Irina Press

Irina Press

female, deceased (2004)
gender testing, gold medal, Soviet Jew, Jewish person, tamara, Jewishsportspeople
Irina Natanovna Press (Mar 10 1939, Kharkov - Feb 21 2004) was a Ukrainian athlete who won two Olympic gold medals for the USSR team, in 80 m...
Julie Heldman

Julie Heldman

female, 63 years old
Stanford Cardinal tennis player, Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame, Jewish person, from Berkeley, California, Stanford University alumni, Julius Heldman…Jewishsportspeople, Jewish American, Jewish American sportspeople, Jewish
Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945, in Berkeley, California) was an American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles and helped...
Adriana Behar

Adriana Behar

female, 40 years old
Jewishsportspeople, beach volleyball, Olympic competitor for Brazil, From Brazil, volleyball player, volleyball…Jewish person
Adriana Brandão Behar is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation. She moved to beach volleyball in 1993, after playing in t...
Justin Gimelstob

Justin Gimelstob

male, 32 years old
UCLA Bruins athletics, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, Jewish person, from Boca Raton, Florida, American, blogger…Jewish, Jewishsportspeople, Jewish American, Jewish American sportspeople
Justin Gimelstob, (born 26 January 1977 in Livingston, New Jersey), is an American male tennis player. Gimelstob attended Newark Academy in...
Fanny Blankers-Koen

Fanny Blankers-Koen

female, deceased (2004)
Francina Elsje (Fanny) Blankers-Koen, Olympic athlete of the Netherlands, Olympic gold medalist, From The Netherlands, Jewishsportspeople, high jump
Francina Elsje (Fanny) Blankers-Koen (Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918-Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four...
Bobbie Rosenfeld

Bobbie Rosenfeld

deceased (1969)
Imperial Russian immigrants to Canada, Olympic silver medalist, Olympic athlete of Canada, Ontario athlete, Athlete at the 1928 Summer Olympics, Jewishsportspeople…Jewish person, Ontario sportspeople
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (July 5 or December 28, 1903, 1904, or 1905 in Russia -November 14, 1969) was a Canadian athlete, who earned a gold medal...
Andre Spitzer

Andre Spitzer

male, deceased (1972)
death by firearm in Germany, Murdered athlete, murder victim, Jewishsportspeople, 1972 Summer Olympics, Terrorism victim…Jewish
Andre Spitzer (born 1945 in Romania; died September 6, 1972, at Fürstenfeldbruck airbase, outside Munich, West Germany) was a fencing master and c...
Albert Axelrod

Albert Axelrod

male, 88 years old
citation, Jewish American sportspeople, Jewish person, from the United States, Olympic fencer of the United States, Fencer at the 1952 Summer Olympics…Jewish, Jewishsportspeople, Jewish American
Albert Axelrod, known as "Albie," (born February 12, 1921, in Bronx, New York; died February 24, 2004, of a heart attack), was an American foil...

Zefania Carmel

deceased (1980)
Israeli, Jewishsportspeople, Israeli sportspeople, Hudson River, sailboat racer, yachting
Zefania Carmel was an Israeli yachting world champion. As teammates on Israel’s Zevulun Bateam Club, the two won the Israeli Championship in 1966 in...
Harold Abrahams

Harold Abrahams

male, deceased (1978)
Old Bedfordian, Freemason, Olympic silver medalist, British sports broadcaster, Sprinter, British…Jewishsportspeople, Jewish person, Jewish
Harold Maurice Abrahams (December 15, 1899 - January 14, 1978) was a Jewish British athlete. He was an Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metre...