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List of Jewish Olympic medalists

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Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, Jewish athletes have taken part in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. The following is a list of Jewish athletes who have won an Olympic medal in the modern games.

Under the criteria of this list, Olympic medalists must have or had at least one Jewish parent and must have identified as Jewish. If the player has converted to another religion before their Olympic achievements, they should not be listed. Similarly, if the player has converted to Judaism before their Olympic achievements, they should be included; if they converted afterwards, they should not be listed here.

Summer Olympics

File:Gfflatow.jpg and Gustav Flatow on a German stamp; both were killed in the Holocaust]]

File:Paul Neumann (1875-1932).jpg]]

File:Otto_Wahle_1901.jpg]]

File:Alexandre_Lippmann.jpg]]

File:Jackie_Fields_LOC.jpg]]

File:Jenő_Fuchs_1908_Olympics.jpg]]

File:Turnerinnen_der_niederländischen_Goldriege_von_1928.jpg]]

File:Ethel_Smith_Fanny_Rosenfeld_1928_Olympics_cropped.jpg of Canada, gold medalist at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics]]

File:Lillian_Copeland_1938.jpg, track and field gold medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics]]

File:Endre_Kabos_1936.jpg, gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who was killed in the Holocaust]]

File:Ágnes_Keleti_1960.jpg, one of the most decorated Jewish Olympians in history]]

File:Isaac_Berger_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Tamara_Press_1964.jpg of the USSR]]

File:Irina_Press_1964b.jpg of the USSR]]

File:Leon_Rotman_1956.jpg]]

File:Grigory_Kriss.jpg]]

File:Árpád_Orbán_(1965).jpg, Hungarian football player and Olympic gold medalist]]

File:Marilyn_Ramenofsky_1964.jpg]]

File:Mark_Spitz_1972.jpg, one of the most decorated Olympic swimmers]]

File:Dara Torres 2crop.jpg, twelve-time Olympic swimming medalist]]

File:Raisman_Rio_2016.jpg, three-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast]]

File:2019_ICF_Canoe_slalom_World_Championships_138_-_Jessica_Fox_(cropped).jpg, Gold medalist canoeist]]

File:Jo_Aleh_MNZM_(cropped).jpg, Gold medalist sailor for New Zealand]]

File:Flickr_-_Government_Press_Office_(GPO)_-_Gold_Medalist_Windsurfer_Gal_Fridman_and_Bronze_Medalist_Judoka_Arik_Ze'evi.jpg, Israel's first Olympic gold medalist (in windsurfing), and Ariel Ze'evi, bronze medalist in judo]]

=1896 Athens=

;Gold

  • Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics{{cite web |title=The Holocaust — Persecution of Athletes |url=https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/olympics/?content=holocaust_athletes |website=U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum |access-date=May 15, 2024}}
  • parallel bars
  • gymnastics, team parallel bars
  • gymnastics, team horizontal bar
  • Alfréd Hajós, Hungary, swimming{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics - With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists |date=2004 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1903900871 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/jewsolympicgames0000tayl/page/222/mode/2up |pages=222–245 |chapter=A Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists}}
  • 100-meter freestyle
  • 1,500-meter freestyle

;Silver

=1900 Paris=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1904 St. Louis=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

  • Otto Wahle, Austria, swimming
  • 400-meter freestyle

=1908 London=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1912 Stockholm=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1920 Antwerp=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1924 Paris=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1928 Amsterdam=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1932 Los Angeles=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1936 Berlin=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1948 London=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1952 Helsinki=

;Gold

  • Robert Antal, Hungary
  • water polo
  • Sándor Geller, Hungary
  • soccer
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnastics
  • all-around individual exercises
  • team combined exercises
  • Boris Gurevitsch, USSR, Greco-Roman wrestling
  • flyweight
  • Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics{{cite news |last1=Ben-David |first1=Daniel |title=Extraordinary life of Olympic champion Agnes Keleti told at Jewish family history conference |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/extraordinary-life-of-olympic-champion-agnes-keleti-told-at-jewish-family-history-conference-cy7op45h |work=The Jewish Chronicle |date=August 4, 2023}}
  • floor exercises
  • Claude Netter, France
  • fencing, team foil
  • Mikhail Perelman, USSR
  • gymnastics, team combined exercises
  • Yakov Punkin, USSR
  • wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight
  • Eva Székely, Hungary
  • swimming, 200-meter breaststroke
  • Judit Temes, Hungary
  • 4x100-meter relay
  • Galina Urbanovich, USSR
  • gymnastics, team all-around
  • Wally Wolf, USA
  • swimming, 4x200 freestyle relay

;Silver

;Bronze

=1956 Melbourne=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1960 Rome=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1964 Tokyo=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1968 Mexico City=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1972 Munich=

;Gold

  • György Gedó, Hungary
  • boxing, light flyweight
  • Valentin Mankin, USSR
  • yachting, tempest class
  • Faina Melnik, USSR
  • athletics, discus throw
  • Mark Spitz, USA, swimming{{cite news |last1=Harpaz |first1=Beth |title=Mark Spitz made Olympic history in 1972. Here's why his Jewish identity mattered in Munich |url=https://forward.com/news/516460/mark-spitz-made-olympic-history-1972-jewish-identity/ |work=The Forward |date=September 1, 2022}}
  • 100-meter freestyle
  • 200-meter freestyle
  • 100-meter butterfly
  • 200-meter butterfly
  • 400-meter freestyle relay
  • 400-meter medley relay
  • 800-meter freestyle relay

;Silver

;Bronze

=1976 Montreal=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1980 Moscow=

;Gold

;Silver

=1984 Los Angeles=

;Gold

  • Carina Benninga, Netherlands
  • field hockey
  • Mitch Gaylord, USA, gymnastics
  • gymnastics, team
  • Dara Torres, USA, swimming{{cite news |last1=Klayman |first1=Alison |title=Jews in the Water Cube |url=https://www.jta.org/2008/08/11/culture/jews-in-the-water-cube |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=August 11, 2008}}
  • 400-meter freestyle relay.

;Silver

;Bronze

=1988 Seoul=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=1992 Barcelona=

;Gold

  • Valery Belenky, CIS/Azerbaijan
  • gymnastics, team combined exercises
  • Joe Jacobi, USA
  • canoeing, Canadian slalom pairs
  • Tatiana Lysenko, CIS/Russia, gymnastics
  • balance beam
  • team combined exercises
  • Dara Torres, USA, swimming
  • {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} freestyle relay

;Silver

;Bronze

=1996 Atlanta=

;Gold

  • Sergei Sharikov, Russia
  • fencing, team saber
  • Kerri Strug, USA, gymnastics{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Suzanne |title=First, Olympic gold; now, a Jewish journey |url=https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/first-olympic-gold-now-a-jewish-journey/ |work=Jewish Standard |date=October 19, 2006}}
  • team combined exercises

;Silver

;Bronze

  • Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France
  • canoe, K-1 slalom
  • Gal Fridman, Israel{{cite news |title=Windsurfer From Israel Strikes Gold |url=https://forward.com/news/5207/windsurfer-from-israel-strikes-gold/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=The Forward |date=August 26, 2004}}
  • sailing
  • Mariya Mazina, Russia
  • fencing, women team épée
  • Robert Dover, USA
  • equestrian, team dressage

=2000 Sydney=

;Gold

;Silver

  • Adriana Behar, Brazil
  • beach volleyball
  • Anthony Ervin, USA, swimming{{cite news |title=Jewish swimmer is oldest to win Olympic race in pool |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-swimmer-oldest-to-win-olympic-race-in-pool/ |work=The Times of Israel |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=August 16, 2016}}
  • 400 m. freestyle relay
  • Scott Goldblatt, USA, swimming
  • 800 m. freestyle relay
  • Jason Lezak, USA, swimming
  • 400 m. freestyle relay
  • Yulia Raskina, Belarus
  • rhythmic gymnastics
  • Sara Whalean, USA
  • soccer

;Bronze

=2004 Athens=

;Gold

  • Gal Fridman, Israel
  • sailing
  • Scott Goldblatt, USA
  • swimming 4X200 freestyle relay
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, USA
  • swimming 4x100 medley relay
  • Jason Lezak, USA, swimming
  • 4x100 medley relay
  • 4x400 medley relay
  • Nicolás Massú, Chile{{cite news |last1=Berg |first1=Aimee |title=Jewish Athletes Put Their Nations on the Map at the Olympics |url=https://forward.com/israel/5240/jewish-athletes-put-their-nations-on-the-map-at-th/ |work=The Forward |date=September 3, 2004}}
  • tennis, singles
  • tennis, men's doubles

;Silver

  • Adriana Behar, Brazil
  • beach volleyball
  • Gavin Fingleson, Australia{{cite news |last1=Desiatnik |first1=Shane |title=Fingleson's fine return |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/finglesons-fine-return/ |work=Australian Jewish News |date=November 23, 2017}}
  • baseball

;Bronze

=2008 Beijing=

;Gold

;Silver

;Bronze

=2012 London=

;Gold

  • Aly Raisman, USA{{cite news |last1=Pink |first1=Aiden |title=Exclusive: Aly Raisman Speaks Out On Sexual Harassment, Judaism And Her Future |url=https://forward.com/news/385903/exclusive-aly-raisman-speaks-out-on-sexual-harassment-judaism-and-her-futur/ |work=The Forward |date=October 26, 2017}}
  • individual floor exercise
  • gymnastics, team
  • Jo Aleh, New Zealand{{cite news |title=New Zealand Jewish sailor Jo Aleh wins gold |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/new-zealand-jewish-sailor-jo-aleh-wins-gold-xest9smo |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |date=August 11, 2012}}
  • sailing, 470 class
  • Nathan Cohen, New Zealand
  • rowing, double sculls

;Silver

  • Jessica Fox, Australia
  • canoeing, K-1
  • Jason Lezak, USA{{cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Hannah |title=Even With Fame, Jason Lezak's a 'Mensch' |url=https://forward.com/news/160020/even-with-fame-jason-lezaks-a-mensch/ |work=The Forward |date=July 27, 2012}}
  • swimming, 4x100 relay

;Bronze

=2016 Rio de Janeiro=

;Gold

  • Anthony Ervin, USA, swimming
  • 50m freestyle
  • {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} freestyle relay
  • Aly Raisman, USA
  • gymnastics, team all-around

;Silver

  • Jo Aleh, New Zealand
  • sailing, 470 class
  • Zoe De Toledo, Great Britain
  • rowing, coxed eight
  • Aly Raisman, USA, gymnastics
  • individual all-around
  • individual floor exercises

;Bronze

=2020 Tokyo=

;Gold

;Bronze

=2024 Paris=

;Gold

  • Jessica Fox, Australia{{cite news |last1=Gurvis |first1=Jacob |title=All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/08/08/sports/all-the-jewish-medalists-at-the-2024-paris-olympics |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=August 8, 2024}}
  • Kayak
  • canoe

;Silver

;Bronze

  • Jemima Montag, Australia
  • 20-kilometer race walk
  • marathon mixed relay event

Winter Olympics

File:Грач_Р-Д-_2014-01-18_05-09.jpg of the USSR]]

File:1934_Worlds_Emilia_Rotter.jpg]]

File:Sasha Cohen 2009 SOI Halifax Spiral.jpg of the USA]]

File:Sarah Hughes.jpg of the USA]]

File:Rus-nat-Slutskaya2.jpg]]

=1932 Lake Placid=

;Gold

;Bronze

=1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen=

;Silver

;Bronze

=1956 Cort. d’Ampezzo=

;Silver

=1960 Squaw Valley=

;Silver

;Bronze

=1964 Innsbruck=

;Bronze

=1968 Grenoble=

;Silver

=1980 Lake Placid=

;Gold

=2002 Salt Lake City=

;Gold

  • Sarah Hughes, USA{{cite news |last1=Karfeld |first1=Marilyn |title=Olympic gold skater finds Jewish roots |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/olympic-gold-skater-finds-jewish-roots/article_fd8e6f47-faec-5365-af8a-f4c8d5fbc186.html |work=Cleveland Jewish News |date=December 11, 2003}}
  • figure skating

;Silver

=2006 Turin=

;Silver

  • Sasha Cohen, USA{{cite news |last1=Singer |first1=Jenny |title=Jewish Olympian Sasha Cohen Is Living Her Best Life Now |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/393557/jewish-olympian-sasha-cohen-is-living-her-best-life-now/ |work=The Forward |date=February 3, 2018}}
  • figure skating
  • Ben Agosto, USA{{cite news |title=Jewish athletes in the Olympics — then and now |url=https://jweekly.com/2006/02/09/jewish-athletes-in-the-olympics-then-and-now/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=Jweekly |date=February 9, 2006}}
  • ice dancing
  • Tanith Belbin, USA
  • ice dancing

;Bronze

=2010 Vancouver=

;Gold

=2014 Sochi=

;Bronze

  • Jason Brown, USA{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=Rachel |title=Skating to 'Schindler's List,' figure skater Jason Brown to make second trip to Winter Olympics |url=https://forward.com/news/481315/figure-skating-jason-brown-schindlers-list-beijing-winter-olympics-2022/ |work=The Forward |date=January 24, 2022}}
  • figure skating
  • Dylan Moscovitch, Canada
  • figure skating
  • Simon Shnapir, USA
  • figure skating

=2018 Pyeongchang=

;Bronze

  • Arielle Gold, USA{{cite news |title=Jewish snowboarder snags bronze in Pyeongchang Games |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-snowboarder-snags-bronze-in-pyeongchang-games/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |work=The Times of Israel |date=February 13, 2018}}
  • Snowboarding

=2022 Beijing=

;Bronze

  • Emery Lehman, USA{{cite news |last1=Gurvis |first1=Jacob |title=The top 8 Jewish sports moments of 2022 |url=https://forward.com/news/530121/the-top-8-jewish-sports-moments-of-2022/ |work=The Forward |date=December 29, 2022}}
  • speed skating, Team pursuit

See also

{{Portal|Olympics|Judaism}}

Others

References

{{reflist}}

Further reading

=Articles=

  • {{cite news |last1=Tatz |first1=Colin |title=The Dark History of Jews And The Olympics |url=https://forward.com/community/360243/the-olympics-jews-and-sport/ |work=The Forward |date=January 17, 2017}}

=Books=

  • {{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Paul Yogi |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: A Springboard for Minorities |date=2004 |publisher=Vallentine Mitchell |isbn=978-0853034513 |url=https://archive.org/details/jewsolympicgames0000maye}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Paul |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics - With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists |date=2004 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1903900871 |url=https://archive.org/details/jewsolympicgames0000tayl}}

External links

  • [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-olympic-medalists-1896-present Jewish Olympic Medalists] at the Jewish Virtual Library
  • [https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/a-brief-history-of-jews-in-the-olympics/ A Brief History of Jews in the Olympics]

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