Israel Sheinfeld
{{short description|Israeli basketball player}}
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| name = Israel Sheinfeld
ישראל שיינפלד
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| position = Power forward and center
| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 260
| league = Israeli Basketball Premier League
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|1}}
| birth_place = Ramat Gan, Israel
| nationality = Israeli
| high_school = Blich High School
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Israel Sheinfeld ({{Langx|he|ישראל שיינפלד}}; born July 1, 1976) is an Israeli former basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/israel-sheinfeld-1.html|title=Israel Sheinfeld College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Israel-Sheinfeld/Israel/Elitzur-Petah-Tikva-Givatayim/10764|title=Israel Sheinfeld Basketball Player Profile, Elitzur Petah Tikva-Givatayim, News, D4, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket|website=Eurobasket LLC}} He played the power forward and center positions. Sheinfeld played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
Sheinfeld is from Ramat Gan, Israel, is {{convert|6|ft|10|in|cm|adj=on}}, and weighs {{convert|260|lb|kg}}. He attended Blich High School in Ramat Gan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Israel-Sheinfeld-38402/|title=Israel Sheinfeld DraftExpress Profile: Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook|website=DraftExpress}}{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/wd/Summary/38093|title=Israel Sheinfeld Player Profile, Wright State, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}} He spent three years in the Israel Defense Forces.[https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2327&context=guardian "Men's Basketball: Raiders Set for Successful Season"], The Guardian, November 4, 1998.
He attended Wright State University for college. Sheinfeld played for the Wright State Raiders from 1998 to 2001. In 1999-2000 he led the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in field goal percentage, at .543, and in rebounds per game, at 7.7, was fourth in points per game, at 17.0, was fifth in two-point field goal percentage, at .554, and was sixth in free throw percentage, at .774. He was named to the 2000 All-MCC first team.{{Cite web|url=https://mkepanthers.com/news/2000/3/1/030100aaa_542.aspx?path=mbball|title=Chad Angeli Named to the All-MCC Men's Basketball First Team|website=Milwaukee Athletics|date=March 1, 2000}} In 2000-2001 he led the Conference in two-point field goal percentage, at .595, was third in free throw percentage, at .798, and was sixth in points per game, at 14.7, and was seventh in rebounds per game, at 6.1. He passed on his final year of college eligibility, to pursue a professional basketball career.{{Cite web|url=https://wsuraiders.com/news/2001/5/30/205210145.aspx|title=Sheinfeld to Leave Raiders|date=May 30, 2001|website=Wright State University Athletics}}
Sheinfeld played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for Ironi Ramat Gan, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=320&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2002-03 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Israel Sheinfeld|website=basket.co.il}}
He also played for Israel at the 1994 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men and the 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under'.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/19137/_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220121946/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/19137/_//players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2023|title=Israel SHEINFELD (ISR)|website=archive.fiba.com}} Sheinfeld played for the Israeli national basketball team at the 2001 FIBA European Championship for Men, 2003 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 2007 EuroCup.
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Category:Sportspeople from Ramat Gan
Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players
Category:Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan players
Category:Israeli men's basketball players
Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Category:Wright State Raiders men's basketball players
Category:A.S. Ramat HaSharon players
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