2017-07-29T10:32:29+03:00[Europe/Moscow]entrueBrian Gottfried, Lenny Krayzelburg, Harry Boykoff, Larry Brown (basketball), Irina Slutskaya, Ágnes Keleti, Yelena Shushunova, Tatiana Lysenko, Grigory Kriss, Mark Rakita, Eddie Gottlieb, Julie Heldman, Grigory Novak, Angela Buxton, Estella Agsteribbe, Max Baer (boxer), Maria Itkina, Eduard Vinokurov, Alfred Kuchevsky, Jody Scheckter, Max Zaslofsky, Aly Raisman, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Lily Kronberger, Emília Rotter, Petra Burka, Sandy Koufax, Jenő Fuchs, Tom Okker, Elka de Levie, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Gennadi Karponosov, Nat Holman, Irena Szewińska, Dara Torres, Anna Dresden-Polak, Jud Simons, Valentin Mankin, Sergey Sharikov, Red Holzman, Sarah Hughes, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Faina Melnyk, Mark Midler, Gal Fridman, Jim Grabb, Alain Calmat, Alfréd Hajós, Jason Lezak, Nikolay Epshtein, Red Auerbach, Valery Belenky, Dolph Schayes, Attila Petschauer, Kerri Strug, Albert Axelrod, Allan Jay, Harold Abrahams, Doc Alexander, Mel Allen, Abe Attell, Robert Dover (equestrian), Jacoba Stelma, Mark Spitz, Gerry Ashworth, Tal Brody, János Garay (fencer), Gerrit Kleerekoper, Lyle Alzado, Shaul Ladany, Ali Bacher, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Armand Mouyal, Amy Alcott, Hank Greenberg, Tamás Gábor, Johan Harmenberg, Yael Arad, Daniela Krukower, Lou Benderflashcards
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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
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 Boykoff
Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was a professional American basketball player.
Larry Brown (basketball)
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 Slutskaya
Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ; born 9 February 1979) is a Russian figure skater.
Ágnes Keleti
Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired artistic gymnast and coach.
Yelena Shushunova
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 Lysenko
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 Kriss
Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet épée fencer.
Mark Rakita
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.
Eddie Gottlieb
Edward "Eddie" Gottlieb (born Isadore Gottlieb, September 15, 1898 – December 7, 1979), known as "Mr.
Julie Heldman
Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) is a retired American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles.
Grigory Novak
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
Angela Buxton (born 16 August 1934) is an English tennis player.
Estella Agsteribbe
Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (April 6, 1909 – September 17, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast.
Max Baer (boxer)
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 Itkina
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 Vinokurov
Eduard Teodorovich Vinokurov (Russian: Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров; October 30, 1942 – February 10, 2010) was a Soviet Russian sabre fencer.
Alfred Kuchevsky
Alfred Iosifovich Kuchevsky (Russian: Альфред Иосифович Кучевский; 17 May 1931 – 15 May 2000) was a Soviet professional ice hockey defenseman.
Jody Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver.
Max Zaslofsky
Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
Aly Raisman
Alexandra Rose "Aly" Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American gymnast and two-time Olympian.
Maria Gorokhovskaya
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
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
Emília Rotter (8 September 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 28 January 2003) was a Hungarian pair skater.
Petra Burka
Petra Burka (born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach.
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (/ˈkoʊfæks/; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher.
Jenő Fuchs
Dr. Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.
Tom Okker
Thomas Samuel "Tom" Okker (born 22 February 1944) is a former Dutch tennis player.
Elka de Levie
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.
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Hebrew: יד לאיש הספורט היהודי) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel.
Gennadi Karponosov
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
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
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 Torres
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 Dresden-Polak
Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast.
Jud Simons
Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Valentin Mankin
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 Sharikov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Sharikov (18 June 1974 – 6 June 2015), also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, was a left-handed Russian sabre fencer.
Red Holzman
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 Hughes
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985) is a retired American figure skater.
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
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 Melnyk
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 Midler
Mark Petrovich Midler (Russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer.
Gal Fridman
Gal Fridman (Hebrew: גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's only Olympic Gold Medalist.
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player.
Alain Calmat
Alain Calmat (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician.
Alfréd Hajós
Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer and architect.
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and a four-time Olympic gold medalist.
Nikolay Epshtein
Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (Russian: Николай Семёнович Эпштейн) (27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.
Red Auerbach
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 Belenky
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.
Dolph Schayes
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
Attila Petschauer (December 14, 1904 – January 30, 1943) was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic champion fencer.
Kerri Strug
Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is an American retired gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.
Albert Axelrod
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 Jay
Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) was a British foil and épée fencer.
Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete.
Doc Alexander
Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1898 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player and coach.
Mel Allen
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.
Abe Attell
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 Dover (equestrian)
Robert Jeffrey Dover (born June 7, 1956) is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage.
Jacoba Stelma
Jacoba Cornelia "Co" Stelma (July 2, 1907 – August 30, 1987) was a Dutch gymnast.
Mark Spitz
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.
Gerry Ashworth
Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) an American former athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
Tal Brody
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 (fencer)
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
Gerrit Kleerekoper (15 February 1897 – 2 July 1943) was a Jewish - Dutch gymnastics coach.
Lyle Alzado
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 Ladany
Shaul Paul Ladany (Hebrew: שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian.
Ali Bacher
Aron "Ali" Bacher (1942–) is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary.
Armand Mouyal
Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee fencer.
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.
Hank Greenberg
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
Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 in Budapest, Hungary – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian épée fencer.
Johan Harmenberg
Johan Harmenberg (born 8 September 1954, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish epee fencer.
Yael Arad
Yael Arad (Hebrew: יעל ארד) (born May 1, 1967) is an Israeli judoka.
Daniela Krukower
Daniela Yael Krukower (Hebrew: דניאלה קרוקובר; born 6 January 1975 in Colegiales, Buenos Aires) is a former judoka from Argentina.
Lou Bender
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.
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
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 Boykoff
Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was a professional American basketball player.
Larry Brown (basketball)
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 Slutskaya
Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Russian: Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya ; born 9 February 1979) is a Russian figure skater.
Ágnes Keleti
Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired artistic gymnast and coach.
Yelena Shushunova
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 Lysenko
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 Kriss
Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet épée fencer.
Mark Rakita
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.
Eddie Gottlieb
Edward "Eddie" Gottlieb (born Isadore Gottlieb, September 15, 1898 – December 7, 1979), known as "Mr.
Julie Heldman
Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) is a retired American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles.
Grigory Novak
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
Angela Buxton (born 16 August 1934) is an English tennis player.
Estella Agsteribbe
Estella "Stella" Agsteribbe (April 6, 1909 – September 17, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast.
Max Baer (boxer)
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 Itkina
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 Vinokurov
Eduard Teodorovich Vinokurov (Russian: Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров; October 30, 1942 – February 10, 2010) was a Soviet Russian sabre fencer.
Alfred Kuchevsky
Alfred Iosifovich Kuchevsky (Russian: Альфред Иосифович Кучевский; 17 May 1931 – 15 May 2000) was a Soviet professional ice hockey defenseman.
Jody Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver.
Max Zaslofsky
Max "Slats" Zaslofsky (December 7, 1925 – October 15, 1985) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
Aly Raisman
Alexandra Rose "Aly" Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American gymnast and two-time Olympian.
Maria Gorokhovskaya
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
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
Emília Rotter (8 September 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 28 January 2003) was a Hungarian pair skater.
Petra Burka
Petra Burka (born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach.
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (/ˈkoʊfæks/; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher.
Jenő Fuchs
Dr. Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.
Tom Okker
Thomas Samuel "Tom" Okker (born 22 February 1944) is a former Dutch tennis player.
Elka de Levie
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.
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Hebrew: יד לאיש הספורט היהודי) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel.
Gennadi Karponosov
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
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
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 Torres
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 Dresden-Polak
Anna "Ans" Dresden-Polak (née Anna Polak) (24 November 1906 – 23 July 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast.
Jud Simons
Judikje "Jud" Simons (20 August 1904 – 20 March 1943) was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Valentin Mankin
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 Sharikov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Sharikov (18 June 1974 – 6 June 2015), also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, was a left-handed Russian sabre fencer.
Red Holzman
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 Hughes
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985) is a retired American figure skater.
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
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 Melnyk
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 Midler
Mark Petrovich Midler (Russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer.
Gal Fridman
Gal Fridman (Hebrew: גל פרידמן; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's only Olympic Gold Medalist.
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player.
Alain Calmat
Alain Calmat (born 31 August 1940) is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician.
Alfréd Hajós
Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer and architect.
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and a four-time Olympic gold medalist.
Nikolay Epshtein
Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (Russian: Николай Семёнович Эпштейн) (27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.
Red Auerbach
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 Belenky
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.
Dolph Schayes
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
Attila Petschauer (December 14, 1904 – January 30, 1943) was a Jewish Hungarian Olympic champion fencer.
Kerri Strug
Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is an American retired gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.
Albert Axelrod
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 Jay
Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) was a British foil and épée fencer.
Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete.
Doc Alexander
Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1898 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player and coach.
Mel Allen
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.
Abe Attell
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 Dover (equestrian)
Robert Jeffrey Dover (born June 7, 1956) is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage.
Jacoba Stelma
Jacoba Cornelia "Co" Stelma (July 2, 1907 – August 30, 1987) was a Dutch gymnast.
Mark Spitz
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.
Gerry Ashworth
Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) an American former athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
Tal Brody
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 (fencer)
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
Gerrit Kleerekoper (15 February 1897 – 2 July 1943) was a Jewish - Dutch gymnastics coach.
Lyle Alzado
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 Ladany
Shaul Paul Ladany (Hebrew: שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian.
Ali Bacher
Aron "Ali" Bacher (1942–) is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary.
Armand Mouyal
Armand Mouyal (13 October 1925 – 15 July 1988) was a French epee fencer.
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.
Hank Greenberg
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
Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 in Budapest, Hungary – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian épée fencer.
Johan Harmenberg
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