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Between 1896 and 2012, Jewish athletes have won at least 342 medals in Olympic Games competition.
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TOTAL MEDALS:
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TOP COUNTRIES: |
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TOP MEDALISTS:
     Dara Torres Mark Spitz Agnus Keleti Jason Lezak Ildiko Uslaky Rejto (USA - 12) (USA - 11) (Hungary - 11) (USA - 8) (Hungary - 8) |
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USA Hungary USSR/Russia Year |
Athlete |
Country |
Sport |
Medals Won |
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2012 (London) |
Jo Aleh |
New Zealand |
Sailing |
1 |
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Nathan Cohen |
New Zealand |
Rowing |
1 |
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Basketball |
1 |
|||||
Gymnastics |
2 |
1 |
||||
Jessica Fox |
Australia |
Kayak |
1 |
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Swimming |
1 |
|||||
2010 (Vancouver) |
Steve Meisler |
USA |
Bobsled |
1 |
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Charlie White |
USA |
Ice Dancing |
1 |
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2008 (Beijing) |
Swimming |
2 |
1 |
|||
Swimming |
2 |
|||||
Swimming |
1 |
|||||
Basketball |
1 |
|||||
Vasyl Fedoryshyn |
Ukraine |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
||||
Fencing |
1 |
|||||
Water Polo |
1 |
|||||
Swimming |
3 |
|||||
Josh West |
Great Britain |
Rowing |
1 |
|||
Gisele Kanevsky |
Argentina |
Field Hockey |
1 |
|||
Shahar Zubari |
Windsurfing |
1 |
||||
2006 (Turin) |
USA |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Ben Agosto |
USA |
Ice Dancing |
1 |
|||
Irina Slutskaya |
Russia |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
2004 (Athens) |
Sailing |
1 |
||||
Swimming |
1 |
|||||
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
||||
Scott Goldblatt |
Swimming |
1 |
||||
Basketball |
1 |
|||||
Nicolas Massu |
Chile |
Tennis |
2 |
|||
Gavin Fingleson |
Australia |
Baseball |
1 |
|||
Adriana Behar |
Brazil |
Beach Volleyball |
1 |
|||
Judo |
1 |
|||||
Athletics |
1 |
|||||
Robert Dover |
Riding |
1 |
||||
Fencing |
1 |
|||||
Sarah Poewe |
Germany |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Sergei Sharikov |
Russia |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
2002 (Salt Lake City) |
USA |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Ilya Averbukh |
Russia |
Ice Dancing |
1 |
|||
Irina Slutskaya |
Russia |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
2000 (Sydney) |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
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USA |
Swimming |
3 |
||||
USA |
Swimming |
2 |
3 |
|||
Sergei Sharikov |
Russia |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Maria Mazina |
Russia |
Fencing |
2 |
|||
Adriana Behar |
Brazil |
Beach Volleyball |
1 |
|||
Scott Goldblatt |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
|||
Yulia Raskina |
Belarus |
Rythmic Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Sara Whalen |
USA |
Soccer |
1 |
|||
Robert Dover |
USA |
Equestrian |
1 |
|||
Michael Kalganov |
Canoe/Kayak |
1 |
||||
1996 (Atlanta) |
Sergei Sharikov |
Russia |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
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USA |
Gymnastics |
1 |
||||
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi |
France |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Israel |
Sailing |
1 |
||||
Maria Mazina |
Russia |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
1992 (Albertville / Barcelone) |
Joseph Jacobi |
USA |
Canoe |
1 |
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USA |
Swimming |
1 |
||||
Tatiana Lysenko |
Unified Team |
Gymnastics |
2 |
1 |
||
Valeri Belenki |
Unified Team |
Gymnastics |
1 |
1 |
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Israel |
Judo |
1 |
||||
Arbital Selinger |
Netherlands |
Volleyball |
1 |
|||
Shay Oren Smadga |
Israel |
Judo |
1 |
|||
Dan Greenbaum |
USA |
Volleyball |
1 |
|||
1988 (Calgary / Seoul) |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
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Brad Gilbert |
USA |
Tennis |
1 |
|||
Carina Benninga |
Netherlands |
Field Hockey |
1 |
|||
Seth Bauer |
USA |
Rowing |
1 |
|||
1984 (Sarajevo / Los Angeles) |
Johan Harmenberg |
Sweden |
Fencing |
1 |
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Mitch Gaylord |
USA |
Gymnastics |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Carina Benninga |
Netherlands |
Field Hockey |
1 |
|||
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
||||
Robert Berland |
USA |
Judo |
1 |
|||
Bernard Rajzman |
Brazil |
Volleyball |
1 |
|||
Mark Berger |
Canada |
Judo |
1 |
|||
1980 (Lake Placid / Moscow) |
Valentin Mankin |
USSR |
Yachting |
1 |
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Svyetlana Krachevskya |
USSR |
Track & Field |
1 |
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1976 (Innsbruck / Montreal) |
Irena Szewinska |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
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Ernest Grunfeld |
USA |
Basketball |
1 |
|||
Eduard Vinokurov |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Yuriy Liapkin |
USSR |
Hockey |
1 |
|||
Valentin Mankin |
USSR |
Yachting |
1 |
|||
Wendy Weinberg |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Victor Zilberman |
Romania |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
Edith Master |
USA |
Equestrian |
1 |
|||
Ildiko Sagine-Rejto |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
1972 (Sapporo / Munich) |
USA |
Swimming |
7 |
|||
Valentin Mankin |
USSR |
Yachting |
1 |
|||
Faina Melnik |
USSR |
Track |
1 |
|||
Neal Shapiro |
USA |
Equestrian |
1 |
1 |
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Ildiko Sagine-Rejto |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Mark Rakita |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Eduoard Vinokurov |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Andrea Gyarmati |
Hungary |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
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Grigory Kriss |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
|||
Donald Cohan |
USA |
Yachting |
1 |
|||
Peter Asch |
USA |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
1968 (Grenoble / Mexico City) |
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
||
USA |
Swimming |
2 |
1 |
1 |
||
Victor Zinger |
USSR |
Ice Hockey |
1 |
|||
Boris Gurevich |
USSR |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Valentin Mankin |
USSR |
Yachting |
1 |
|||
Mark Rakita |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
||
Eduard Vinokurov |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Grigory Kriss |
USSR |
Fencing |
2 |
|||
Josef Vitebsky |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Semyon Belits-Geiman |
USSR |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
||
Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
2 |
||
Naum Prokupets |
USSR |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
1964 (Innsbruck / Tokyo) |
Lawrence Brown |
USA |
Basketball |
1 |
||
Gerald Ashworth |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Grigory Kriss |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Mark Rakita |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Dr. Gyorgy Karpati |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Tamas Gabor |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Mark Midler |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Arpad Orban |
Hungary |
Soccer |
1 |
|||
Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto |
Hungary |
Fencing |
2 |
|||
Irena Kirszenstein |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
1 |
||
Yakov Rylsky |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Alain Calmat |
France |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Marilyn Ramenofsky |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Isaac Berger |
USA |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Vivian Joseph |
USA |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Ronald Joseph |
USA |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
James Bregman |
USA |
Judo |
1 |
|||
Yves Dreyfus |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
1960 (Squaw Valley/ Rome) |
Mark Midler |
USSR |
Fencing |
1 |
||
Allan Jay |
Great Britain |
Fencing |
2 |
|||
Vladimir Portnoi |
USSR |
Gymnastics |
1 |
1 |
||
Isaac Berger |
USA |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Boris Goikhman |
USSR |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Klara Fried |
Hungary |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Moses Blass |
Brazil |
Basketball |
1 |
|||
Albert Axelrod |
USA |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
David Segal |
Great Britainn |
Track |
1 |
|||
Robert Halperin |
USA |
Yachting |
1 |
|||
Rafael Grach |
USSR |
Speed Skating |
1 |
|||
Leon Rottman |
Romania |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Imre Farkas |
Hungary |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Dr. Gyorgy Karpati |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
1956 (Cort. d’Ampezzo / Melbourne) |
Alice Kertesz |
Hungary |
Gymnastics |
1 |
||
Leon Rottman |
Romania |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Laszlo Fabian |
Hungary |
Canoe |
1 |
|||
Isaac Berger |
USA |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Agnes Keleti |
Hungary |
Gymnastics |
4 |
2 |
||
Dr. Gyorgy Karpati |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Boris Gurevich |
USSR |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
1952 (Oslo / Helsinki) |
Maria Gorokhovskaya |
USSR |
Gymnastics |
1 |
1 |
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Boris Gurevich |
USSR |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Mikhail Perelman |
USSR |
Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Agnes Keleti |
Hungary |
Gymnastics |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Judit Temes |
Hungary |
Swimming |
1 |
1 |
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Eva Szekely |
Hungary |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Claude Netter |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Dr. Gyorgy Karpati |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Sandor Geller |
Hungary |
Soccer |
1 |
|||
Grigori Novak |
USSR |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Henry Wittenberg |
USA |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Lev Vainshtein |
USSR |
Shooting |
1 |
|||
James Fuchs |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
1948
(St. Moritz / London) |
Frank Spellman |
USA |
Weightlifting |
1 |
||
Henry Wittenberg |
USA |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Agnes Keleti |
Hungary |
Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Dr. Steve Seymour |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
James Fuchs |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Norman C. Armitage |
USA |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
1936
(Garmisch / Berlin) |
Gyorgy Brody |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
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Miklos Skarnay |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
2 |
|||
Endre Kabos |
Hungary |
Fencing |
2 |
|||
Samuel Balter |
USA |
Basketball |
1 |
|||
Irving Meretsky |
Canada |
Basketball |
1 |
|||
Helene Mayer |
Germany |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Jadwiga Wajsowna (Weiss) |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
|||
Gerard Blitz |
Belgium |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
1932
(Lake Placid/ Los Angeles) |
Attila Petschauer |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
||
Endre Kabos |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
||
Gyorgy Brody |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Miklos Skarnay |
Hungary |
Water Polo |
2 |
|||
Irving Jaffee |
USA |
Speed Skating |
2 |
|||
Lillian Copeland |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
George Gulack |
USA |
Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Hans Haas |
Austria |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Abraham Kurland |
Denmark |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Dr. Philip Erenberg |
USA |
Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Fritzie Burger |
Austria |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Rudolf Ball |
Germany |
Ice Hockey |
1 |
|||
Nikolaus Hirschl |
Austria |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Nathan Bor |
USA |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
Albert Schwartz |
USA |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Jadwiga Wajsowna (Weiss) |
Poland |
Track |
1 |
|||
1928
(St. Moritz / Amsterdam) |
Fanny Rosenfeld |
Canada |
Track |
1 |
1 |
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Attila Petschauer |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
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Hans Haas |
Austria |
Weightlifting |
1 |
|||
Dr. Sandor Gombos |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Janos Garai |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Lillian Copeland |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Fritzie Burger |
Austria |
Figure Skating |
1 |
|||
Ellis R. Smouha |
Great Britain |
Track |
1 |
|||
Harry Devine |
USA |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
Harry Isaacs |
South Africa |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
S. Rabin |
Great Britain |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
1924
(Chamonix / Paris) |
Harold Abrahams |
Great Britain |
Track |
1 |
1 |
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Elias Katz |
Finland |
Track |
1 |
1 |
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Alexandre Lippmann |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Louis A. Clark |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Jackie Fields |
USA |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
Janos Garai
|
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
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Gerard Blitz |
Belgium |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Maurice Blitz |
Belgium |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Baron H.L. De Morpurgo |
Italy |
Tennis |
1 |
|||
Sydney Jelinek |
USA |
Crew |
1 |
|||
1920 (Antwerp) |
Samuel Mosberg |
USA |
Boxing |
1 |
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Alexandre Lippmann |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
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Samuel Gerson |
USA |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Gerard Blitz |
Belgium |
Water Polo/Swimming |
1 |
1 |
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Maurice Blitz |
Belgium |
Water Polo |
1 |
|||
Fred Meyer |
USA |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Montgomery "Moe" Herzowitch |
Canada |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
1912 (Stockholm) |
Dr. Jeno Fuchs |
Hungary |
Fencing |
2 |
||
Dr. Oszkar Gerde |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Lajos Werkner |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Gaston Salmon |
Belgium |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Jacques Ochs |
Belgium |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Edgar Seligman |
Great Britian |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Dr. Otto Herschmann |
Austria |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Abel Kiviat |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Alvah T. Meyer |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Ivan Osiier |
Denmark |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Imre Gellert |
Hungary |
Gymnastics |
1 |
|||
Josephine Sticker |
Austria |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Mor Kovacs (Koczan) |
Hungary |
Track |
1 |
|||
1908 (London) |
Dr. Jeno Fuchs |
Hungary |
Fencing |
2 |
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Dr. Oszkar Gerde |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Lajos Werkner |
Hungary |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Alexandre Lippmann |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
1 |
||
Richard Weisz |
Hungary |
Wrestling |
1 |
|||
Jean Stern |
France |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Harald Bohr |
Denmark |
Soccer |
1 |
|||
Edgar Seligman |
Great Britain |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
Odon Bodor |
Hungary |
Track |
1 |
|||
Otto Scheff |
Austria |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
Clair S. Jacobs |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
1904 (St. Louis) |
Myer Prinstein |
USA |
Track |
2 |
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Samuel Berger |
USA |
Boxing |
1 |
|||
Daniel Frank |
USA |
Track |
1 |
|||
Otto Wahle |
Austria |
Swimming |
1 |
|||
1900 (Paris) |
Myer Prinstein |
USA |
Track |
1 |
1 |
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Otto Wahle |
Austria |
Swimming |
2 |
|||
Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild |
France |
Polo |
1 |
|||
Siegfried Flesch |
Austria |
Fencing |
1 |
|||
1896 |
Alfred Flatow |
Germany |
Gymnastics |
3 |
1 |
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Felix Schmal |
Austria |
Cycling |
1 |
2 |
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Felix Flatow |
Germany |
Gymnastics |
2 |
|||
Alfred Hajos-Guttmann |
Hungary |
Swimming |
2 |
|||
Dr. Paul Neumann |
Austria |
Swimming |
1 |
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Otto Herschmann |
Austria |
Swimming |
1 |
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Sources:
Medals between 1896 and 2008- Encyclopaedia Judaica. © 2008 The Gale Group. All Rights Reserved.
Medals between 2008 and Present- http://www.olympic.org/
