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This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: a) 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or c) owners of world records. Bolding denotes current competitor.

Significance

The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature, in part because of its relevance to the common stereotype of Jews as non-athletic, and also because of the perceived role of sports as a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially in Europe and the United States).

See also: List of Jewish American sportspeople

Athletes

American Football

Artistic gymnastics

Association Football

Main article: List of Jewish footballers

Australian Rules Football

A baseball player standing at first base with his glove, wearing a red jersey with the word "Astros" in front
Brad Ausmus, catcher for
the Los Angeles Dodgers

Baseball

Ryan Braun, left fielder for
the Milwaukee Brewers
Ike Davis, first baseman for
the New York Mets
Ian Kinsler, second baseman for
the Texas Rangers
Kevin Youkilis, first baseman for
the Boston Red Sox

Basketball

Omri Casspi
Jordan Farmar
Jon Scheyer
  • Max Zaslofsky, U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach
  • Eli Given U.S NBA 6'2"

Boxing

Yuri Foreman
Zab Judah

Canoeing

Chess

Cricket

Fencing

Field Hockey

Figure skating

Sasha Cohen
Sarah Hughes

Golf

Gymnastics

Ice hockey

Judo

Mixed martial arts

Motorsport

Rugby League

Alfred Rosenfeld

Rugby Union

See also: Rugby union at the Maccabiah Games

Sailing

Speed Skating

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Jonathan Erlich
Jesse Levine
Shahar Pe'er
Dudi Sela

Track and field

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Harold Abrahams

Triathlon

  • Joanna Zeiger, U.S. Professional Triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World Champion 2008 and world record holder

Volleyball

Andrzej Szewiński

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Professional wrestling

Commissioners, managers, and owners

Roman Abramovich

Sportscasters & promoters

References

Footnotes

  1. See, for example: Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports by Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965); Great Jews in Sports by Robert Slater (2003), ISBN 0824604539; Emancipation Through Muscles: Jews and Sports in Europe by Michael Brenner, Gideon Reuveni (2006), ISBN 0803213557; Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship ed. Jack Kugelmass (2007), ISBN 025207324X; Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience by Peter Levine (1993) ISBN 0195085558; Judaism's Encounter with American Sports by Jeffrey S. Gurock (2005) ISBN 0253347009.
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  3. ^ "Pigskin Hebrews, 2009 edition, New flicks, More new TV Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California". Jweekly.com. September 24, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
  4. Weinstein, Simcha (July 16, 2009). "New Jersey participants in Maccabiah Games". New Jersey Jewish News. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  5. Harush, Moshe. "Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur". Ha'aretz. Retrieved July 4, 2008. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. Spunder, Or (January 24, 2008). "הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved January 28, 2008. קשרה היהודי/צרפתי של ראים מהליגה ה-2 בצרפת עשוי להגיע להתרשמות במכבי. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. Bornstein – named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at ; ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is", Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. Did not have a bar mitzvah, and doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
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  20. de Ridder – "he netted a Ajax's only goal in the Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax lost in dramatic fashion. That fixture was a special one for De Ridder, who is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."
  21. Baram, Sagiv (June 13, 2007). "המסורת היהודית" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved June 30, 2008. כדורגלן יהודי עם רזומה יחסית מרשים שכן הגיע לישראל הוא ניקולס טאובר {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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  54. "Emily Hughes — whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating — also is Jewish."
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