Flashcards: International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees

Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career.

Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; Ukrainian: Леонід Крайзельбург, Russian: Леонид Крайзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder.

Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was a professional American basketball player.

Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach, who was most recently head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University.

Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ; born 9 February 1979) is a Russian figure skater.

Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired artistic gymnast and coach.

Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (Russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; name sometimes rendered Elena Shushunova; born 23 April 1969) is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion.

Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko (Ukrainian: Тетяна Фелiксiвна Лисенко; born June 23, 1975) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994.

Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet épée fencer.

Mark Semenovich Rakita (Russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938, in Moscow, USSR) is a famed Russian sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.

Edward "Eddie" Gottlieb (born Isadore Gottlieb, September 15, 1898 – December 7, 1979), known as "Mr.

Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) is a retired American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles.

Grigory Irmovich Novak (Russian: Григорий Ирмович Новак, 5 March 1919 – 10 July 1980) was a soviet weightlifter who won a world title in 1946 and a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics.

Angela Buxton (born 16 August 1934) is an English tennis player.

Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (April 6, 1909 – September 17, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast.

Maximilian Adelbert "Max" Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American boxer of the 1930s (one-time Heavyweight Champion of the World) as well as a referee, and had an occasional role on film or television.

Maria (also "Mariya" and "Marina") Leontievna Itkina (Belarusian: Марыя Лявонцеўна Іткіна; Russian: Мария Леонтьевна Иткина; born 3 February 1932) is a retired Soviet runner who set multiple world records in various sprint events.

Eduard Teodorovich Vinokurov (Russian: Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров; October 30, 1942 – February 10, 2010) was a Soviet Russian sabre fencer.

Alfred Iosifovich Kuchevsky (Russian: Альфред Иосифович Кучевский; 17 May 1931 – 15 May 2000) was a Soviet professional ice hockey defenseman.

Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver.

Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

Alexandra Rose "Aly" Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American gymnast and two-time Olympian.

Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (Russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, Ukrainian: Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 22 July 2001) was a Russian-born Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent.

Lily Kronberger (12 November 1890 – 21 May 1974), also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating.

Emília Rotter (8 September 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 28 January 2003) was a Hungarian pair skater.

Petra Burka (born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach.

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (/ˈkoʊfæks/; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher.

Dr. Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.

Thomas Samuel "Tom" Okker (born 22 February 1944) is a former Dutch tennis player.

Elka de Levie (November 21, 1905 – December 29, 1979) was an Amsterdam born Dutch gymnast who won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Hebrew: יד לאיש הספורט היהודי‎‎) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel.

Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov (Russian: ; born 21 November 1950) is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union.

Nat Holman (October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators.

Irena Szewińska, née Kirszenstein (Polish pronunciation: [iˈrɛna ʂɛˈviɲska]; born 24 May 1946) is a Polish retired sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer who is a twelve-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events.

Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast.

Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Valentyn Grigoryevich Mankin (Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Манкин; August 19, 1938 – June 1, 2014) was a Soviet/Ukrainian sailor from Kiev, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team.

Sergey Aleksandrovich Sharikov (18 June 1974 – 6 June 2015), also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, was a left-handed Russian sabre fencer.

William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982.

Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985) is a retired American figure skater.

Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (née Tarnopolskaya) (Ukrainian: Жанна Пінтусевич-Блок; born 6 July 1972 Nizhyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Ukrainian world champion sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games.

Faina Grigorievna Melnik (Ukrainian: Фаїна Григорівна Мельник, Russian: Фаина Григорьевна Велева-Мельник, born 9 June 1945) is a retired Soviet discus thrower, a 1972 Summer Olympics champion in the discus event.

Mark Petrovich Midler (Russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer.

Gal Fridman (Hebrew: גל פרידמן‎‎; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's only Olympic Gold Medalist.

Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player.

Alain Calmat (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician.

Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer and architect.

Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and a four-time Olympic gold medalist.

Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (Russian: Николай Семёнович Эпштейн) (27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.

Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics.

Valery Vladimirovich Belenky (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Беленький, German: Valeri Belenki; born September 5, 1969) is a retired Soviet/Azerbaijani/German artistic gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Adolph "Dolph" Schayes (May 19, 1928 – December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Attila Petschauer (December 14, 1904 – January 30, 1943) was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic champion fencer.

Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is an American retired gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.

Albert Axelrod, known as Albie, (February 12, 1921, in The Bronx, New York – February 24, 2004, of a heart attack in The Bronx), was an American foil fencer.

Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) was a British foil and épée fencer.

Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete.

Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1898 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player and coach.

Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees.

Abraham Washington "Abe" Attell (February 22, 1883 – February 7, 1970), often referred to by newspapers as "The Little Hebrew", was a boxer who became known for his record-setting, six year consecutive reign as World Featherweight Champion from 1906-1912, and his nearly consecutive ten-year reign starting in 1902.

Robert Jeffrey Dover (born June 7, 1956) is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage.

Jacoba Cornelia "Co" Stelma (July 2, 1907 – August 30, 1987) was a Dutch gymnast.

Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events.

Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) an American former athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

Tal Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; nicknamed Mr. Basketball; born August 30, 1943) is an American-Israeli former basketball player, and current Goodwill Ambassador of Israel, who lives in Israel.

János Garay (February 23, 1889, in Budapest, Hungary – March 5, 1945, in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Oberösterreich, Austria) was a Hungarian fencer, and one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1920s.

Gerrit Kleerekoper (15 February 1897 – 2 July 1943) was a Jewish - Dutch gymnastics coach.

Lyle Martin Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was a professional American football defensive end of the National Football League famous for his intense and intimidating style of play.

Shaul Paul Ladany (Hebrew: שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian.

Aron "Ali" Bacher (1942–) is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.

Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary.

Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee fencer.

Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.

Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus" or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player.

Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 in Budapest, Hungary – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian épée fencer.

Johan Harmenberg (born 8 September 1954, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish epee fencer.

Yael Arad (Hebrew: יעל ארד‎‎) (born May 1, 1967) is an Israeli judoka.

Daniela Yael Krukower (Hebrew: דניאלה קרוקובר‎‎; born 6 January 1975 in Colegiales, Buenos Aires) is a former judoka from Argentina.

Louis "Lulu" Bender (March 8, 1910 – September 10, 2009) was an American basketball player who helped turn the sport into a popular success in New York City during the Great Depression and helped make Madison Square Garden a destination for the sport.