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• List of Jewish Olympic medalists by Dr. George Eisen

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1896 Athens

Gold

Alfred Flatow, Germany
 - gymnastics, parallel bars
gymnastics, team parallel bars
gymnastics, team horizontal bar

1. Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany - gymnastics, team parallel bars
gymnastics, team horizontal bar
2. Alfred Hajos-Guttman, Hungary - swimming 100-meter freestyle
swimming, 1,500-meter freestyle
3. Paul Neumann, Austria
 - swimming 500-meter freestyle

Silver

Alfred Flatow, Germany - gymnastics, horizontal bar

1. Otto Herschmann, Austria
 - swimming, 100-meter freestyle

1900 Paris

Gold

Meyer Prinstein, USA - athletics, triple jump

Silver

Jean Bloch, France - soccer

1. Henri Cohen, Belgium - water polo
2. Meyer Prinstein, USA - athletics, long jump
3. Otto Wahle, Austria
 - swimming, 1000-meter freestyle
swimming, 200-meter obstacle race

Bronze

Siegfried Flesch, Austria
 - fencing, individual saber

1904 St. Louis

Gold

Samuel Berger, USA - 
boxing, heavyweight

1. Meyer Prinstein, USA - athletics, long jump
athletics, triple jump

Silver

Daniel Frank, USA
 - athletics, long jump

1. Philip Hess, USA - 
lacrosse
2. Albert Lehman, USA - 
lacrosse

Bronze

Otto Wahle, Austria
swimming, 400-meter freestyle

1906 Athens (unofficial)

Gold

Henrik Hajos-Guttman, Hungary - swimming, 800-meter freestyle relay

1. Meyer Prinstein, USA
 - athletics, long jump
2. Otto Scheff, Austria - swimming, 400-meter freestyle

Silver

Edgar Seligman, Great Britain - fencing, team epee

Bronze

Hugo Friend, USA - athletics, long jump

1. Otto Scheff, Austria 
 - swimming, 1500-meter freestyle

1908 London

Gold

Dezsö Földes, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber

1. Dr.Jenö Fuchs, Hungary - fencing, individual saber
fencing, team saber
2. Dr. Oszkár Gerde, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
3. Alexandre Lippmann, France
 - fencing, team epee
4. Jean Stern, France - 
fencing, team epee
5. Richard Weisz, Hungary
 - Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight
6. Lajos Werkner, Hungary - fencing, team saber

Silver

Harald Bohr, Denmark
 - soccer

1. Alexandre Lippmann, France' - 
fencing, individual epee
2. József Munk, Hungary - swimming, 4x200-meter freestyle relay
3. Edgar Seligman, Great Britain
 - fencing, team epee
4. Harry Simon, USA
 - shooting , free rifle
5. Edwin “Barney” Solomon, UK (Ireland)
 - rugby
6. Bethel “Bert” Solomon, UK (Ireland) - rugby
7. Imre Zachar, Hungary
 - swimming, 4x200-meter freestyle relay

Bronze

Odon Bodor, Hungary - athletics, 1,600-meter relay

1. Charles “Clair” Jacobs, USA - 
athletics, pole vault
2. Otto Scheff, Austria
 - swimming, 400-meter freestyle

1912 Stockholm

Gold

1. Dezsö Földes, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
2. Dr. Jenö Fuchs, Hungary - 
fencing, individual saber
fencing, team saber
3. Dr.Oszkár Gerde, Hungary - fencing, team saber
4. Jacques Ochs, Belgium - 
fencing, team epee
5. Gaston Salmon, Belgium - 
fencing, team epee
6. Lajor Werkner, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber

Silver

Albert Bogen, Austria - 
fencing, team saber

1. Samu Foti, Hungary - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
2. Imre Gellert, Hungary
 - gymnastics, team combined exercises
3. Abel Kiviat, USA
 - athletics, 1,500-meter run
4. Alvah T. Meyer, USA - athletics, 100-meter dash
5. Ivan Osiier, Denmark - 
fencing, individual epee
6. Felix Pipes, Austria - 
tennis, doubles
7. Edgar Seligman, Great Britain - 
fencing, team epee

Bronze

Margarete Adler, Austria - 
swimming, 4x100-meter freestyle relay

1. Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria
 - fencing, team saber
2. Klara Milch, Austria - 
swimming, 4x100-meter freestyle relay
3. Josephine Stricker, Austria - 
swimming, 4x100-meter freestyle relay

1920 Antwerp

Gold

Samuel Mosberg, USA - 
boxing, lightweight

Silver

Gerard Blitz, Belgium
 - water polo

1. Maurice Blitz, Belgium
 - water polo
2. Samuel Gerson, USA - freestyle wrestling, featherweight
3. Alexandre Lippmann, - fencing
individual epee

Bronze

Gerard Blitz, Belgium - 
swimming, 100-meter backstroke

1. Montgomery “Moe” Herscovitch, Canada - 
boxing, middleweight
2. Alexandre Lippmann, France - fencing, team epee
3. Frederick Meyer, USA - freestyle wrestling, heavyweight

1924 Chamonix/Paris

Gold

Harold Abrahams, Great Britain - 
athletics, 100-meter dash

1. Louis Clarke, USA - 
athletics, 4X100-meter relay
2. John “Jackie” Fields, USA - 
boxing, featherweight
3. Elias Katz, Finland
 - athletics, 3,000-meter team cross-country
4. Alexandre Lippmann, France - 
fencing, team epee

Silver

Harold Abrahams, Great Britain - 
athletics, 4X100-meter relay

1. Gerard Blitz, Belgium - 
water polo
2. Maurice Blitz, Belgium
 - water polo
3. János Garay, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
4. Alfred Hajós-Guttmann, Hungary - 
Olympic art competition, stadium design
5. Elias Katz, Finland - 
athletics, 3,000-meter individual steeplechase
6. Dezsö Tauber, Hungary - 
Olympic art competition, stadium design

Bronze

János Garay, Hungary - 
fencing, individual saber

1. Sidney Jelinek, USA
 - rowing, coxed-fours
2. Baron Umberto Luigi de Morpurgo, Italy - 
tennis, singles

1928 St. Moritz/Amsterdam

Gold

Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands
 - women’s gymnastics, team combined exercises

1. János Garay, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
2. Dr.Sándor Gombos, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
3. Hans Haas, Austria - 
weightlifting, lightweight
4. Elka de Levie, Netherlands - women’s gymnastics, team combined exercises
5. Dr. Ferenc Mezö, Hungary
 - Olympic art competition, epic works
6. Helena Nordheim, Netherlands - 
women’s gymnastics, team combined exercises
7. Attila Petschauer, Hungary
 - fencing, team saber
8. Annie Polak, Netherlands
 - women’s gymnastics, team combined exercises
9. Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada
 - athletics, 4X100-meter relay
10. Judijke Simons, Netherlands - 
women’s gymnastics, team combined exercises

Silver

Istvan Barta, Hungary
 - water polo

1. Lillian Copeland, USA - 
athletics, discus throw
2. Attila Petschauer, Hungary - 
fencing, individual saber
3. Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada - 
athletics, 100-meter dash

Bronze

Harold Devine, USA
 - boxing, featherweight

1. Harry Isaacs, South Africa - 
boxing, bantamweight
2. Samuel Rabin, Great Britain
 - freestyle wrestling, middleweight
3. Ellis Smouha, Great Britain - 
athletics, 4X100-meter relay

1932 Lake Placid/Los Angeles

Gold

1. Istvan Barta, Hungary
 - water polo
2. Gyorgy Brody, Hungary
 water polo
3. Lillian Copeland, USA - 
athletics, discus throw
4. George Gulack, USA - 
gymnastics, flying rings
5. Irving Jaffee, USA - 
speed skating, 5,000-meter 
speed skating, 10,000-meter
6. Endre Kabos, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
7. Attila Petschauer, Hungary - 
fencing, team saber
8. Miklos Sárkány, Hungary
 - water polo

Silver

Phillip Erenberg, USA - 
gymnastics, Indian clubs

1. Hans Haas, Austria - 
weightlifting, lightweight
2. Peter Jaffe, Great Britain
 - yachting, Star-class
3. Károly Kárpáti, Hungary - 
freestyle wrestling, lightweight
4. Abraham Kurland, Denmark - 
Greco-Roman wrestling, lightweight
5. Ruth Miller, Germany - 
Olympic art competition, graphic art

Bronze

Rudolf Ball, Germany - 
ice hockey

1. Nathan Bor, USA - 
boxing, lightweight
2. Nickolaus Hirschl, Austria
 - freestyle wrestling, heavyweight 
Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight
3. Endre Kabos, Hungary
 - fencing, individual saber
4. Emilia Rotter, Hungary
 - figure skating, pairs
5. Albert Schwartz, USA - 
swimming, 100-meter freestyle
6. László Szabados, Hungary - 
swimming, 4x200-meter freestyle relay
7. András Székely, Hungary - 
swimming, 4x200-meter freestyle relay
8. Lászlo Szollás, Hungary
 - figure skating, pair

1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Berlin

Gold

Samuel Balter, USA - 
basketball

1. György Bródy, Hungary
 - water polo
2. Robert Fein, Austria
 - weightlifting, lightweight
3. Endre Kabos, Hungary - 
fencing, individual saber
fencing, team saber
4. Károly Kárpáti, Hungary - 
freestyle wrestling, lightweight
5. Miklos Sárkány, Hungary - 
water polo

Silver

Viktor Kalisch, Austria - 
kayak pairs, 1000-meters

1. Irving Meretzky, Canada - 
basketball

Bronze

Gerard Blitz, Belgium
 - water polo

1. Felix Kasper, Austria
 - figure skating
2. Emilia Rotter, Hungary - 
figure skating, pairs
3. Lászlo Szollás, Hungary - 
figure skating, pairs

1948 St. Moritz/London

Gold

Frank Spellman, USA - 
weightlifting, middleweight

1. Henry Wittenberg, USA - 
freestyle wrestling, light-heavyweight
2. Wally Wolf, USA - 
swimming, 4x200 freestyle relay

Silver

Steve Seymour, USA
 - athletics, javelin throw

Bronze

Dr. Éva Földes, Hungary - 
Olympic art competition, epic works

1. James Fuchs, USA - 
athletics, shot put
2. George Worth, USA - 
fencing, team saber

1952 Oslo/Helsinki

Gold

Robert Antal, Hungary
 - water polo

1. Sándor Geller, Hungary - 
soccer
2. Maria Gorochovskia, USSR - 
gymnastics, all-around individual exercises 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
3. Boris Gurevitsch, USSR
 - Greco-Roman wrestling, flyweight
4. Ágnes Keleti, Hungary - 
gymnastics, floor exercises
5. Claude Netter, France
 - fencing, team foil
6. Mikhail Perelman, USSR - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
7. Yakov Punkin, USSR - 
wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight
8. Eva Székely, Hungary - 
swimming, 200-meter breaststroke
9. Judit Temes, Hungary
 - 4x100-meter relay

Silver

Leonid Gissen, USS - R
rowing, eight-oared shell with coxswain

1. Maria Gorochovskia, USSR - 
gymnastics, vault
gymnastics, asymmetrical bars
gymnastics, balance beam
gymnastics, floor exercises
gymnastics, team exercises with portable apparatus
2. Agnes Keleti, Hungary - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
3. Aleksandr Moiseyev, USSR - 
basketball
4. Grigoriy Novak, USSR - 
weightlifting, middle-heavyweight
5. Henry Wittenberg, USA - 
freestyle wrestling, light-heavyweight

Bronze

James Fuchs, USA
 - athletics, shot put

1. Agnes Keleti, Hungary - 
gymnastics, asymmetrical bars
gymnastics, team exercises with portable
apparatus
2. Herbert Klein, Germany - 
swimming, 200 m breaststroke
3. Judit Temes, Hungary - 
100-meter freestyle
4. Lev Vainschtein, USSR - 
shooting, free rifle

1956 Cort. d'Ampezzo/Melbourne

Gold

Isaac Berger, USA
 - weightlifting, featherweight

1. László Fábian, Hungary - 
kayak pairs, 10,000-meters
2. Agnes Keleti, Hungary
 - gymnastics, asymmetrical bars
gymnastics, floor exercises
gymnastics, balance beam
gymnastics, team exercise with portable apparatus
3. Aliz Kertész, Hungary - 
gymnastics, team exercise with portable apparatus
4. Alfred Kuchevsky, USSR - 
ice hockey
5. Boris Razinsky, USSR
 - soccer
6. Leon Rotman, Romania
 - canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian singles
canoe, 10,000-meter Canadian singles
7. Igor Rybak, USSR - 
weightlifting, lightweight

Silver

Rafael Gratsch, USSR - 
speed skating, 500-meter

1. Agnes Keleti, Hungary
 - gymnastics; individual combined exercises
gymnastics, team combined exercises
2. Aliz Kertesz, Hungary - 
gymastics, team combined exercises
3. Claude Netter, France - 
fencing, team foil
4. Eva Szekely, Hungary - 
Swimming, 200-meter breaststroke

Bronze

Yves Dreyfus, France - 
fencing, team epee

1. Imre Farkas, Hungary - 
canoe, 10,000-meter Canadian pairs
2. Boris Goikhman, USSR - 
water polo
3. Armand Mouyal, France - 
fencing, team epee
4. David Tyschler, USSR - 
fencing, team saber

1960 Squaw Valley/Rome

Gold

Leonid Geishtor, USSR - 
canoe, Canadian pairs 1000m,

1. Mark Midler, USSR - 
fencing, team foil
2. Irina Press, USSR - 
track & field, 80 m hurdles
3. Tamara Press, USSR - 
track & field, shot-put
4. Gyula Török, Hungary - 
boxing, flyweight

Silver

Isaac Berger, USA
 - weightlifting, featherweight

1. Boris Goikhman, USSR
 - water polo
2. Allan Jay, UK - 
fencing, individual epee
fencing, team epee
3. Jean Klein, France - 
rowing, coxed-fours
4. Guy Nosbaum, France - 
rowing, coxed-fours
5. Vladimir Portnoi, USSR - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises


6. Tamara Press, USSR - 
track & field, discus

Bronze

Albert Axelrod, USA - 
fencing, individual foil

1. Moyses Blas, Brazil
 - basketball
2. Imre Farkas, Hungary
 - canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian pairs
3. Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary - 
kayak, 500-meter pairs
4. Rafael Gratsch, USSR - 
speed skating, 500-meter
5. Robert Halperin, USA - 
yachting, Star-class
6. Alfred Kuchevsky, USSR - 
ice hockey
7. Vladimir Portnoi, USSR - 
gymnastics, long horse vault
8. Leon Rotman, Romania
 - canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian singles
9. David Segal, UK - 
athletics, 4X100-meter relay

1964 (Innsbruck/Tokyo)

Gold

Gerald Ashworh, USA
 - athletics, 4X100-meter relay

1. Lawrence Brown, USA - 
basketball
2. Boris Dubrovsky, USSR - 
rowing, double sculls
3. Tamás Gábor, Hungary - 
fencing, team epee
4. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland - 
athletics, 4X100-meter relay
5. Grigory Kriss, USSR
 - fencing, individual epee
6. Mark Midler, USSR - 
fencing, team foil
7. Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR - 
volleyball
8. Árpád Orbán, Hungary - 
soccer
9. Irina Press, USSR - 
track & field, pentathlon
10. Tamara Press, USSR - 
track & field, shot-put
track & field, discuss
11. Mark Rakita, USSR - 
fencing, team saber

Silver

Nelly Abramova, USSR
 - volleyball

1. Isaac Berger, USA - 
weightlifting, featherweight


2. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland - 
athletics, 200-meter dash
athletics, long jump
3. Marilyn Ramenofsky, USA - 
swimming, 400-meter freestyle

Bronze

Aron Bogulyubov, USSR - 
judo, lightweight

1. James Bregman, USA - 
judo, middleweight
2. Petra Burka, Canada - 
figure skating
3. Yves Dreyfus, France - 
fencing, team epee

1968 Grenoble/Mexico City

Gold

Boris Gurevitsch, USSR - 
freestyle wrestling middleweight

1. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland - 
athletics, 200-meter dash
2. Valentin Mankin, USSR - 
yachting, Finn class
3. Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR
 - Volleyball
4. Mark Rakita, USSR - 
fencing, team saber
5. Mark Spitz, USA - 
swimming, 400-meter freestyle, relay
swimming, 800-meter freestyle relay
6. Yuri Venherovsky, USSR
 - Volleyball
7. Eduard Vinokurov, USSR - 
fencing, team saber
8. Victor Zinger, USSR - 
ice hockey

Silver

Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR - 
swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

1. Alain Calmat, France - 
figure skating
2. Alexandr Gorelik, USSR - 
figure skating , pairs
3. Grigory Kriss, USSR - 
fencing, individual epee
fencing, team epee
4. Mark Rakita, USSR - 
fencing, individual saber
5. Mark Spitz, USA - 
swimming, 100-meter butterfly
6. Yosif Vitebsky, USSR - 
fencing, team épée

Bronze

Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR - 
swimming, 4x200m freestyle relay

1. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland
 - athletics, 100-meter dash
2. Naum Prokupets, USSR - 
canoeing, 1000-m Canadian pairs
3. Mark Spitz, USA
 - swimming, 100-meter freestyle
4. Peter Bakonyi, Hungary
 - fencing, team sabre

1972 Sapporo/Munich

Gold

Gyorgy Gedo, Hungary - 
boxing, light flyweight

1. Valentin Mankin, USSR - 
yachting, tempest class
2. Faina Melnik, USSR - 
athletics, discus throw
3. Mark Spitz, USA
 - swimming, 100-meter freestyle, swimming 200-meter freestyle, swimming 100-meter butterfly, swimming 200-meter butterfly, swimming 400-meter freestyle relay
, swimming 400-meter medley relay
, swimming 800-meter freestyle relay.

Silver

Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary - 
swimming, 100-meter backstroke

1. Mark Rakita, USSR - 
fencing, team saber
2. Neal Shapiro, USA - 
equestrian, team jumping
3. Eduard Vinokurov, USSR - 
fencing, team saber

Bronze

Peter Asch, USA - 
water polo

1. Efim Chulak, USSR - 
volleyball
2. Don Cohan, USA - 
yachting, Dragon-class
3. Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary - 
swimming, 100-meter butterfly
4. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland
 - athletics, 200-meter dash
5. Neal Shapiro, USA - 
equestrian, individual jumping
6. Peter Bakonyi, Hungary
 - fencing, team sabre

1976 Innsbruck/Montreal

Gold

Ernest Grunfeld, USA - 
basketball

1. Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland - 
athletics, 400-meter run
2. Valery Shary, USSR - 
Weightlifting, light heavyweight
3. Eduard Vinokurov, USSR
 - fencing, team saber

Silver

Efim Chulak, USSR - 
volleyball

1. Natalia Kushnir, USSR - 
volleyball
2. Nancy Lieberman, USA
 - basketball
3. Valentin Mankin, USSR - 
yachting, tempest class

Bronze

Leonid Buryak, USSR - 
soccer

1. Edith Master, USA
 - equestrian team dressage
2. Wendy Weinberg, USA - 
swimming, 800-meter freestyle
3. Victor Zilbermann, Romania - 
boxing, welterweight

1980 Lake Placid/Moscow

Gold

Johan Harmenberg, Sweden - 
fencing, individual epee

1. Gennady Karponosov, USSR - 
ice-dancing, pairs
2. Valentin Mankin, USSR - 
yachting, star class

Silver

Svetlana Krachevskaia , USSR - , 
athletics, shot put

1984 Sarajevo/Los Angeles

Gold

Carina Benninga, Netherlands - 
field hockey

1. Mitchell Gaylord, USA - 
gymnastics, team
2. Dara Torres, USA - 
swimming, 400-meter freestyle relay.

Silver

Daniel Adler, Brazil - 
yachting, sailing class

1. Robert Berland, USA - 
judo, middleweight
2. Mitch Gaylord, USA - 
gymnastics, vaulting
3. Bernard Rajzman, Brazil
 - volleyball

Bronze

Mark Berger, Canada - 
judo, heavyweight

1. Mitchell Gaylord, USA - 
gymnastics, rings
gymnastics, parallel bars

1988 Calgary/Seoul

Gold

Mike Milchin, USA - 
baseball, exhibition event

1. Yelena Shushunova, USSR - 
gymnastics, all-around
gymnastics, team

Silver

Yelena Shushunova, USSR - 
gymnastics, balance beam

Bronze

Seth Bauer, USA - 
rowing, eight-oared shell with coxswain

1. Carina Benninga, Netherlands - 
field hockey
2. Brad Gilbert, USA - 
tennis, singles
3. Yelena Shushunova, USSR - 
gymnastics, uneven bars
4. Dara Torres, USA - 
swimming, 4x100m medley relay  

1992 Albertville/Barcelona

Gold

1. Valeri Belenki, CIS/Azerbaijan - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
2. Joe Jacobi, USA - 
canoeing, Canadian slalom pairs
3. Tatiana Lysenko, CIS/Russia - 
gymnastics, balance beam
gymnastics, team combined exercises
4. Dara Torres, USA
 - swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay

Silver

Yael Arad, Israel - 
judo, light middleweight,

1. Avital Selinger, Netherlands - 
volleyball

Bronze

Valeri Belenky, CIS/Azerbaijan - 
gymnastics, individual combined exercises

1. Ben Greenbaum, USA - 
volleyball
2. Tatiana Lysenko, CIS/Russia - 
gymnastics, horse vault
3. Oren Smadga, Israel
 - Judo, lightweight
4. Kerri Strug, USA - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises
5. Robert Dover, USA
 - equestrian, team dressage

1994 Lillehammer (winter) - 1996 Atlanta

Gold

Sergei Sharikov, Russia
 - fencing, team saber

1. Kerri Strug, USA - 
gymnastics, team combined exercises

Silver

Yanina Batrichina, Russia - 
rhythmic gymnastics

1. Sergei Sharikov, Russia - 
fencing, individual sabre

Bronze

Miryam Fox-Jerusalmi, France - 
canoe, K-1 slalom

1. Gal Fridman, Israel
 - sailing
2. Mariya Mazina, Russia
 - fencing, women team epee
3. Robert Dover, USA
 - equestrian, team dressage

1998 Nagano (winter) - 2000 Sydney

Gold

Anthony Erwin, USA - 
swimming, 50-meter freestyle

1. Lenny Krayzelburg, USA - 
swimming 100-meter backstroke
, swimming, 200-meter backstroke
, swimming 4x100-meter medley relay
2. Dara Torres, USA - 
swimming 4x100m freestyle relay, swimming 4x100m medley relay
3. Maria Mazina, Russia - 
fencing, team epee
4. Sergei Sharikov, Russia - 
fencing, team sabre

Silver

Adriana Behar, Brazil - 
beach volleyball

1. Anthony Erwin, USA
 - swimming, 400 m. freestyle relay
2. Scott Goldblatt, USA - 
swimming, 800 m. freestyle relay
3. Jason Lezak, USA - swimming, 400 m. freestyle relay
4. Yulia Raskina, Belarus - 
rhythmic gymnastics
5. Sara Whalean, USA - 
soccer

Bronze

Robert Dover, USA - 
equestrian, team dressage

1. Michael Kolganov, Israel
 - canoe/kayak, men K-1 500 m
2. Dara Torres, USA - 
swimming 50m Freestyle
, swimming 100m Freestyle
, swimming 100m Butterfly

2002 Salt Lake City (winter)

Gold

Sarah Hughes, USA - 
figure skating

Silver

Ilya Averbukh, Russia - 
ice dancing, pairs

1. Irina Slutskaya, Russia - 
figure skating

2004 Athens

Gold

1. Gal Fridman, Israel
 - sailing
2. Scott Goldblatt, USA - 
swimming 4X200 freestyle relay
3. Lenny Krayzelburg, USA - 
swimming 4x100 medley relay
4. Jason Lezak, USA - 
swimming 4x100 medley relay
, swimming 4x400 medley relay
5. Nicolas Massu, Chile
 - tennis, singles
, tennis, doubles

Silver

Adriana Behar, Brazil - 
beach volleyball

1. Gavin Fingleson, Australia - 
baseball

Bronze

Robert Dover, USA
 - riding, team dressage

1. Sada Jacobson, USA - 
fencing, individual saber
2. Deena Kastor, USA - 
athletics, marathon
3. Jason Lezak
s - swimming 4x100 freestyle relay
4. Sarah Poewe, Germany - 
swimming 4x100 medley relay
5. Sergei Sharikov, Russia - 
fencing, team saber
6. Arik Ze'evi, Israel - 
judo, 100kg

2006 Turin (winter)

Gold

None

Silver

Sasha Cohen, USA - 
figure skating

1. Ben Agosto, USA - 
ice dancing
2. Tanith Belbin, USA
 - ice dancing

Bronze

Irina Slutskaya, Russia - 
figure skating

2008 Bejing

Gold

Jason Lezak, USA - 
swimming 4x100 freestyle relay
, swimming 4x100 medley relay

1. Garrett Weber-Gale, USA - 
swimming 4x100 freestyle relay
, swimming 4x100 medley relay
2. Ben Wildman-Tobriner, USA - 
swimming, 4x100 freestyle relay

Silver

Vasyl Fedoryshyn, Ukraine - 
wrestling, 60 kg

1. Sada Jacobson, USA - 
fencing, individual sabre
2. Merrill Moses, USA - 
Water Polo
3. Dara Torres, USA
 - swimming 50m freestyle
, swimming 4x100m freestyle
, swimming 4x100m medley relay
4. Josh West, Great Britain - 
rowing, eights

Bronze

Sada Jacobson, USA - 
fencing, team sabre

1. Gisele Kanevsky, Argentina - 
field hockey
2. Jason Lezak, USA - 
swimming, 100m freestyle
3. Sharar Zubari, Israel - 
windsurfing

2010 Vancouver (winter)

Gold

Steve Mesler, USA - 
4-man bob sled

Silver

Charlie White, USA - 
ice dancing

2012 London (summer)

Gold

Alexandra "Aly" Raisman, USA
 - gymnastics, individual floor exercise

1. Alexandra "Aly" Raisman, USA - 
gymnastics, team
2. Jo Alah, New Zealand
 - sailing, 470 class
3. Nathan Cohen, New Zealand - 
rowing, double sculls

Silver

Jessica Fox, Australia
 - canoeing, K-1

1. Jason Lezak, USA - 
swimming, 4x100 relay

Bronze

Alexandra "Aly" Raisman, USA - 
gymnastics, balance beam

1. Felipe Kitadai, Brazil - 
judo, extra-lightweight (60kg)

Jewish Athletes from Russia, Ukraine an Belarus

• List of Notable Jews from Russia Wikipedia
• Notable Jews Geni Project

Boxing

1. . • Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight
2. . • Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"), Russian-born US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame
3. . • Shamil Sabirov, Russia, Olympic champion light flyweight

Canoeing

1. . • Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000-meter)
2. . • Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoer, world champion, Olympic bronze (K-1 500-meter)
3. . • Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000-meter), gold (C-2 10,000-meter) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

Fencing

1. . • Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion
2. . • Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2x silver
3. . • Maria Mazina, Russia (épée), Olympic champion, bronze
4. . • Mark Midler, Soviet (foil), 2x Olympic champion
5. . • Mark Rakita, Soviet (saber), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver
6. . • Yakov Rylsky, Soviet (saber), Olympic champion
7. . • Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver, bronze
8. . • David Tyshler, Soviet (saber), Olympic bronze
9. . • Eduard Vinokurov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver
10. . • Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet (épée), Olympic silver, 10x national championIrina Slutskaya
11. . • Ilya Averbukh, Russia, ice dancer, Olympic silver
12. . • Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater, Olympic gold, world champion
13. . • Alexei Beletski, Ukrainian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
14. . • Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet, pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2x silver, bronze
15. . • Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli, figure skater, Olympian
16. . • Gennadi Karponossov, Russia, ice dancer & coach, Olympic gold, World Championship 2x gold, silver, 2x bronze
17. . • Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli, figure skater
18. . • Irina Slutskaya, Russia, figure skater, Olympic silver, bronze, World Championship 2x gold, 3x silver, bronze
19. . • Maxim Staviski, Russian-born Bulgarian, ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze
20. . • Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian
21. . • Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian

Football (American)

1. . • Joe Magidsohn, Russia, Halfback
2. . • Igor Olshansky, Ukraine, DL (Miami Dolphins) .

Gymnastics

1. . • Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich, Soviet, Olympic champion, world & European champion, 2x runner-up
2. . • Yanina Batyrchina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
3. . • Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5x silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercises, team exercises with portable apparatus)
4. . • Natalia Laschenova, USSR, Olympic champion (team)
5. . • Tatiana Lysenko, Soviet/Ukrainian, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)
6. . • Mikhail Perelman, USSR, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
7. . • Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault)
8. . • Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
9. . • Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze (artistic gymnast; floor exercises)
10. . • Yelena Shushunova, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars)

Ice hockey

1. . • Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel; 1st Israeli drafted by NHL team (New Jersey Devils)
2. . • Vitaly Davydov, Soviet, defenseman, 3x Olympic champion, world & European champion 1963–71, runner-up
3. . • Alfred Kuchevsky, Soviet, Olympic champion, bronze
4. . • Yuri Lyapkin, Soviet, defenceman, Olympic champion
5. . • Yuri Moiseev, Soviet, Olympic champion, world champion
6. . • Vladimir Myshkin, Soviet, goaltender, Olympic champion, silver
7. . • Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team
8. . • Yevgeni Zimin, Soviet, Olympic champion 1968–72, world & European champion 1968–69, 1971
9. . • Viktor Zinger, Soviet, Olympic champion; world champion 1965–69

Judo

1. . • Ārons Bogoļubovs, USSR, Olympic bronze (lightweight)

Rugby league

1. • Ian Rubin, Ukraine/Australia, Russia national team

Sailing

1. . • 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)

Shooting

1. . • Lev Vainshtein, USSR (Russia), 3x team world champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle)

Soccer (association football)

1. . • Leonid Buryak, USSR/Ukraine, midfielder, Olympic bronze
2. . • Andriy Oberemko, Ukraine, midfielder (Illichivets & U21 national team)
3. . • Israel Olshanetsky, USSR, attacking midfielder Dynamo Lenningrad.
4. . • Boris Razinsky, USSR/Russia, goalkeeper/striker, Olympic champion, manager
5. . • Mordechai Spiegler, Soviet Union/Israel, striker (Israel national team), manager

Speed skating

1. . • Rafayel Grach, USSR, Olympic silver (500-meter), bronze (500-meter)

Swimming

1. . • Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke
2. . • Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400-m freestyle relay) and bronze (800-m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800-m freestyle
3. . • 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)

Table tennis

1. . • Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national teams

Track and field

1. . • Aleksandr Averbukh, Russian-born Israeli, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault)
2. . • Maria Leontyavna Itkina, USSR, sprinter, world records (400-m & 220-yards, and 800-m relay)
3. . • Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR, shot put, Olympic silver
4. . • Vera Krepkina, USSR, Olympic champion (long jump), world records (100-m dash and 4x100-m)
5. . • Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion
6. . • Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion
7. . • Irina Press, USSR, 2x Olympic champion (80-m hurdles & pentathlon)
8. . • Tamara Press, USSR, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus) and silver (discus)

Volleyball

1. . • Nelly Abramova, USSR, Olympic silver
2. . • Larisa Bergen, USSR, Olympic silver
3. . • Yefim Chulak, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze
4. . • Nataliya Kushnir, USSR, Olympic silver
5. . • Yevgeny Lapinsky, USSR, Olympic champion, bronze
6. . • Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR, 2x Olympic champion, 2x world champion
7. . • Vladimir Patkin, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze
8. . • Yuriy Venherovsky, USSR, Olympic champion

Water polo

1. . • Boris Goikhman, USSR, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze
2. . • Nikolai Melnikov, USSR, Olympic champion

Weightlifting

1. . • Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world champion
2. . • Grigory Novak, Soviet, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion
3. . • Rudolf Plyukfelder, Soviet, Olympic champion, 2x world champion (light
4. heavyweight)
5. . • David Rigert, Kazakh-born USSR, Olympic champion, 5x world champion (light-heavyweight and heavyweight), 68 world records
6. . • Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic champion (lightweight)
7. . • Valery Shary, Byelorussian-born USSR, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight)

Wrestling

1. . • Grigorii Gamarnik, USSR, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship silver
2. . • Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)
3. . • Boris Maksovich Gurevich, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2x world champion
4. . • Boris Michail Gurevitsch, USSR, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2x world champion
5. . • Oleg Karavaev, USSR, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2x world champion
6. . • Yakov Punkin, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)
7. . • David Rudman, USSR, world championship bronze
8. . • Boris Gurevich won the 1968 Summer Olympic Games freestyle middleweight (191.5 lbs; 82 kilograms) gold medal in Mexico City

Other sports

1. . • Nissim Cahn, twice Bronze Medal for Israel, curling
2. . • Sasha Cohen, figure skater (U.S. National Champion and silver medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics)
3. . • Nikolay Epstein, Soviet hockey coach
4. . • Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet basketball coach
5. . • Andriy Oberemko, footballer
6. . • Grigory Surkis, chairman of the Football Federation of Ukraine

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