List of Jews in sports

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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.

Contents 1 Significance 2 Athletes 2.1 American Football 2.2 Artistic gymnastics 2.3 Association Football 2.4 Australian Rules Football 2.5 Baseball 2.6 Basketball 2.7 Boxing 2.8 Canoeing 2.9 Chess 2.10 Cricket 2.11 Fencing 2.12 Field Hockey 2.13 Figure skating 2.14 Golf 2.15 Gymnastics 2.16 Ice hockey 2.17 Judo 2.18 Mixed martial arts 2.19 Motorsport 2.20 Rugby League 2.21 Rugby Union 2.22 Sailing 2.23 Speed Skating 2.24 Swimming 2.25 Table tennis 2.26 Tennis 2.27 Track and field 2.28 Triathlon 2.29 Volleyball 2.30 Water Polo 2.31 Weightlifting 2.32 Wrestling 2.33 Professional wrestling 3 Commissioners, managers, and owners 4 Sportscasters & promoters 5 References 5.1 Footnotes

Significance

The topic of Jews in sports is important to counter the stereotype of Jews as non-athletic.

Athletes

American Football

• Joe Alexander, G, U.S. football player
• Lyle Alzado, DE, U.S. football player
• Jake Baratz, OL, U.S. football player
• Harris Barton, OL, U.S. football player
• Alex Bernstein, OL U.S. Football Player Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons
• Matt Bloom, Former NFL G, T San Diego Chargers
• Jeremy Bloom, WR, PR Pittsburgh Steelers
• Noah Cantor, DT, Toronto Argonauts, Canadian Football League
• Eddie Cohen, WR, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Canadian Football League
• Ben Davidson, DE, U.S. football player
• Art Dorfman, OL, U.S. football player, Buffalo Bills
• Julian Edelman, WR, U.S. football player, New England Patriots
• Hayden Epstein, K, Minnesota Vikings
• Jay Fiedler, QB, U.S. football player, free agent
• John Frank, TE, U.S. football player
• Benny Friedman, QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
• Lennie Friedman, OL, Cleveland Browns
• Adam Goldberg, OG, St. Louis Rams
• Bill Goldberg, DT, U.S. football player
• Marshall Goldberg, RB, U.S. football player
• Charles Goldenberg, G & RB, U.S. football player
• Randy Grossman, TE, U.S. football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Dan Hadenfeldt - P, Patriots (inactive)
• Sigmund Harris, QB, U.S. football player.
• Harris Kaufman, DE, The Florida State University Seminoles
• Andrew Kline - OL, Rams
• Brian Kopka - K, Ravens
• Sid Luckman, QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
• Sam McCullum, WR, U.S. football player
• Justin McCullum, WR, U.S. football player
• Josh Miller, P, New England Patriots
• Ron Mix, OT, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
• Ed Newman, G, U.S. football player
• Harry Newman, QB, U.S. football player
• Igor Olshansky, DL, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys
• Gus Ornstein - QB, Jets
• Vitaly Pisetsky - K, Bears
• Mike Rosenthal, T
• Geoff Schwartz, OT, Carolina Panthers
• Mike Seidman, TE, Indianapolis Colts
• Allie Sherman, U.S. football player & coach, New York Giants
• Scott Slutzker - TE, Jets
• Josh Taves – DE, Panthers
• Andre Tippett, LB, New England Patriots, Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Alan Veingrad, OL, U.S. football player
• Darren Weltman, QB Canada Football Player Miami Dolphins, NY Jets, Pittsburg Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals
• Gary Wood, QB, New York Giants

Artistic gymnastics

• Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, Olympic champion (5 times)

Association Football

• David Beckham, England (jewish maternal grandfather.
• Jeff Agoos, United States, former national team defender, D.C. United
• Dudu Aouate, Israel, RCD Mallorca^[1]
• Jonathan Assous, France, former Stade Reims captain^[2]
• Gai Assulin, Israel, plays for Barcelona B
• Pini Balili, Israel, former Hapoel Tel Aviv, Istanbulspor, Kayserispor, Sivasspor and national team forward. Currently with Antalyaspor in Turkey.
• Dedi Ben Dayan, Israel, Maccabi Netanya
• Tal Ben Haim, Israel, defender for Portsmouth and the Israeli national team.
• Yossi Benayoun, Israel, Liverpool midfielder and Israel national team captain
• Eyal Berkovic, Israel, former Manchester City star and national team player
• Gyula Bíró, Hungary, former national team player
• Jonathan Bornstein, United States, defender with C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer^[3]
• Daniel Brailovski, Uruguay, international footballer who played for Uruguay, Argentina, and Israel's national football teams
• Adam Braz, Canada, Montreal Impact and national team player^[4]
• George Cohen, Jewish grandfather^[5], uncle of Ben Cohen (see below)
• Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder, Bolton Wanderers. Son of former Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool F.C. player Avi Cohen
• Benny Feilhaber, United States, Derby County in the FA Premier League^[6]
• Gottfried Fuchs, Germany, played for Karlsruhe SC and scored 14 goals for the German National Team
• Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder with Oldham Athletic, formerly with Scottish club, Rangers
• Peter Fuzes, Australia, Goalkeeper for Hakoah [Sydney City], and Australia.[30]
• Ludwik Gintel, Poland, played for Cracovia Kraków and Poland national football team
• Avram Grant, Israel, former manager of Chelsea F.C. and the Israel national football team
• Béla Guttmann, Hungary, former national team player & international coach
• Rudy Haddad, France, former French under-21 international who played for Paris Saint-Germain and Maccabi Tel Aviv^[7]
• Eddy Hamel, United States, played football for AFC Ajax and was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz
• Julius Hirsch, Germany, national football team player murder by the Nazis in Auschwitz.^[8]
• Joe Jacobson, Wales, plays for Bristol Rovers F.C.^[9]
• Tvrtko Kale, Croatia, goalkeeper for Hapoel Beersheba previously with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem^[10]
• Yaniv Katan, Israel, plays for Maccabi Haifa and formerly with West Ham United
• Josh Kennet, England, plays for Maccabi Herzliya^[9]
• Józef Klotz, Poland, played for Jutrzenka Kraków, Maccabi Warszawa and Poland national football team, Holocaust victim
• Mark Lazarus, England, Queens Park Rangers
• Lucas Matías Licht, Argentina, plays for Getafe CF in Spain.^[11]
• Marcelo Lipatin, Uruguay, played in top clubs in Portugal, Brazil and Italy.^[12]
• Józef Lustgarten, Poland, played for Cracovia Kraków
• Gyula Mándi, Hungary, former MTK player and coach of the Israeli national team
• Shep Messing, United States, former international goalkeeper, now sportscaster
• Andriy Oberemko, Ukraine, former under-21 national teamer and current professional^[13]
• Eli Ohana, Israel, won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the Bravo Award for most outstanding young player in Europe.
• José Pekerman, Argentina, former Argentina coach, currently coaches Club Toluca
• Haim Revivo, Israel, played for Fenerbahce and Galatasaray
• Daniël de Ridder, Netherlands, Birmingham City footballer^[14]
• Ronnie Rosenthal, Israel, Liverpool
• Sebastian Rozental, Chile, former forward with Rangers F.C. and Chilean national team
• Ben Sahar, Israel, R.C.DEspanyol
• Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentina, former defender with HSV and Argentina national team
• Leon Sperling, Poland, played for Cracovia Kraków and Poland national football team, Holocaust victim
• Mordechai Spiegler, Israel, former New York Cosmos and Israeli national team player
• Idan Tal, Israel, midfielder who played with Bolton Wanderers, Maccabi Haifa
• Nicolás Tauber, Argentina, goalkeeper for Chacarita Juniors and previously with Maccabi Netanya and Estudiantes de La Plata^[15]
• Itzik Zohar, Israel, former midfielder who played for Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa, Crystal Palace and national team member for Israel

Australian Rules Football

• Todd Goldstein, AFL footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club.^[16]
• Ezra Poyas, former AFL and current VFL footballer for the Sandringham Football Club.
• Ian Synman, former AFL footballer for the St Kilda Football Club, only Jew to play in a Premiership.
• Julian Kirzner, former AFL footballer for the Essendon Football Club and the Kangaroos Football Club.
• Mordy Bromberg, former AFL footballer for the St Kilda Football Club

Baseball

• Cal Abrams, U.S. outfielder
• Morrie Arnovich, U.S. outfielder, All-Star
• Brad Ausmus, U.S. catcher, All-Star, 3-time Gold Glove
• Ross Baumgarten, U.S. starting pitcher
• José Bautista, pitcher
• Bo Belinsky, U.S. pitcher (Jewish mother, later became born-again Christian)
• Moe Berg, U.S. catcher & shortstop
• Ron Blomberg, U.S. DH, first baseman, and outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter^[17]
• Lou Boudreau, U.S. shortstop, 8-time All-Star, Batting Title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager
• Ryan Braun, U.S. left fielder, 2007 MLB Rookie of the Year, All-Star^[18]
• Craig Breslow, U.S. relief pitcher
• Harry Danning, U.S. catcher, 4-time All-Star
• Moe Drabowsky, U.S. pitcher^[19]
• Scot Drucker, U.S. Pitcher
• Mike Epstein, U.S. first baseman
• Harry Eckler Canadian baseball and softball first baseman
• Harry Feldman, U.S. pitcher
• Scott Feldman, U.S. pitcher
• Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian player, silver medallist for Australia in 2004 Athens Olympics.
• Matt Ford, U.S. pitcher
• Sam Fuld, U.S. outfielder
• Sid Gordon, U.S. outfielder & third baseman, 2-time All-Star
• John Grabow, U.S. relief pitcher
• Shawn Green, U.S. right fielder, 2-time All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
• Adam Greenberg, U.S. baseball player
• Hank Greenberg, U.S. first baseman & outfielder, 5-time All-Star, 2-time MVP, 4-time Home Run Champion, 4-time RBI Leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
• Jason Hirsh, U.S. starting pitcher
• Ken Holtzman, U.S. starting pitcher, 2-time All-Star
• Joe Horlen, U.S. pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader
• Brian Horwitz, U.S. outfielder
• Gabe Kapler, U.S. outfielder
• Clayton Kershaw, U.S. Pitcher
• Ian Kinsler, U.S. second baseman, All-Star^[20]
• Mike Koplove, U.S. relief pitcher
• Sandy Koufax, U.S. starting pitcher, 6-time All-Star, MVP, 3-time Cy Young Award, 5-time ERA leader, 3-time Wins leader, 2-time W-L% leader, 4-time strikeouts leader, Baseball Hall of Fame, 1 perfect game
• Al Levine, U.S. relief pitcher
• Mike Lieberthal, U.S. catcher
• Elliott Maddox, U.S. outfielder & third baseman
• Jason Marquis, U.S. starting pitcher, Silver Slugger
• Erskine Mayer, U.S. pitcher
• Buddy Myer, U.S. second baseman, shortstop, and third baseman, 2-time All-Star, Batting Average title, Stolen Base title
• David Newhan, U.S. second baseman (born Jewish, believes in Jesus)^[21]
• Jeff Newman, U.S. catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager
• Barney Pelty, U.S. pitcher
• Lipman Pike, U.S. outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4-time Home Run champion, RBI leader
• Jake Pitler, U.S. second baseman
• Aaron Poreda, U.S. pitcher
• Scott Radinsky, U.S. relief pitcher
• Jimmie Reese, U.S. second baseman, coach
• Aaron Rifkin, U.S. first baseman
• Dave Roberts, U.S. pitcher
• Saul Rogovin, U.S. pitcher
• Al (Flip) Rosen, U.S. third baseman & first baseman, 4-time All-Star, MVP, 2-time Home Run champion, 2-time RBIs leader
• Goody Rosen, Canadian outfielder, All-Star
• Ryan Sadowski, U.S. pitcher
• Richie Scheinblum, U.S. outfielder, All-Star
• Scott Schoeneweis, U.S. pitcher
• Art Shamsky, U.S. outfielder & first baseman
• Larry Sherry, U.S. relief pitcher
• Norm Sherry, U.S. catcher
• Moe Solomon, U.S. outfielder
• Adam Stern, Canadian outfielder
• George Stone, U.S. outfielder, 1-time batting title
• Steve Stone, U.S. starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award
• Steve Wapnick, U.S. relief pitcher
• Justin Wayne, U.S. pitcher
• Phil Weintraub, U.S. first baseman & outfielder
• Josh Whitesell, U.S. first baseman
• Steve Yeager, U.S. catcher
• Kevin Youkilis, U.S. first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, Gold Glove, All-Star
• Ben Zeskind, U.S. second baseman
• Eddie Zosky, U.S. shortstop

Basketball

• Red Auerbach, U.S. 5' 10" guard, NBA coach & GM, Hall of Fame^[22]
• Jeremy Mandell, U.S. 6'2" Center
• Sam Balter, U.S. guard, Olympic champion
• Sue Bird, U.S. WNBA point guard, Seattle Storm^[23]
• David Blatt, U.S. college & Israeli professional guard; coach in Israel & Russia, Russian national basketball team
• David Bluthenthal, U.S. & Israeli Euroleague 6' 7" forward (currently with Le Mans)^[24]
• Tal Brody, U.S. & Israeli Euroleague 6' 2" shooting guard; played for Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Larry Brown, U.S. ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3-time All-Star, 3-time assists leader, & NBA coach, Olympic champion
• Omri Casspi, Israeli 6' 8" forward, played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, drafted in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings
• Shay Doron, Israeli & U.S. WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)
• Lior Eliyahu, Israeli 6' 9" forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), but completing mandatory IDF service & playing in the Euroleague (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Jordan Farmar, U.S. NBA 6' 2" point guard (Los Angeles Lakers)^[25]
• Marty Friedman, U.S. 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
• Tamir Goodman, U.S. & Israeli; 6' 3" shooting guard
• Jerry Greenspan, U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward
• Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born U.S. NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic Champion
• Yotam Halperin, Israeli 6' 5" guard, drafted in the 2006 NBA draft by the Seattle Supersonics; now plays for Olympiacos
• Art Heyman, U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward/guard
• Sonny Hertzberg, U.S. NBA 5' 9" point guard, original New York Knickerbocker
• Nat Holman, U.S. ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
• Red Holzman, U.S. BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2-time All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame
• Louis Klotz, U.S. NBA 5' 7" point guard
• Rudy LaRusso, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5-time All-Star
• Donna Orender (née Geils), U.S. Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star & current WNBA president
• Gary Plummer, U.S. NBA 6' 9" forward/center
• Lennie Rosenbluth, U.S. NBA 6' 4" forward
• Danny Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)
• Dolph Schayes, U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)
• Ossie Schectman, U.S. NBA 6' 0" guard
• Jon Scheyer, U.S. Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard
• Barney Sedran, U.S. Hudson River League and New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame
• Amit Tamir, Israeli Euro
• Neal Walk, U.S. NBA 6' 10" centerleague 6' 10" forward/center (Hapoel Holon)

• Max Zaslofsky, U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach

Boxing

• Barney Aaron (Young), English-born U.S. boxer, Hall of Fame
• Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Monte Attell, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Jaime Averboch, Argentine world champion welterweight boxer
• Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), U.S. world champion heavyweight boxer, ¼ Jewish, wore a big Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame
• Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), U.S. world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Fabrice Benichou, French world champion super bantamweight boxer
• Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), English world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Maxie Berger, Canadian world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Samuel Berger, U.S. Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
• Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and "Young Murphy"), U.S. world champion junior lightweight boxer
• Larry Boardman,^[26] U.S. # 2 ranked lightweight boxer
• Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), U.S. world champion light welterweight boxer
• Joe Choynski,^[26] ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), U.S. heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Robert Cohen, French & Algerian world champion bantamweight boxer
• Al Bummy Davis (Abraham Davidoff), U.S. welterweight & lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), U.S. world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli U.S. undefeated middleweight boxer
• György Gedó, Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• Abe Goldstein, U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), U.S. welterweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Roman Greenberg, Israeli undefeated heavyweight boxer
• Stéphane Haccoun, French boxer
• Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), French world champion bantamweight boxer
• Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Gary Jacobs, Scottish boxer
• Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Daniel Judah, U.S. light heavyweight boxer
• Josiah Judah ("Gorilla"), U.S. boxer
• Yoel Judah, U.S. boxer & trainer
• Zab Judah ("Super"), U.S. world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight boxer
• Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"),^[26] Russian-born U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame

Ronnie Kerner (Ronnie "The Rottweiler" Kerner) US Heavyweight NYBSC Champion Aka. "The Knock Out King"

• Julie Kogon,^[26] U.S. lightweight boxer
• Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Artie Levine, U.S. middleweight & light heavyweight boxer
• Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Harry Lewis ("Harry Besterman"), U.S. world champion welterweight boxer
• Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), English world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Sammy Luftspring, Canadian welterweight boxing champion, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Saoul Mamby, U.S. world champion junior welterweight boxer
• Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Daniel Mendoza, English boxer, Hall of Fame
• Samuel Mosberg, U.S. Olympic champion lightweight boxer
• Bob Olin, U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer
• Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
• Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
• Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
• Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), U.S. world champion lightweight & junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, wore Star of David on trunks
• Shamil Sabirov, Russian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), U.S. junior welterweight undefeated boxer
• Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), U.S. world champion flyweight boxer
• Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer
• "Lefty" Lew Tendler, U.S. bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), U.S. lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
• Sammy Waltz,^[26] U.S. boxer
• Victor Zilberman, Rumanian Olympic welterweight bronze medal winner

Canoeing

• Leonid Geishtor, USSR canoeist, Olympic champion
• Michael Kolganov, Soviet-born Israeli canoeist, world champion, Olympic bronze medal
• Shaun Rubenstein, South African Canoeist, World Marathon Champion 2006, 2008 Beijing Olympian.

Chess

• Aaron Alexandre, German-born French-English
• Evgeny Agrest, Belarusian-born Swedish grandmaster, Highest Rating through April 2007=2561
• Simon Alapin, Lithuanian
• Boris Alterman, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2615
• Arnold Aurbach, Polish-born French
• Yuri Averbakh, Russian grandmaster, 2445
• Boris Avrukh, Israeli grandmaster & World U-12 champion, 2652
• Abraham Baratz, Romanian-born French
• Liudmila Belavenets, Russian woman grandmaster
• Alexander Beliavsky, Ukrainian-born Slovenian grandmaster & World junior champion, 2710
• Joel Benjamin, United States grandmaster, 2662
• Hans Berliner, German-born U.S. World correspondence chess champion
• Ossip Bernstein, Ukrainian-born French grandmaster
• Arthur Bisguier, U.S. grandmaster, 2455
• Benjamin Blumenfeld, Belarusian-born Russian
• Mark Bluvshtein, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster, 2544
• Jácobo Bolbochán, Argentine
• Julio Bolbochán, Argentine grandmaster, 2485
• Isaac Boleslavsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian/Soviet grandmaster & World champion
• Gyula Breyer, Hungarian
• David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster, 2590
• Oscar Chajes, Ukrainian/Polish/Austrian-born U.S.
• Rudolph Charousek, Hungarian
• Vitaly Chekhover, Russian
• Erich Cohn, German
• Wilhelm Cohn, German
• Josef Cukierman, Polish-born French, committed suicide during Holocaust
• Moshe Czerniak, Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Arnold Denker, U.S. grandmaster, 2293
• Maxim Dlugy, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2531
• Josif Dorfman, Ukrainian-born French grandmaster, 2610
• Arthur Dunkelblum, Polish-born Belgian
• Roman Dzindzichashvili, Georgian-born Israeli American grandmaster
• Berthold Englisch, Austrian
• Yakov Estrin, Russian grandmaster, CC WC 1972-76
• Larry Evans, U.S. grandmaster, 2530
• Samuel Factor, Polish-born U.S.
• Ernst Falkbeer, Austrian
• Movsas Feigins, Latvian-born Argentine
• Ruben Felgaer, Argentine grandmaster, 2624
• Reuben Fine, U.S. grandmaster

• Alexander Flamberg, Polish
• Salo Flohr, Ukrainian-born Czech & Soviet grandmaster
• Maurice Fox, Ukrainian-born Canadian
• Gunnar Friedemann, Estonian
• Paulino Frydman, Polish-born Argentine
• Semen Furman, Belarusian-born Russian grandmaster
• Boris Gelfand, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Efim Geller, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Vitali Golod, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Harry Golombek, English
• Alon Greenfeld, U.S.-born Israeli grandmaster
• Gisela Kahn Gresser, U.S. woman master
• Yehuda Gruenfeld, Polish-born Israeli grandmaster, 2550
• Eduard Gufeld, Ukrainian grandmaster, 2565
• Boris Gulko, German-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2643
• Isidor Gunsberg, Hungarian-born English
• Ilya Gurevich, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster & junior World champion, 2575
• Mikhail Gurevich, Ukrainian-born Russian Turkish grandmaster, 2694
• Lev Gutman, Latvian-born Israeli German grandmaster, 2530
• Daniel Harrwitz, Prussian/Polish/German-born English French
• Israel Horowitz, U.S.
• Bernhard Horwitz, German-born English
• Alexander Huzman, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Dawid Janowski, Belarusian/Polish-born French grandmaster
• Gregory Kaidanov, Ukrainian-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2695
• Julio Kaplan, Argentine-born Puerto Rican U.S. grandmaster & World junior champion
• Mona May Karff, Moldovan-born U.S. woman master
• Isaac Kashdan, U.S. grandmaster
• Garry Kasparov, Azerbaijani-born Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2851
• Alexander Khalifman, Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2702
• Alexander Koblencs, Latvian
• Artur Kogan, Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
• Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Ignatz von Kolisch, Hungarian/Slovakian-born Austrian grandmaster
• George Koltanowski, Belgian-born U.S. grandmaster
• Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Dutch Swiss grandmaster, 2695
• Yona Kosashvili, Georgian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
• Borislav Kostić, Austrian-born Serbian grandmaster
• Yair Kraidman, Israeli grandmaster, 2455
• Ljuba Kristol, Russian-born Israeli woman grandmaster, 2415
• Abraham Kupchik, Belarusian/Polish-born U.S.
• Alla Kushnir, Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
• Salo Landau, Polish-born Dutch, killed by the Nazis
• Edward Lasker, Polish/German-born U.S.
• Emanuel Lasker, Prussian/German/Polish-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion
• Anatoly Lein, Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2555
• Konstantin Lerner, Ukrainian grandmaster, 2575
• Grigory Levenfish, Polish/Russian-born grandmaster
• Irina Levitina, Russian-born U.S. woman grandmaster
• Vladimir Liberzon, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Andor Lilienthal, Russian-born Hungarian/Soviet grandmaster
• Johann Löwenthal, Hungarian-born U.S. English
• Moishe Lowtzky, Ukrainian-born Polish, killed by Nazis
• Gyula Makovetz, Hungarian
• Jonathan Mestel, British grandmaster & World U-16 champion, 2540
• Jacques Mieses, German-born English grandmaster
• Victor Mikhalevski, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Vadim Milov, Russian-born Israeli Swiss grandmaster, 2683
• Jacob Murey, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
• Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine grandmaster
• Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born Danish
• Menachem Oren, Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Julius Perlis, Polish-born Austrian
• Isaias Pleci, Argentine
• Judit Polgár, Hungarian grandmaster, 2735
• Susan Polgár, Hungarian-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion, 2577
• Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born Israeli international master, 2500
• Lev Polugaevsky, Belarusian/Soviet grandmaster, 2640
• Yosef Porath, German-born Palestinian/Israeli
• Lev Psakhis, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2625
• Dawid Przepiórka, Polish, killed by Nazis
• Abram Rabinovich, Lithuanian-born Russian
• Ilya Rabinovich, Russian
• Vyacheslav Ragozin, Russian grandmaster
• Teymour Radjabov, Azerbaijani grandmaster
• Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born U.S. grandmaster
• Richard Réti, Slovakian/Hungarian-born Czech
• Maxim Rodshtein, Israeli U-16 World champion
• Kenneth Rogoff, U.S. grandmaster
• Michael Rohde, U.S. grandmaster, 2585
• Michael Roiz, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2611
• Samuel Rosenthal, Polish-born French
• Gersz Rotlewi, Polish
• Eduardas Rozentalis, Lithuanian grandmaster, 2688
• Akiba Rubinstein, Polish grandmaster
• Gersz Salwe, Polish grandmaster
• Emanuel Schiffers, Russian
• Adolf Schwarz, Hungarian-born Austrian
• Gregory Serper, Uzbekistani-born Russian U.S. grandmaster
• Leonid Shamkovich, Russian Israeli U.S. grandmaster
• Yury Shulman, Belarusian-born U.S. grandmaster
• Ilya Smirin, Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2702
• Vasily Smyslov, Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2620
• Gennady Sosonko, Russian-born Dutch grandmaster
• Jon Speelman, English grandmaster
• Rudolf Spielmann, Austrian-born Swedish
• Leonid Stein, Ukrainian-born Russian grandmaster
• Endre Steiner, Hungarian
• Herman Steiner, Slovakian/Hungarian-born U.S.
• Lajos Steiner, Romanian/Hungarian-born Australian
• Wilhelm Steinitz, Czech-born Austrian & U.S. grandmaster & World champion
• Emil Sutovsky, Israeli grandmaster, 2697
• Peter Svidler, Russian grandmaster
• László Szabó, Hungarian grandmaster
• Mark Taimanov, Soviet/Russian grandmaster
• Mikhail Tal, Soviet/Latvian grandmaster & World champion, 2645
• Siegbert Tarrasch, Polish/German grandmaster & Senior World champion
• Savielly Tartakower, Russian-born Austrian/Polish/French grandmaster
• Jean Taubenhaus, Polish-born French
• Mark Tseitlin, Israeli grandmaster
• Anatoly Vaisser, Kazakhstani-born French grandmaster
• Boris Verlinsky, Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
• Vladimir Vuković, Croatian
• Max Weiss, Slovakian/Hungarian-born Austrian
• Michael Wilder, U.S. grandmaster
• Simon Winawer, Polish
• Heinrich Wolf, Austrian, killed by Nazis
• Daniel Yanofsky, Polish/Ukrainian-born Canadian grandmaster
• Leonid Yudasin, Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2692
• Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Azeri-born Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
• Johannes Zukertort, Polish-born German English

Cricket

• Ali Bacher, South African batsman & administrator (several relatives were also cricketers, including Adam Bacher)
• Leo Camron, South African and Israeli player.
• Dennis Gamsy, South African Test wicket-keeper
• Norman Gordon, South African fast bowler
• Michael Klinger, Australian batsman
• Jon Moss, Australian allrounder for the Victoria Bushrangers
• John Raphael, English batsman with Surrey
• Marshall Rosen, NSW Australian cricketer, and selector.[31]
• Lawrence Seeff, South African batsmen
• Bensiyon Songavkar, Indian cricketer and MVP of the 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament^[27]
• Fred Susskind, South African Test batsman
• Fred Trueman, English fast bowler (Jewish maternal grandmother, and was happy to be regarded as Jewish)
• Julien Wiener, The only Jewish Australian Test cricketer
• Mandy Yachad, South Africa Test cricketer

Fencing

• Henri Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée and foil), Olympic champion
• Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (épée & foil), 2-time Olympic champion
• Norman Armitage, US fencer (sabre), 17-time US champion, bronze Olympic medal
• Albert Axelrod, US fencer (foil); 4-time U.S. champion, bronze Olympic medal
• Cliff Bayer, US fencer (foil) US fencer (foil); youngest US champion
• Tamir Bloom, US fencer (épée); 2-time US champion
• Daniel Bukantz, US fencer (foil); 4-time US champion
• Sergei Charikov, Russian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Yves Dreyfus, French fencer (épée), French champion
• Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Boaz Ellis, Israeli fencer (foil), 5-time Israeli champion
• Sándor Erdös, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (sabre)
• Dezsö Földes, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Jenö Fuchs, Hungarian fencer (saber), 4-time Olympic champion
• Támas Gábor, Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Sándor Gombos, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
• János Garay, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
• Oskar Gerde, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Vadim Gutzeit, Ukrainian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
• Johan Harmenberg, Swedish fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Lydia Hatoel-Zuckerman, Israeli fencer (foil), 6-time Israeli champion
• Otto Herschmann, Austrian fencer (saber)
• Emily Jacobson, US fencer (saber), NCAA champion
• Sada Jacobson, US fencer (saber), ranked # 1 in the world
• Allan Jay, British fencer (épée and foil), world champion
• Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (saber), 3-time Olympic champion
• Roman Kantor, Polish fencer (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion
• Dan Kellner, US fencer (foil), US champion
• Grigory Kriss, Soviet fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Allan Kwartler, US fencer (saber), 3-time Pan American Games champion
• Alexandre Lippmann, French fencer (épée), 2-time Olympic champion
• Helene Mayer, German & US fencer (foil), Olympic champion
• Maria Mazina, Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Mark Midler, Soviet fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
• Armand Mouyal, French fencer (épée), world champion
• Claude Netter, French fencer (foil), Olympic champion
• Jacques Ochs, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Ayelet Ohayon, Israeli fencer (foil), European champion
• Ellen Osiier,Danish fencer (foil), Olympic champion
• Ivan Osier, Danish fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 25-time Danish champion
• Mark Rakita, Soviet fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Yakov Rylsky, Soviet fencer (saber), Olympic champion
• Gaston Salmon, Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
• Edgar Seligman, British fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 2-time British champion in each weapon
• Andre Spitzer, Israeli fencer
• Jean Stern, French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
• Soren Thompson, US fencer (épée), NCAA champion
• Jonathan Tiomkin, US fencer (foil), 2-time US champion
• David Tyshler, Soviet fencer (saber)
• Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtö, Hungarian fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
• Eduard Vinokurov, Russian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet fencer (épée), 10-time national champion
• Lajos Werkner, Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
• George Worth, US fencer (saber), US champion, 3-time Pan American Games champion

Field Hockey

• Carina Benninga, the Netherlands, Olympic champion
• Barney Joelson, Zimbabwe, National Team

Figure skating

• Sarah Abitbol, French figure skater, World Figure Skating Championship bronze
• Benjamin Agosto, U.S. ice dancer (Jewish mother), Olympic silver, World Championship silver, bronze
• Ilya Averbukh, Russian ice dancer, Olympic silver
• Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater, (Jewish maternal grandmother), Olympic gold, World Championship gold
• Alexei Beletski, Israeli Ukrainian-born figure skater, Olympian
• Judy Blumberg, U.S. ice dancer, World Championship 3-time bronze
• Cindy Bortz, U.S. figure skater, World Junior Champion
• Fritzi Burger, Austrian figure skater, Olympic 2-time silver, World Championship 2-time silver
• Alain Calmat, French figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2-time bronze^[28]
• Galit Chait, Israeli ice dancer, World Championship bronze
• Sasha Cohen, U.S. figure skater, reigning U.S. Figure Skating National Champion & Olympic silver^[29]
• Amber Corwin, U.S. figure skater
• Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater, world champion
• Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, U.S. figure skater, competes w/partner David Mitchell; U.S. Championships bronze^[30]
• Aleksandr Gorelik, Soviet figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2-time silver, bronze
• Melissa Gregory, U.S. figure skater, ice dancer w/Denis Petukhov, U.S. Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze^[31]
• Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater, Olympian
• Emily Hughes, U.S. figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, National Championships bronze, silver^[32]
• Sarah Hughes, U.S. figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze^[33]
• Ronald Joseph, U.S. figure skater, U.S. Junior National Champion, U.S. Championships gold, 2-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
• Vivian Joseph, U.S. figure skater, U.S. Junior National Champion, U.S. Championships gold, 2-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
• Gennadi Karponossov, Russian ice dancer, coach Olympic gold, World Championship 2-time gold, silver, 2-time bronze
• Tamar Katz, U.S.-born Israeli figure skater
• Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater, World Championship 4-time gold, 2-time bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
• Irina Rodnina, Soviet figure skater, Olympic 3-time gold, World Championship 10-time gold, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
• Emilia Rotter, Hungarian pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
• Louis Rubenstein, Canadian figure skater, (pre-Olympic) World Championship gold, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
• Sergei Sakhnovsky, Israeli ice dancer, World Championship bronze
• Michael Seibert, U.S. figure skater
• Julia Shapiro, Russian-born Israeli pair skater, World Junior bronze
• Michael Shmerkin, Soviet-born Israeli figure skater
• Jamie Silverstein, U.S. figure skater, ice dancer w/Ryan O'Meara, United States Championships bronze^[34]
• Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater, Olympic silver, bronze, World Championship 2-time gold, 3-time silver, bronze
• Maxim Staviski, Bulgarian ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze
• László Szollás, Hungarian pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
• Alexandra Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli ice dancer, Olympian
• Roman Zaretski, Belarusian-born Israeli ice dancer, Olympian

Golf

• Amy Alcott, U.S. LPGA professional golfer
• Herman Barron, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
• Bruce Fleisher, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
• Jonathan Kaye, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
• David Merkow, U.S. golfer, Northwestern University, 2006 Big Ten Golfer of the Year
• Rob Oppenheim, Canadian professional golfer
• Corey Pavin, U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
• Morgan Pressel, U.S. LPGA professional golfer
• Monte Scheinblum, National and World Long Drive Champion, 1992

Gymnastics

• Alyssa Beckerman, U.S. gymnast
• Valery Belenky, Azerbaijani gymnast, Olympic champion
• David Mark Berger
• Alfred Flatow, German gymnast, 3-time Olympic champion
• Gustav Flatow, German gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion
• Samu Fóti,Hungarian gymnast, Silver Olympic medalist
• Mitch Gaylord, U.S. gymnast, Olympic champion
• Imre Gellért,Hungarian gymnast, Silver Olympic medalist.
• Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR gymnast, Olympic champion
• Abie Grossfeld, U.S. gymnast, 8-time Pan American champion, 7-time Maccabiah champion, Olympic champion, coach
• Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian gymnast, 5-time Olympic champion
• Natalia Laschenova, USSR gymnast, Olympic champion
• Tatiana Lysenko, Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion
• Yelena Shushunova, USSR gymnast, Olympic champion
• Kerri Strug, U.S. gymnast, Olympic champion

Ice hockey

• Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich^{[citation needed]}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, World & European champion 1954, runner-up 1955, 1957
• Rudi Ball, German hockey player Olympic bronze, 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934^[35]
• Max Birbraer, Russian from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel. First Israeli to be drafted by an NHL team (The New Jersey Devils).
• Hy Buller, Canadian-born U.S. hockey player
• Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
• Vitaly Davydov, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963-1971, runner-up 1972
• Steve Dubinsky, U.S. hockey player
• Oren Eisenman, Israel National Hockey Team, Milwaukee Admirals
• Tanner Glass, Canadian Hockey player
• Niklas Grossman, defenseman, Dallas Stars, born in Sweden
• Eric Harroch, Canadian hockey player, in the ECHL, drafted 6th round by the Detroit Red Wings in 2002
• Jeff Halpern, U.S. hockey player
• Adam Henrich, Canadian hockey player
• Michael Henrich, Canadian hockey player, first Jewish player to be drafted in the First round - by the Edmonton Oilers
• Corey Hirsch, NHL goalie
• Evan Kaufmann, U.S. Hockey Player, University of Minnesota, DEG Metro Stars
• Alfred Kuchevsky^{[citation needed]}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960
• Max Labovitch Canadian Hockey Player (New York Rangers, Toledo Buckeyes)^[36]
• Alex Levinsky, Canadian hockey player (NHL) circa 1930s, 1940s
• Yuri Liapkin^{[citation needed]}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1976, World & European champion 1971, 1973-75
• David Nemirovsky, Canadian hockey player
• Bobby Nystrom, Swedish-born Canadian hockey player (converted to Judaism)
• Eric Nystrom, American hockey left winger & son of former National Hockey League player Bob Nystrom^[37]
• Cory Pecker, Canadian hockey player, in the AHL, drafted 6th round by the Calgary Flames in 1999^[38]
• François Rozenthal, French hockey player
• Maurice Rozenthal, French hockey player
• Noah Ruden, American Hockey Goalie, Port Huron Flags, University of Michigan.
• Trevor Smith, Canadian Hockey Player, New York Islanders
• Mathieu Schneider, U.S. hockey player
• Daniel Spivak, Canadian hockey player,
• Ronnie Stern, Canadian hockey player
• Marty Turco, Canadian Hockey Goalie
• Mike Veisor, Canadian hockey player, NHL goaltender from 1973-1984, mostly with the Chicago Black Hawks
• Larry Zeidel, Canadian hockey player, 1950s & 1960s
• Yevgeni Zimin^{[citation needed]}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968-72, World & European champion 1968, 1969, 1971

Judo

• Yael Arad, Israeli judoka half-middleweight, Olympic silver medal
• Mark Berger, Canadian judoka heavyweight, Olympic silver medal
• James Bregman, American judoka middleweight, Olympic bronze medal
• Oren Smadja, Israeli judoka light-middleweight, Olympic bronze medal
• Ehud Vaks, Israeli half-lightweight judoka
• Arik Zeevi, Israeli judoka half-heavyweight, Olympic bronze medal

Mixed martial arts

• Adam Brozer, US Olympic Karate Team Member
• Jeffrey Kohn, US Olympic Karate Coach
• Rory Singer, fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3^[39]
• Sasha Susterman, South American Champion, Florida Champion, Venezuela Champion, Israel champion

Motorsport

• Kenny Bernstein
• Jo Bonnier, Swedish Formula One driver
• François Cevert, French Formula One driver
• Tom Coronel, Dutch driver
• Robert Grossman
• Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian Grand-Am driver
• Steve Krisiloff
• Jeff Krosnoff, U.S. Formula Indy (CART) driver
• Paul Newman, U.S. actor, motorsport team owner & driver (Jewish father)
• Chanoch Nissany, Israeli Formula One test-driver
• Peter Revson, U.S. Formula One driver
• Mauri Rose, U.S. Indy driver, Indy 500 winner
• Jeremias Israel, Chile, Motocross driver
• Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian Formula One ex-driver
• Ian Scheckter, South African Formula One ex-driver
• Jody Scheckter, South African Formula One ex-driver
• Tomas Scheckter, South African Indy Racing League driver (Jewish father)
• Sheila van Damm, British rally driver^[40]

Rugby League

• Daniel Ezekiel, Australian Rugby League player
• Lewis Harris, English rugby league player ^[41]
• Wilf Rosenberg, SAn rugby union, and later rugby league, player.^[42]
• Albert Rosenfeld, Australian rugby league player^[41]
• Ian Rubin, Australian rugby league player
• Mark Shulman, Australian rugby league player

Rugby Union

• Max Baise, South African rugby union referee.^[43]
• Leo Camron, South African who helped introduced rugby to Israel.^[44]
• A.S. Cohen, English player with Cambridge University RFC in 1920s^[45]
• Ben Cohen, England^[46]
• David Emanuel, Australian Rugby Union player
• Okey Geffin, South Africa Rugby Union player^[41]
• Samuel Goodman, manager of the gold winning US Olympic rugby, 1920, 1924.^[41]
• Andrew Grunstein, NSW Rugby Union player
• Henri Isaac, France killed in WWI.
• Jonathan Kaplan, South African who holds the world record for refereeing the highest number of international rugby union test matches.^[47]
• Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand Rugby Union player
• Aaron Liffchak, English RU player
• Alan Menter,South African Rugby Union Player
• Sydney Nomis, South African Rugby Union player
• John Raphael, England Rugby Union player^[41]
• Wilf Rosenberg, SAn rugby union, and later rugby league, player.^[48]
• Reggie Schwarz, England, killed in WWI.
• Bethel Solomons, Ireland rugby union player.^[41]
• Joel Stransky, South Africa rugby union player
• Zachary Test, American RU player, and member of US sevens team

Sailing

• Tony Bullimore,^[49] British yachtsman
• Zefania Carmel, Israeli Women's yachtsman, world champion
• Anat Fabrikant, Israeli Women's Double-Handed Dinghy 470
• Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer, Olympic champion, Israel's first Gold Medallist
• Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukrainian, the only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes in 1968, 1972, and 1980, silver in 1976, [32]
• Mark Mendelblatt, American 2004 Olympic Sailor, [33] [34]

Speed Skating

• Irving Jaffee, U.S. Speed Skater, Olympic champion
• Rafael Grach, USSR Speed Skater, 2 Olympic medals

Swimming

• Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli swimmer
• Adi Bichman, Israeli swimmer
• Yoav Bruck, Israeli swimmer
• Tiffany Cohen, U.S. swimmer, 2-time Olympic champion
• Anthony Ervin, U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
• Yoav Gath, Israeli swimmer
• Scott Goldblatt, US swimmer, Olympic champion
• Eran Groumi, Israeli swimmer
• Andrea Gyarmati, Hungarian swimmer
• Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
• Michael Halika, Israeli swimmer
• Judith Haspel, Austrian-born Israeli swimmer
• Otto Herschmann, Austrian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
• Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
• Dan Kutler, U.S.-born Israeli swimmer
• Jason Lezak, U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
• Alexei Manziola, Russian-born Israeli swimmer
• Yoav Meiri, Israeli swimmer, 26-time national champion
• Alfred Nakache, French swimmer, world record holder
• Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer, Olympic champion
• Marilyn Ramenofsky, U.S. swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
• Keena Rothhammer, U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
• Mark Spitz, US Olympic champion (9 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze ), has the second most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (7)^[50]
• John Stark, Australian Olympian [butterfly-Tokyo games]
• Tal Stricker, Israeli swimmer
• Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
• Lejzor Ilja Szrajbman, Polish swimmer, Olympic participant, Holocust victim
• Dara Torres, U.S. swimmer (Jewish father), Olympic champion
• Eithan Urbach, Israeli swimmer
• Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer, Olympic champion
• Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American swimmer

Table tennis

• Viktor Barna (Braun), Hungarian 23-time world champion
• Laszlo Bellak, Hungarian/U.S. 7-time world champion
• Richard Bergmann, Austrian/British 7-time world champion
• Alex (Aloys) Erlich, Poland/France, 3 times World Singles Finalist.
• Marina Kravchenko, Ukrainian-born Israeli table tennis player
• Ivor Montagu, British table tennis player
• Leah Neuberger (Thall), U.S., 29-time national champion
• Marty Reissman, American International World class player.
• Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian/Israeli 17-time world champion
• Marcus Schussheim, First US national champion
• Anna Sipos, Hungarian 21-time world champion
• Miklos Szabados, Hungarian/Australian 15-time world champion
• Leon Wajchenberg, Polish table tennis champion 1940, Egyptian table tennis champion 1945
• David Zalcberg, Australian table tennis player
• Selma Altshuler, Triple South African Champion 1957

Tennis

• Noam Behr, Israeli tennis player
• Ilana Berger, Israeli tennis player
• Jay Berger, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
• Gilad Bloom, Israeli tennis player
• Angela Buxton, English tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
• Audra Cohen, U.S. tennis player, 2007 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Champion
• Julia Cohen, U.S. tennis player, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion
• Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
• Pierre Darmon, French tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
• Umberto De Morpurgo, Italian tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
• Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 10
• Gastón Etlis, Argentine tennis player
• Sharon Fichman, Canadian tennis player
• Herbert Flam, U.S. tennis player, 2-time USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
• Zack Fleishman, U.S. tennis player
• Allen Fox, U.S. tennis player
• Mike Franks, U.S. tennis player
• Brad Gilbert, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 4
• Justin Gimelstob, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion
• Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
• Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
• Grant Golden, U.S. tennis player
• Paul Goldstein, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 2-time 18s singles champion^[51]
• Brian Gottfried, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 12s & 2-time 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 3
• Jim Grabb, U.S. tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
• Seymour Greenberg, U.S. tennis player
• Amir Hadad, Israeli tennis player
• Julie Heldman, U.S. tennis player, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
• Martin Jaite, Argentina tennis player, highest world ranking # 10
• Anita Kanter, U.S. tennis player, US girls 18s singles champion
• Ilana Kloss, South African tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
• Aaron Krickstein, U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 6
• Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player, French Open champion
• Jesse Levine, U.S. tennis player
• Harel Levy, Israeli tennis player
• Amos Mansdorf, Israeli tennis player
• Sam Match, U.S. tennis player
• Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
• Tzipora Obziler, Israeli tennis player
• Wayne Odesnik, U.S. tennis player
• Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player, highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles
• Noam Okun, Israeli tennis player
• Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
• Shahar Perkiss, Israeli tennis player
• Daniel Prenn, German & British tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
• Henry Prusoff, U.S. tennis player
• Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 9
• Eyal Ran, Israeli tennis player
• Renée Richards, U.S. tennis player
• Pete Sampras, a Greek Jew (paternal grandmother is Jewish), who is a former World No. 1, and is regarded as one of the best players in the history of tennis, and who during his 15-year tour career, won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances.
• Dick Savitt, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 2
• Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player
• Julius Seligson, U.S. tennis player, 2-time boys 18s singles champion
• Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
• Harold Solomon, U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
• Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
• Brian Teacher, U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
• Eliot Teltscher, U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
• Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player

Track and field

• Harold Abrahams^[52]
• Sir Sidney Abrahams, Olympic champion^[53] Olympic long-jumper
• Jo Ankier, British^[54]
• Gerald Ashworth, Olympic champion
• Aleksandr Averbukh, Israeli, Pole vault, Gold, 2002, 2006 European Championships
• Lillian Copeland, U.S. athlete, Olympic champion
• Marty Glickman, Sprinter & broadcaster; U.S. Olympic team, 1936
• Milton Green, U.S. athlete
• Deena (Drossin) Kastor, U.S. long-distance & marathon runner
• Elias Katz, Finnish runner, Olympic champion
• Abel Kiviat,U.S. runner, Olympic champion
• Janet Kohan-Sedq, Iranian runner
• Faina Melnik, USSR, Olympic champion
• Margaret Bergmann Lambert — US champion in high jump (1937-38) and shotput (1938). British high jump champion, 1935
• Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, Gold, 2001 Edmonton, 100m
• Irina Press, USSR, Olympic champion
• Tamara Press, USSR, Olympic champion
• Myer Prinstein, U.S. athlete, Olympic champion
• Gabriel Abraham Rojas, Catalonia, Spain, Distance runner and cross country runner
• Fanny Rosenfeld, Canadian runner and longjumper, Olympic champion
• Irena Szewińska, Polish sprinter & long jumper, Olympic champion
• Jadwiga Wajs, Polish discus thrower, Olympic silver & bronze medalist

Triathlon

• Joanna Zeiger, U.S. Professional Triathlete, Ironman 70.3 World Champion 2008 and world record holder^[55]

Volleyball

• Doug Beal, U.S. player & coach
• Adriana Behar, Brazilian beach player
• Bernard Rajzman, Brazilian player
• Arie Selinger US & Dutch coach & player
• Avital Selinger Dutch player
• Andrzej Szewiński, Polish player

Water Polo

• István Barta, Hungarian Olympic champion
• György Bródy, Hungarian Olympic champion
• Miklós Sárkány, Hungarian Olympic champion

Weightlifting

• Isaac Berger, U.S. featherweight Olympic champion
• Gary Gubner, U.S. heavyweight, 4 junior world records
• Ben Helfgott, British weightlifter
• Frank Spellman, U.S. middleweight Olympic silver medal
• Grigoriy Novak, Soviet middle-heavyweight Olympic silver medal

Wrestling

• Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian wrestler Olympic champion
• Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler.
• Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler Olympic Champion
• Boris Gurevich, Soviet wrestler Olympic 1952 Greco-Roman Flyweight Champion
• Yakov Punkin, Soviet wrestler Olympic 1952 Greco-Roman Featherweight Champion
• Sergio Fiszman,Argentinian wrestler olympic 1976

Professional wrestling

• Tex Benedict, UK professional wrestler
• Steve Blackman ("The Lethal Weapon"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Barbie Blank ("Kelly Kelly"), U.S. professional wrestler^{[citation needed]}
• Matthew Bloom, ("Giant Bernard", "Rusher Road", "Prince Albert", "Albert", and "A-Train"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Larry Booker ("Larry Latham" and "Moondog Spot"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Abe Coleman ("Hebrew Hercules"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Scott Colton ("Colt Cabana," "Scotty Goldman"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Bill Goldberg, U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
• Tod Gordon, Founder of ECW
• Alex 'The Tank' Glickman, BoDog Superheavyweight Champion of the World. Won belt 3 times. WWE Raw 4-time Champion.
• Peter Gruner ("Billy Kidman"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Paul Heyman, Owner of ECW
• Barry Horowitz, U.S. professional wrestler
• Glenn Jacobs, ("Kane," "Isaac Yankem DDS") U.S. professional wrestler
• William M. Kucmierowski, ("Brimstone" and "Will Kaye"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Scott Levy ("Scotty The Body," "Scotty Flamingo," "Johnny Polo," "Raven"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Aviv Maayan, Welsh
• Darren Matthews, US Professional wrestler
• Marc Mero ("Johnny B. Badd"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Lanny Poffo ("The Genius"), U.S. professional wrestler (Jewish mother)^[56]
• Stephen Rattigan ("The Ballymun Brawler")
• Jerome Saganovich ("Jerry Sags"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Randy Savage ("Macho Man"), U.S. professional wrestler^[56]
• Michael Seitz ("'P.S.' ("Purely Sexy") Hayes" and "Dok Hendrix"), U.S. professional wrestler & manager
• Morris Shapiro ("Mighty Atlas"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Dean Simon ("Dean Malenko"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Larry Simon ("Boris Malenko"), U.S. professional wrestler
• Brian Yandrisovitz ("Brian Knobbs" and "Terrorist"), U.S. professional wrestler

Commissioners, managers, and owners

• Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club
• Leslie Alexander, U.S., owner of Houston Rockets and former owner of Houston Comets
• Micky Arison, U.S., owner of the Miami Heat
• Red Auerbach, U.S. 5' 10" guard, NBA coach & GM, Hall of Fame^[22]
• Max Baise, South African rugby union referee.^[57]
• Gary Bettman, U.S., National Hockey League Commissioner
• Arthur Blank, U.S., owner of the Atlanta Falcons; owner of the Arena Football League Georgia Force
• Steve Bornstein, U. S., president and CEO of the NFL Network
• Norman Braman, U.S., former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Larry Brown, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Mark Cuban, owner of Dallas Mavericks
• Alan N. Cohen, U.S., former co-owner of the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets; Chairman & CEO of the Madison Square Garden Corporation; former owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers
• Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner
• Uri Coronel, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam
• William Davidson, U.S., Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, the Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL
• Al Davis, U.S. football owner/coach, Oakland Raiders
• Barney Dreyfuss, U.S., owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Steve Ellman, U.S., owner of the Phoenix Coyotes
• Theo Epstein, U.S., General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Lawrence Frank, U.S. basketball coach, unique in that did not play on high school, college, or professional level
• Marty Friedman, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Don Garber, U.S., Major League Soccer Commissioner
• Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
• Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.
• Dan Gilbert, U.S., owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Sid Gillman, U.S. football coach
• Avram Glazer, U.S., joint Chairman of the Manchester United board
• Joel Glazer, U.S., Chairman of Manchester United
• Malcolm Glazer, U.S., owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United
• Paul Godfrey, Canada, CEO & President of the Toronto Blue Jays
• Samuel Goodman, manager of the gold winning US Olympic rugby, 1920, 1924.^[41]
• Eddie Gottlieb, U.S. basketball coach, owner Philadelphia Warriors, NBA founder
• Avram Grant, Chelsea F.C. former manager
• Ernie Grunfeld, U.S. basketball player & GM
• Ludwig Guttmann, founder of the Paralympics^[58]
• Sydney Halter, the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League
• Cecil Hart, Canadian hockey coach/manager Montreal Canadiens; original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him^[59]
• Leon Hess, U.S., NFL franchise owner, New York Jets
• Paul Heyman, U.S., professional wrestling manager
• Melissa Hiatt, U.S., professional wrestling manager
• Nat Holman, U.S., basketball player & coach
• Red Holzman, U.S., basketball player & coach
• Yoel Judah, U.S., boxer & trainer
• Cary Kaplan, Canada, Canadian Soccer League Commissioner
• Jonathan Kaplan, South African who holds the world record for refereeing the highest number of international rugby union test matches.^[60]
• Daryl Katz, Canadian owner of the Edmonton Oilers
• Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of the Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Herb Kohl, U.S., owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
• Bob Kraft, U.S., owner of the New England Patriots & New England Revolution
• Jerry Krause, U.S., former General Manager of the Chicago Bulls
• Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich
• Manny Leibert, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame^[26]
• Al Lerner, U.S., owner of the Cleveland Browns
• Randy Lerner, U.S., owner of the Cleveland Browns, owner of Aston Villa^[61]
• Lerner family, U.S., owners of the Washington Nationals
• Randy Levine, US, president of the New York Yankees
• Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur
• Marv Levy, U.S., former football coach & current General Manager of Buffalo Bills
• Jeffrey Lurie, U.S., owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Jamie McCourt, U.S., President of the Los Angeles Dodgers^[62]
• Art Modell, U.S., former owner of the Baltimore Ravens
• Joe Pasternack, U.S., Men's basketball coach of the University of New Orleans
• Gabe Paul, U.S., long-time President & General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
• Bruce Pearl, U.S., Men's basketball coach of the University of Tennessee
• José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
• David Pleat, English football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town^[63]
• Maurice Podoloff, the first president of the National Basketball Association
• Abe Pollin, U.S, owner of the Washington Wizards, former owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals & the WNBA's Washington Mystics
• Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964-78
• Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989-2002
• Bruce Ratner, U.S., owner of the New Jersey Nets
• Jerry Reinsdorf, U.S., owner of the Chicago Bulls & the Chicago White Sox
• Carroll Rosenbloom U.S., owner of the Baltimore Colts (1953-1971) and Los Angeles Rams (1972-1979)
• Chip Rosenbloom, U.S., owner of the St. Louis Rams
• Ernie Roth, U.S. professional wrestling manager
• Henry Samueli, U.S. owner of the Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation
• Abe Saperstein, U.S. founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters also related to Ashley Taylor and Hallie Ariel
• Dolph Schayes, U.S. basketball player & coach
• Irving Scholar, English, owner of Tottenham Hotspur
• Howard Schultz, U.S. owner of Seattle Supersonics; founder of Starbucks
• Bud Selig, U.S., Major League Baseball Commissioner
• Mark Shapiro, U.S., General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
• Allie Sherman, U.S. football player & coach, New York Giants
• Ed Snider, U.S., owner of the Philadelphia Flyers
• Daniel Snyder, U.S., owner of Washington Redskins
• David Stern, U.S., National Basketball Association Commissioner
• Stuart Sternberg, U.S., owner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine
• Alan Sugar, English, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur
• Larry Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs & the Toronto Raptors
• Preston Robert Tisch, U.S., from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of the New York Giants American football team
• Leonard Tose U.S., owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Zygi Wilf, principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings^[64]
• Fred Wilpon, U.S., owner of the New York Mets
• Jeff Wilpon, U.S., COO, New York Mets
• Lewis Wolff, U.S., owner of the Oakland Athletics
• Brett Yormark, U.S., President and CEO of the New Jersey Nets

Sportscasters & promoters

• Marv Albert, U.S. sportscaster
• Mel Allen, U.S. sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer
• Eddie Andleman, U.S. WEEI sportscaster
• Bob Arum, U.S. boxing promoter
• Chris Berman, U.S. ESPN talk show host (father Jewish)
• Len Berman, U.S. sportscaster
• Bonnie Bernstein, U.S. ESPN sportscaster
• Steve Buckhantz, U.S. Washington Wizards play-by-play announcer
• Steve Bunin, U.S. ESPN sportscaster
• Dave Cohen, U.S. Georgia State University play-by-play announcer
• Linda Cohn, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Myron Cope, U.S. Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer
• Howard Cosell, U.S. sportscaster
• Rich Eisen, U.S. former ESPN, NFL network anchor
• Josh Ellis, U.S. Kannapolis Intimidators Radio Broadcaster
• Eddie Epstein, U.S. ESPN sportswriter
• Roy Firestone, U.S. sportscaster
• Elliotte Friedman, Canadian CBC Sports broadcaster
• Matt Friedman, U.S. Ohio State Radio broadcaster
• Adam Gerstenhaber AKA. Adam the Bull, U.S. WFAN (AM) The FAN sportscaster
• Joel Gertner, U.S. professional wrestling promoter
• Hank Goldberg, U.S. football analyst
• Doug Gottlieb, U.S. ESPN NCAA Basketball analyst
• Mike Greenberg, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Paul Heyman, U.S. professional wrestling manager & promoter
• Jason Horowitz, MSG, NY Liberty broadcaster
• Joe Jacobs, U.S. boxing promoter
• Dana Jacobson, U.S. co-host ESPN's Cold Pizza
• Billy Jaffe, U.S. New York Islanders sportscaster
• Jackie Kallan, U.S. boxing promoter
• Max Kellerman, boxing broadcaster
• Ron Kerner AKA. Ronnie "The Rottweiler" Kerner U.S. boxing promoter, Rottweiler Promotions, Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing
• Suzy Kolber, U.S. ESPN sportswriter
• Tony Kornheiser, U.S. radio show host, t.v. show host, author
• Michael Landsberg, Canadian TSN anchor
• Steve Levy, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Al Michaels, U.S. sportscaster
• Johnny Most, U.S. Boston Celtics sportscaster
• Sam Muchnick U.S. wrestling promoter
• Elliott Price, Canadian Montreal Expos radio play-by-play
• Karl Ravech, U.S. ESPN journalist
• Scott Reiss, U.S. ESPN anchor
• Jim Rome, U.S. radio, TV host
• Howie Rose, U.S. New York Islanders sportscaster
• Sam Rosen U.S. New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox sportscaster
• Dan Shulman, Can. sportscaster ESPN: Sunday Baseball, College Basketball coverage
• Dick Schaap, U.S. sportswriter & broadcaster
• Jeremy Schaap, U.S. sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)
• Steve Somers AKA. The Schmoozer, U.S. WFAN (AM) The FAN sportscaster
• Charley Steiner, U.S. Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer
• Dick Stockton, U.S. TNT broadcaster
• Steve Stone, U.S. WGN-TV broadcaster
• Suzyn Waldman, U.S. New York Yankees TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; 1st woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League baseball team
• Warner Wolf, U.S. sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington DC & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC

References

• Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition

Footnotes