Dov Sternberg
{{short description|American karateka}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Karate}}
{{Medal|Competition | Karate at the Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1999 Canada|Kumite −60 kg}}
{{Medal|Sport | Karate}}
{{Medal|Competition | Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2009 Tel Aviv|Kumite −60 kg}}
{{MedalGold| 2013 Tel Aviv|Team Kata}}
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Dov Sternberg is an American karateka.
Early life
Sternberg is from Woodmere, New York.{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/07/27/sports/story2.html|title=Pan Am Games; Hawaii's Kotaka wins karate gold; His win adds to the U.S. total at the Pan Am Games |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date= July 27, 1999}} His father, Dr. Alex Sternberg, founded the American Maccabiah Games karate team in 1977.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3741883,00.html|title=Israeli radio in US to air Maccabiah special; Founder of US' karate team for Maccabiah talks about history, significance of this Jewish sport event|date= July 7, 2009|work=Ynet}}
Karate career
Sternberg began training in karate at age five.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIbmUYUQiCAC&q=Dov+Sternberg+karate|title=Open Your Heart with Martial Arts: Mastering Life Through Love of the Challenge|year=2008|isbn=9781601660138|last1=Sternberg|first1=Alex}} He won a gold medal in the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In 1998, he won the gold medal in Men's Advanced Kumite −60 in the USA National Karate-do Federation national championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/142022397/1998-usa-nkf-national-championship-results---USA-National-Karate|title=1998 USA-NKF National Championship Results - USA National Karate}}[http://kolvir.com/archive/usankf2/documents/tournaments/results/nationals/1998_nat_results.pdf "1998 USA-NKF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402192031/http://kolvir.com/archive/usankf2/documents/tournaments/results/nationals/1998_nat_results.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }}, kolvir.com He won a silver medal in the 1999 Pan American Games in the Men's Kumite Individual −60kg.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBSCAAAAMAAJ&q=Dov+Sternberg+karate|title=Juegos Panamericanos|year=2003 |author=Steven Olderr|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9780786412853}}{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.martial-arts.karate.shotokan/oejhx6EOn0I|title=press release - U.S. Karate Team Captures Gold in Men's Kumite |author=Debbie Darrah - U.S. Olympic Committee}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/19806073/|page=13|work=The Kokomo Tribune (from Kokomo, Indiana)|title=The Kokomo Tribune from Kokomo, Indiana on July 27, 1999 · Page 13 }}
At the World Traditional Karate Organization (WTKO) 2003 North American Karate Championship, he took second place in both Men's Black Belt Individual Kumite and Men's Individual Kata.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtko.org/www/Archives/2003NAKCResults.htm|title=WTKO 2003 North American Karate Championship Results |work=wtko.org}} At the 2009 Maccabiah Games Sternberg won a bronze medal in the Kumite Up To 60k, as part of the Team USA Karate Team.[http://www.maccabiah.com/Data/Uploads/Karate%2018th%20Maccabiah.pdf "Maccabiah Games Results, 13/11/2009, Open Karate"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022192737/http://www.maccabiah.com/Data/Uploads/Karate%2018th%20Maccabiah.pdf |date=October 22, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Fighting-sickness-with-kindness|title=Fighting sickness with kindness|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=July 13, 2009}} He won a gold medal as part of Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Team Kata.{{Cite web |url=http://www.maccabiusa.com/16macc_results.htm |title = Maccabi USA: Results |date = 8 May 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060508110330/http://www.maccabiusa.com/16macc_results.htm |archive-date=8 May 2006 |url-status=dead}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male karateka
Category:Martial artists from New York (state)
Category:People from Woodmere, New York
Category:Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
Category:Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in karate
Category:Karateka at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games