Yehuda Zadok
{{short description|Israeli long-distance runner}}
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Yehuda Zadok (also "Tzadok"; {{Langx|he|יהודה צדוק}}; born December 29, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic runner.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/yehuda-zadok-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/yehuda-zadok-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Yehuda Zadok Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/israel/yehuda-tzadok-7294|title=IAAF: Yehuda Tzadok - Profile|publisher=iaaf.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yehuda-zadok|title=Yehuda ZADOK - Olympic Athletics - Israel|date=13 June 2016|publisher=olympic.org}} He set Israeli records in the 3000 metre race in 1980, and in the 3000 metre steeplechase in 1984. At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, he won the 10,000
Zadok was born in Israel and is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=614|title="Tzadok, Yehuda"}}
Running career
His personal best in the 3000 metre race is an Israeli record 8:09.0 which he ran in 1980, and his personal best in the 3000 metre steeplechase was an Israeli record 8:35.41, in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://tiberias-marathon.iaa.co.il/index.php?lang=en&uri=/israel_records/display/181|title=Israeli Athletic Association - Israel Records|publisher=iaa.co.il}}
He competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 25. In the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase he came in 9th in Heat 3 with a time of 8:42.28. When he competed in the Olympics, he was {{convert|5|ft|8|in|cm}} tall and weighed {{convert|143|lb|kg}}.
In 1985 and 1986 he attended and ran track for Santa Monica College, coming in second at the 1985 Metropolitan Conference Championships, in Pacific Palisades, with a time of 20:51 in the four-mile cross-country race.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-07-we-3503-story.html|title=Language Barrier Is His Biggest Hurdle: Tanzanian Runner Finds Hope, Hard Work at Santa Monica College|first=Ray|last=Ripton|date=7 November 1985|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-18-sp-21219-story.html|title=Ingram, Alone Among Valley Runners, Wins at Junior College Championships|first=John|last=Ortega|date=18 May 1986|work=Los Angeles Times}}
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Category:Israeli male long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Santa Monica College alumni
Category:Jewish track and field athletes
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Category:Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games
Category:Olympic athletes for Israel
Category:Israeli steeplechase runners