadwiga Wajs, Poland, 2 world records (discus); Olympic silver & bronze (discus)[173]
Triathlon
Volleyball
Nelly Abramova, USSR, Olympic silver[70]
Doug Beal, US, player & coach, national team[3]
Adriana Behar, Brazil, beach player; 2x Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2x world champion[501]
Larisa Bergen, USSR, Olympic silver[173]
Yefim Chulak, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze[70]
Marcelo Elgarten, Brazil, Olympic silver[502]
Dan Greenbaum, US, Olympic bronze[70]
Waldo Kantor, Argentina, Olympic bronze
Nataliya Kushnir, USSR, Olympic silver[70]
Yevgeny Lapinsky, USSR, Olympic champion, bronze[173]
Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR, 2x Olympic champion, 2x world champion[70]
Vladimir Patkin, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze[173]
Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver[70]
Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach[503]
Avital Selinger, Dutch, Olympic silver[70]
Eugene Selznick, US, 2x world champion, 2x Pan American champion, Hall of Fame[211]
Sandy Silver, Canada, an accomplished athlete in a variety of sports; most notably badminton and volleyball. She was the starting setter for the Toronto Blues Women’s Volleyball and for York University, the Ontario Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association East Championship. Inducted Hall of Fame, Volleyball Canada, 2013[504]
Yuriy Venherovsky, USSR, Olympic champion[70]
Chagai Zamir, Israel, 4x Paralympic Games champion[3]
Water polo
Róbert Antal, Hungary, Olympic champion[70]
Peter Asch, US, Olympic bronze[70]
István Barta, Hungary, Olympic champion, gold[3]
Gerard Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, 2x bronze (one in swimming–100-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame, son of Maurice Blitz[70]
Maurice Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz[70]
György Bródy, Hungary, goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion[3]
Henri Cohen, Belgium, Olympic silver[70]
Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovak national team, Olympic competitor[505][506]
Boris Goikhman, USSR, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze[70]
György Kárpáti, Hungary, 3x Olympic champion, 1x bronze[173]
Mihály Mayer, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion, 2x bronze[173]
Nikolai Melnikov, USSR, Olympic champion[173]
Merrill Moses, US, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, Pan American champion[70]
Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion[3]
Weightlifting
David Mark Berger, US-born Israeli, Maccabiah champion (middleweight); killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre[507]
Isaac "Ike" Berger, US, Olympic champion (featherweight), 2x silver; 2x Pan American champion; 23 world records[3]
Robert Fein, US, Olympic champion (lightweight)[70]
Gary Gubner, US, 4 junior world records (heavyweight); 3x Maccabiah champion (weightlifting, shot put, discus)[3]
Hans Haas, Austria, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver[70]
Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, 3x British champion (lightweight), 3x Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis[3]
Reuven Helman, Maccabiah Olympian and Israeli Weightlifting Champion
Moisei Kas'ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world champion[395]
Naomi Kutin, US, world record in 44 kg weight class[508]
Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records[3]
Grigory Novak, Soviet, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion[3]
Rudolf Plyukfelder, Soviet, Olympic champion, 2x world champion (light heavyweight)[173]
David Rigert, Kazakh-born USSR, Olympic champion, 5x world champion (light-heavyweight and heavyweight), 68 world records[173]
Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic champion (lightweight)[70]
Valery Shary, Byelorussian-born USSR, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight)[70]
Frank Spellman, US, Olympic champion (middleweight); world record; Maccabiah champion[3]
Wrestling
Noam Dar, Israeli-born Scottish wrestler
Lindsey Durlacher, US, world bronze (Greco-Roman)[509]
Grigoriy Gamarnik, Ukrainian-born Soviet, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship gold and silver[395]
Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)[70]
Boris Maksovich Gurevich, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2x world champion[3]
Boris Michail Gurevitsch, USSR, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2x world champion[70]
Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austria, 2x Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)[3]
Oleg Karavaev, USSR, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2x world champion[510]
Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Hungary, Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver[3]
Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Olympic silver (Greco-Roman lightweight)[70]
Len Levy, US, NCAA national champion[511]
Fred Meyer, US, Olympic bronze (freestyle heavyweight)[70]
Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion[3]
Yakov Punkin, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)[70]
Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)[70]
David Rudman, USSR, USSR 6x wrestling champion and 6x sambo champion, sambo world champion, 2x European judo champion[395]
Richárd Weisz, Hungary, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)[3]
Henry Wittenberg, US, Olympic champion (freestyle light-heavyweight), silver[3]
Professional wrestling
Jason Albert (Matt Bloom; a.k.a. "Albert", "A-Train", and "Tensai"), US, Intercontinental Champion and IWGP World Tag Team Champion[512]
Beau Beverly (Wayne Bloom), member of WWE Tag Team the Beverly Brothers
Evan Bourne (Matt Korklan; a.k.a. Matt Sydal), US, WWE Tag Team Champion[513]
Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), US, a.k.a. "Scotty Goldman", 2x NWA World Heavyweight Champion[513]
Howard Finkel, WWE Hall of Fame announcer.
Bill Goldberg, US, 1x WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 1x World Heavyweight Champion and 1x WWE Universal Champion, second longest winning streak in professional wrestling[513][514]
Rafael Halperin
Paul Heyman, US, founder of ECW, manager of Brock Lesnar
Barry Horowitz, US[513]
Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), US, WWE Divas Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion
Butch Levy (Len Levy), US, 2x NWA World Tag Team Champion
Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon), US, multiple professional wrestling championships throughout the 1960s and 1970s
Chad Malenko (Chad Collyer), US, 4x RQW Heavyweight Champion
Dean Malenko (Dean Simon), US, 2x WWF Light Heavyweight Champion[513]
"Leapin'" Lanny Poffo ("The Genius"), US, Savage's brother
Raven (Scott Levy), US, 2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and NWA World Heavyweight Champion[513]
Randy Savage (Randall Poffo), US, 2x WWF World Heavyweight Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion[515]
Jewish sports halls of fame
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Netanya, Israel)
Jewish Canadian Athletes Hall of Fame [559]
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (US)
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California [560]
Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [561]
Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [562] (California)
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [563]
Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [564] (NY)
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania [565]
Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame [566] (Pennsylvania)
See also
List of Jews in sports (non-players), a list of Jewish sports commissioners, managers, coaches, officials, owners, promoters, and sportscasters
List of Jewish American sportspeople
List of Jewish chess players
Jewish Sports Review
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story