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'''Yehowists''' (Russian: Еговисты), or '''Yehowist-Ilyinites''' - a Russian [[millenarian]] religious movement founded and led by a retired army officer and a religious thinker [[Nikolai Ilyin]] (1809-1890) in 1840-ies.
This list includes [[Jews]] who have had outstanding achievements in [[sports]].
The criteria is:
a) 1-3 places winners at major international tournaments;
b) for [[team sport]]s, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
c) owners of [[world record]]s.


'''Bolding''' denotes current competitor.
==Yehowist Theology==
Yehowists are strict dualists and believe in the ongoing struggle between two Gods who are equally strong and mighty, Yehowah and Satan. According to Ilyin, both Gods once were men, and attained godhead through self-perfection. Yehowah revealed himself to men a number of times throughout human history. According to Ilyin, Yehowah is only the God of the Solar System, particularly, the planet of Earth as the only habitable planet. Outside the Solar System there are other gods, but they are of no interest to humans, since they have their own realm of power and responsibility, and do not interfere with terrestrial affairs. At the same time the local god Jehovah is depicted as one of the inhabitants of the Earth, only incomparably wiser and stronger than us mortals. Ilyin wrote: “my GOD walks on Earth, and visits HIS friends, and has supper with them, just as HE visited Abraham and had supper with him under the oak tree, …visited Melchizedek, Job, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Balaam and Mohammad.”<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, Prizyv vsekh liudei k bezsmertiiu (A Call of All People to Immortality) (Privately printed, n.d.), 7.</ref>


{{See also|List of Jewish American sportspeople}}
Yehowists believe that historical [[Jesus Christ]] was in fact Yehowah, who was crucified, died, and rose from the dead. The last prophet of Yehowah was Nikolai Ilyin, who proclaimed Yehowah's will in numerous books, brochures, and letters. Since the last will of Yehowah was declared in the Russian language, that language became the sacred tongue instead of Hebrew.“Yehowists must trust YEHOWAH’s words that in HIS Millennial Kingdom… instead of the ancient Hebrew language there will be Russian.”<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, Chudo-knizhka (The Wonderbook) (Privately printed, n.d.), 14.</ref>


==Commissioners, managers, and owners==
Yehowists regard books of the Jewish and Christian Bible as distorted by Satan and, therefeore, unreliable. Instead, they consider the Apocalypse, or The Book of Revelation to be the only trustworthy book of the Bible. In addition, they see numerous witings by Ilyin as sacred writings.
* [[Roman Abramovich]], [[Russia]], owner of [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea Football Club]]
* [[Leslie Alexander]], [[U.S.]], owner of [[Houston Rockets]]
* [[Micky Arison]], U.S., owner of the [[Miami Heat]]
* [[Red Auerbach]], U.S. 5' 10" guard, [[NBA]] coach & GM, Hall of Fame<ref name=autogenerated2> Obituary, ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', [[January 19]], [[2007]] p.45</ref>
* [[Gary Bettman]], U.S., [[National Hockey League]] Commissioner
* [[Arthur Blank]], U.S., owner of the [[Atlanta Falcons]]; owner of the [[Arena Football League]] [[Georgia Force]]
* [[Steve Bornstein]], U. S., president and CEO of the [[NFL Network]]
* [[Norman Braman]], U.S., former owner of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]], U.S. basketball player & coach
* [[Alan N. Cohen]], U.S., former co-owner of the [[Boston Celtics]] and the [[New Jersey Nets]]; Chairman & CEO of the [[Madison Square Garden]] Corporation; former owner of the [[New York Knicks]] and the [[New York Rangers]]
* [[Mark Cohon]], [[Canada]], [[Canadian Football League]] Commissioner
* [[Uri Coronel]], Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam
* [[William Davidson]], U.S., Chairman of [[Palace Sports and Entertainment]], principal owner of the [[Detroit Pistons]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], the [[Detroit Shock]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], and the [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
* [[Al Davis]], U.S. football owner/coach, [[Oakland Raiders]]
* [[Barney Dreyfuss]], U.S., owner of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
* [[Steve Ellman]], U.S., owner of the [[Phoenix Coyotes]]
* [[Theo Epstein]], U.S., General Manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]]
* [[Lawrence Frank]], U.S. basketball coach, unique in that did not play on high school, college, or professional level
* [[Marty Friedman (basketball)|Marty Friedman]], U.S. basketball player & coach
* [[Don Garber]], U.S., [[Major League Soccer]] Commissioner
* [[Arcadi Gaydamak]], Russia, owner of [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.]]
* [[Alexandre Gaydamak]], [[France]] & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of [[Portsmouth F.C.]]
* [[Dan Gilbert (businessman)|Dan Gilbert]], U.S., owner of the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
* [[Sid Gillman]], U.S. football coach
* [[Avram Glazer]], U.S., joint Chairman of the [[Manchester United]] board
* [[Joel Glazer]], U.S., Chairman of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
* [[Malcolm Glazer]], U.S., owner of the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], majority owner of Manchester United
* [[Paul Godfrey]], Canada, CEO & President of the [[Toronto Blue Jays]]
* [[Eddie Gottlieb]], U.S. basketball coach, owner [[Philadelphia Warriors]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] founder
* [[Avram Grant]], [[Chelsea F.C.]] former manager
* [[Ernie Grunfeld]], U.S. basketball player & GM
* [[Ludwig Guttmann]], founder of the [[Paralympics]]<ref>[http://www.jewishsports.net/historical_view.htm Historical View<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Sydney Halter]], the first commissioner of the [[Canadian Football League]]
* [[Cecil Hart]], Canadian hockey coach/manager Montreal Canadiens; original [[Hart Trophy]] named after father David, & current one after him<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=3 Hart, Cecil "Cece" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Jeff Hauser, owner of the [[Erie RiverRats]], formerly the [[Pittsburgh RiverRats]]
* [[Paul Heyman]], U.S. professional wrestling manager
* [[Missy Hyatt|Melissa Hiatt]], U.S. professional wrestling manager
* [[Nat Holman]], U.S. basketball player & coach
* [[Red Holtzman]], U.S. basketball player & coach
* [[Yoel Judah]], U.S. boxer & trainer
* [[Daryl Katz]], Canadian owner of the [[Edmonton Oilers]]
* [[Raanan Katz]], [[Israel]], part owner of the [[Miami Heat]] & owner of [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
* [[Herb Kohl]], U.S., owner of the [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
* [[Bob Kraft]], U.S., owner of the [[New England Patriots]] & [[New England Revolution]]
* [[Jerry Krause]], U.S., former General Manager of the [[Chicago Bulls]]
* [[Kurt Landauer]], [[Germany]], President of [[Bayern Munich]]
* [[Manny Leibert]], boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame<ref name="cjl"/>
* [[Randy Lerner]], US, owner of the [[Cleveland Browns]], owner of [[Aston Villa]]<ref>[http://www.jewishsports.com/jewsin/nfl.htm Jews in the NFL<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Lerner family]], US, owners of the [[Washington Nationals]]
* [[Daniel Levy (Tottenham Hotspur)|Daniel Levy]], [[England]], Chairman of [[Premier League]] football club [[Tottenham Hotspur]]
* [[Marv Levy]], U.S., former football coach & current General Manager of [[Buffalo Bills]]
* [[Jeffrey Lurie]], U.S., owner of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
* [[Jamie McCourt]], U.S., owner of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], only current female owner in major league baseball (Jewish father, and therefore not considered Jewish under orthodox [[Jewish law]])
* [[Art Modell]], U.S., former owner of the [[Baltimore Ravens]]
* [[Joe Pasternack]], U.S., Men's basketball coach of the [[University of New Orleans]]
* [[Gabe Paul]], U.S., long-time President & General Manager of the [[Cleveland Indians]]
* [[Bruce Pearl]], U.S., Men's basketball coach of the [[University of Tennessee]]
* [[José Pekerman]], [[Argentina|Argentine]] football manager
* [[David Pleat]], [[England|English]] football manager, [[Tottenham Hotspur]], [[Luton Town]]<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=128 Pleat, David : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Maurice Podoloff]], the first president of the [[National Basketball Association]]
* [[Abe Pollin]], U.S, owner of the [[Washington Wizards]], former owner of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Washington Capitals]] & the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Washington Mystics]]
* [[Jaap van Praag]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]], President of [[Ajax Amsterdam]] 1964-78
* [[Michael van Praag]], Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989-2002
* [[Bruce Ratner]], U.S., owner of the [[New Jersey Nets]]
* [[Jerry Reinsdorf]], U.S., owner of the [[Chicago Bulls]] & the [[Chicago White Sox]]
* [[Ernie Roth]], U.S. professional wrestling manager
* [[Henry Samueli]], U.S. owner of the [[Anaheim Ducks]], founder of [[Broadcom Corporation]]
* [[Abe Saperstein]], U.S. founder & owner of [[Harlem Globetrotters]] also related to Ashley Taylor and Hallie Ariel
* [[Dolph Schayes]], U.S. basketball player & coach
* [[Irving Scholar]], English, owner of [[Tottenham Hotspur]]
* [[Howard Schultz]], U.S. owner of [[Seattle Supersonics]]; founder of [[Starbucks]]
* [[Bud Selig]], U.S., [[Major League Baseball]] Commissioner
* [[Mark Shapiro]], U.S., General Manager of the [[Cleveland Indians]]
* [[Allie Sherman]], U.S. football player & coach, [[New York Giants]]
* [[Ed Snider]], U.S., owner of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
* [[Daniel Snyder]], U.S., owner of [[Washington Redskins]]
* [[David Stern]], U.S., [[National Basketball Association]] Commissioner
* [[Stuart Sternberg]], U.S., owner of the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]]
* [[Grigory Surkis]], [[Ukraine]], Chairman of [[Football Federation of Ukraine]]
* [[Alan Sugar]], English, Chairman of [[Tottenham Hotspur]]
* [[Larry Tanenbaum]], Canada, owner of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] & the [[Toronto Raptors]]
* [[Preston Robert Tisch]], U.S., from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of the [[New York Giants]] American football team
* [[Zygi Wilf]], principal owner of the [[Minnesota Vikings]]<ref> '''Wilf''' - [http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/sports/?content_id=435] "The team’s owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew ..."</ref>
* [[Fred Wilpon]], U.S., owner of the [[New York Mets]]
* [[Lewis Wolff]], U.S., owner of the [[Oakland Athletics]]
* [[Michael van Praag]], Dutch, former president of Ajax Amsterdam


==Sportscasters & promoters==
Ilyin pronounced prophesies regarding fates of the nations and predicted coming apocalyptically coloured events. Interestingly, some of those predictions were not far from what really happened. Speaking of the tribulations of the end times, Ilyin said: “[Satan] will start to spread his hellish power with fearful bloodshed and tortures over all men and use them as cannon fodder, and in particular, will cause a horrible ruin to those living in the Turkish Empire, on the Balkan Peninsula, in Jerusalem, and in the Caucasus,”<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, Vtoroi glas Poslannika ot EGOVY (The Second Call from YEHOWAH’s Messenger) (Privately printed, n.d.), 2. English translation available online at http://www.svetoch.org/en/sa/second_address.html</ref> or, in another booklet: “first, [i.e. before the tribulation] YEHOWAH will bring down cannon fire on Germany.”<ref>Nikolai Ilyin, Vopros ko Vsemirnomu Svetiteliu Ilii (A Question to the Universal Enlightener Elijah) (Privately printed, no publication data, written in 1888), 2.</ref>
* [[Marv Albert]], U.S. sportscaster
* [[Mel Allen]], U.S. sportscaster, [[New York Yankees]] [[play-by-play]] [[announcer]]
* [[Eddie Andleman]], U.S. [[WEEI]] sportscaster
* [[Bob Arum]], U.S. boxing promoter
* [[Chris Berman]], U.S. [[ESPN]] [[talk show host]] (father Jewish)
* [[Len Berman]], U.S. sportscaster
* [[Bonnie Bernstein]], U.S. [[ESPN]] sportscaster
* [[Steve Buckhantz]], U.S. [[Washington Wizards]] [[play-by-play]] [[announcer]]
* [[Dave Cohen]], U.S. [[Georgia State University]] [[play-by-play]] [[announcer]]
* [[Linda Cohn]], U.S. ESPN anchor
* [[Myron Cope]], U.S. [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] radio announcer
* [[Howard Cosell]], U.S. sportscaster
* [[Rich Eisen]], U.S. former ESPN, [[NFL]] network anchor
* [[Eddie Epstein]], U.S. ESPN sportswriter
* [[Roy Firestone]], U.S. sportscaster
* [[Matt Friedman]], U.S. Ohio State Radio broadcaster
* [[Joel Gertner]], U.S. professional wrestling promoter
* [[Hank Goldberg]], U.S. football analyst
* [[Doug Gottlieb]], U.S. ESPN NCAA Basketball analyst
* [[Mike Greenberg]], U.S. ESPN anchor
* [[Paul Heyman]], U.S. professional wrestling manager & promoter
* [[Joe Jacobs]], U.S. boxing promoter
* [[Dana Jacobson]], U.S. co-host ESPN's [[Cold Pizza]]
* [[Billy Jaffe]], U.S. [[New York Islanders]] sportscaster
* [[Jackie Kallan]], U.S. boxing promoter
* [[Max Kellerman]], boxing broadcaster
* [[Ron Kerner AKA. Ronnie "The Rottweiler" Kerner]] U.S. boxing promoter, Rottweiler Promotions, Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing
* [[Suzy Kolber]], U.S. ESPN [[sportswriter]]
* [[Tony Kornheiser]], U.S. radio show host, t.v. show host, author
* [[Michael Landsberg]], [[Canadian]] [[The Sports Network|TSN]] anchor
* [[Steve Levy]], U.S. ESPN anchor
* [[Al Michaels]], U.S. sportscaster
* [[Johnny Most]], U.S. [[Boston Celtics]] sportscaster
* [[Sam Muchnick]] U.S. wrestling promoter
* [[Elliott Price]], Canadian [[Montreal Expos]] radio play-by-play
* [[Karl Ravech]], U.S. ESPN journalist
* [[Scott Reiss]], U.S. ESPN anchor
* [[Howie Rose]], U.S. New York Islanders sportscaster
* [[Sam Rosen (sportscaster)|Sam Rosen]] U.S. [[New York Rangers]] on TV, [[NHL on OLN]], [[NFL on Fox]] sportscaster
* [[Dan Shulman]], Can. [[sportscaster]] ESPN: Sunday Baseball, College Basketball coverage
* [[Dick Schaap]], U.S. sportswriter & broadcaster
* [[Jeremy Schaap]], U.S. sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)
* [[Charley Steiner]], U.S. [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] radio-TV play-by-play announcer
* [[Dick Stockton]], U.S. [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] broadcaster
* [[Steve Stone (baseball player)|Steve Stone]], U.S. [[WGN-TV]] broadcaster
* [[Suzyn Waldman]], U.S. [[New York Yankees]] TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; 1st woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League baseball team
* [[Warner Wolf]], U.S. sportscaster, w/[[WUSA-TV|CBS 9]] in [[Washington DC]] & [[WCBS-AM|CBS 2]] in [[New York City]], now w/[[WABC-AM|WABC NewsTalkRadio 77]] in [[New York|NYC]]


==Sportsmen==
The personal goal of men according to Ilyin is bodily immortality that is attained by trusting the words of Yehowah and following his rules. At the end of time Yehowah will overcome Satan and establish his one thousand year long reign on the renewed Earth. Jerusalem, the future centre of the Jerusalem Republic, as Ilyin calls it, will be inhabited by immortal people, that is, Yehowists and others, who will be granted immortality by Yehowah. The living standards in the Republic are expected to be the highest, there will not only be no more death, but also illness will never befall upon the citizens of the Republic. Jerusalem will be surrounded by 24 kingdoms of so called “people of the right hand,” an allusion to Matthew 25:34. Under people of the right hand Ilyin meant those who lived righteously without being aware of his teaching, and those who provided services to Yehowists and himself without joining his community. Those kingdoms are supposed to encompass the rest of the world. The life in those kingdoms will likewise drastically change for the better. There will be no death, and, although illnesses might occur, the right hand people will be able to cure those using leaves from the Jerusalem trees supplied to them by the dwellers of Jerusalem.<ref>This story is reiterated almost invariably in most Ilyin’s books. See, for instance, Razsvet nad Erusalimom (Dawn over Jerusalem), 10-11.</ref>
=== Artistic gymnastics===
* [[Ágnes Keleti]], Hungary, Olympic champion (5 times)
* Tad laferrierere
* Matt Sherman


===Baseball===
==Yehowist Worship==
* [[Cal Abrams]], [[U.S.]] outfielder
Yehowists rest on the 7th day of the week (Saturday) and keep kosher diet. They do not celebrate any religious holy days except the Sabbath.
* [[Morrie Arnovich]], U.S. outfielder, [[All-Star]]
* '''[[Brad Ausmus]]''', U.S. catcher, All-Star, 3-time [[Gold Glove]]
* [[Ross Baumgarten]], U.S. starting pitcher
* [[José Bautista (pitcher)|José Bautista]], pitcher
* [[Bo Belinsky]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Moe Berg]], U.S. catcher & shortstop
* [[Ron Blomberg]], U.S. DH, first baseman, and outfielder, Major League Baseball's first [[designated hitter]]<ref> '''Blomberg''' - [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30271/format/html/displaystory.html] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."</ref>
* [[Lou Boudreau]], U.S. shortstop, 8-time All-Star, Batting Title, [[MVP]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], manager
* '''[[Craig Breslow]]''', U.S. relief pitcher
* '''[[Ryan Braun]]''', U.S. third basemen, 2007 [[MLB]] [[Rookie of the Year]] [[Milwaukee Brewers]]<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=460075 The Official Site of The Milwaukee Brewers: Team: Player Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Harry Danning]], U.S. catcher, 4-time All-Star
* [[Moe Drabowsky]], U.S. pitcher<ref> Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, ''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'', [[Bloch Publishing]] Co., 1965</ref>
* [[Mike Epstein]], U.S. first baseman
* [[Harry Feldman]], U.S. pitcher
* '''[[Scott Feldman (baseball)|Scott Feldman]]''', U.S. pitcher
* '''[[Gavin Fingleson]]''', [[South Africa]]n-born [[Australia]]n player, silver medallist for Australia in 2004 Athens Olympics.
* '''[[Matt Ford]]''', U.S. pitcher
*'''[[Sam Fuld]]''', U.S. outfielder
* [[Sid Gordon]], U.S. outfielder & third baseman, 2-time All-Star
* '''[[John Grabow]]''', U.S. relief pitcher
* '''[[Shawn Green]]''', U.S. right fielder, 2-time All-Star, Gold Glove, [[Silver Slugger]]
* '''[[Adam Greenberg (outfielder)|Adam Greenberg]]''', U.S. baseball player
* [[Hank Greenberg]], U.S. first baseman & outfielder, 5-time All-Star, 2-time MVP, 4-time [[Home Run]] Champion, 4-time [[RBI]] Leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
* '''[[Jason Hirsh]]''', U.S. starting pitcher
* [[Ken Holtzman]], U.S. starting pitcher, 2-time All-Star
* [[Joe Horlen]], U.S. pitcher, All-Star, [[Earned run average|ERA]] leader
* '''[[Brian Horwitz]]''', U.S. outfielder
* '''[[Gabe Kapler]]''', U.S. outfielder
* '''[[Ian Kinsler]]''', U.S. second baseman <ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/29266/format/html/displaystory.html j. - Celebrity Jews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* '''[[Mike Koplove]]''', U.S. relief pitcher
* [[Sandy Koufax]], U.S. starting pitcher, 6-time All-Star, MVP, 3-time [[Cy Young Award]], 5-time ERA leader, 3-time Wins leader, 2-time W-L% leader, 4-time [[strikeout]]s leader, Baseball Hall of Fame
* [[Al Levine]], U.S. relief pitcher
* [[Elliott Maddox]], U.S. outfielder & third baseman
* '''[[Jason Marquis]]''', U.S. starting pitcher, Silver Slugger
* [[Erskine Mayer]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Buddy Myer]], U.S. second baseman, shortstop, and third baseman, 2-time All-Star, [[Batting Average]] title, [[Stolen Base]] title
* [[Jeff Newman (baseball)|Jeff Newman]], U.S. catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager
* [[Barney Pelty]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Lipman Pike]], U.S. outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4-time [[Home Run]] champion, RBI leader
* [[Jake Pitler]], U.S. second baseman
* [[Scott Radinsky]], U.S. relief pitcher
* [[Jimmie Reese]], U.S. second baseman, coach
* '''[[Aaron Rifkin]]''', U.S. first baseman
* [[Dave Roberts (pitcher)|Dave Roberts]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Saul Rogovin]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Al Rosen|Al (Flip) Rosen]], U.S. third baseman & first baseman, 4-time All-Star, MVP, 2-time Home Run champion, 2-time RBIs leader
* [[Goody Rosen]], [[Canadian]] outfielder, All-Star
* [[Richie Scheinblum]], U.S. outfielder & All-Star
* '''[[Scott Schoeneweis]]''', U.S. pitcher
* [[Art Shamsky]], U.S. outfielder & first baseman
* [[Larry Sherry]], U.S. relief pitcher
* [[Norm Sherry]], U.S. catcher
* [[Moe Solomon]], U.S. outfielder
* '''[[Ryan Spilborghs]]''', U.S. outfielder
* [[George Steinbrenner]], [[New York Yankees]], owner
* '''[[Adam Stern]]''', Canadian outfielder
* [[George Stone (outfielder)|George Stone]], U.S. outfielder, 1-time batting title
* [[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]], U.S. starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award
* [[Steve Wapnick]], U.S. relief pitcher
* [[Justin Wayne]], U.S. pitcher
* [[Phil Weintraub]], U.S. first baseman & outfielder
* [[Steve Yeager]], U.S. catcher
* '''[[Kevin Youkilis]]''', U.S. first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder
* '''[[Ben Zeskind]]''', U.S. second baseman
* [[Eddie Zosky]], U.S. shortstop


===Basketball===
Worship meetings of Yehowists take place on Saturdays in private homes of believers. Often those who live at a distance from the meeting site, have to travel long hours in order to attend a worship meeting. In such cases believers may arrive on Saturday eve, stay overnight with local co-religionists and then spend the whole Sabbath in fellowship and socializing with others.
* [[Red Auerbach]], U.S. 5' 10" guard, [[NBA]] coach & GM, Hall of Fame<ref name=autogenerated2 />
* [[Sam Balter]], U.S. guard, Olympic champion
* [[David Blatt]], U.S. college & Israeli professional guard; coach in Israel & Russia, [[Russia national basketball team|Russian national basketball team]]
* '''[[David Bluthenthal]]''', [[U.S.]] [[Euroleague]] 6' 7" forward ([[Maccabi Tel Aviv]])<ref> [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23490/edition_id/467/format/html/displaystory.html] "Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA... Bluthenthal’s late mother was Jewish and his father is black — the family name Bluthenthal originated with a slave owner David Bluthenthal believes was German-Jewish."</ref>
* [[Tal Brody]], U.S. & [[Israeli]] [[Euroleague]] 6' 2" [[shooting guard]] ([[Maccabi Tel Aviv]])
* [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]], U.S. [[American Basketball Association (1967-1976)|ABA]] 5' 9" [[point guard]], 3-time All-Star, 3-time assists leader, & NBA coach, Olympic champion
* '''[[Omri Casspi]]''', Israeli 6' 8" forward, plays in [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]].
* '''[[Shay Doron]]''', Israeli & U.S. [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] 5' 9" guard ([[New York Liberty]])
* '''[[Lior Eliyahu]]''', Israeli 6' 9" forward, NBA draft 2006 ([[Orlando Magic]]; traded to [[Houston Rockets]]), but completing mandatory [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] service & playing in the [[Euroleague]] ([[Maccabi Tel Aviv]])
*'''[[Jordan Farmar]]''', U.S. NBA 6' 2" point guard ([[Los Angeles Lakers]])<ref> [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=13773] "Bruin fans call him the Jewish Jordan...He's a real, live Jewish kid from the heart of Los Angeles, whose step-father is Israeli and has visited Israel twice" [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177805,00.html]</ref>
* [[Marty Friedman (basketball)|Marty Friedman]], U.S. 5' 7" guard & coach
* '''[[Tamir Goodman]]''', U.S. & Israeli Israel Division II 6' 3" shooting guard (Maccabi Shoham)
* [[Jerry Greenspan]], U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward
* [[Ernie Grunfeld]], U.S. NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
* '''[[Yotam Halperin]]''', Israeli 6' 5" guard, piNBA draft 2006 ([[Seattle Supersonics]]); plays in [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]].
* [[Art Heyman]], U.S. NBA 6' 5" forward/guard
* [[Nat Holman]], U.S. [[American Basketball League (1925-1955)|ABL]] 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame
* [[Red Holzman]], U.S. [[Basketball Association of America|BAA]] & [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] 5' 10" guard, 2-time All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame
* [[Louis Klotz]], U.S. NBA 5' 7" point guard
* [[Rudy LaRusso]], U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5-time All-Star
* [[Donna Orender]] (Geils), U.S. WBA All-Star
* [[Gary Plummer (basketball)|Gary Plummer]], U.S. NBA 6' 9" forward/center
* [[Lennie Rosenbluth]], U.S. NBA 6' 4" forward
* [[Danny Schayes]], U.S. NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of [[Dolph Schayes]])
* [[Dolph Schayes]], U.S. NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3-time FT% leader, 1-time rebound leader, 12-time All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of [[Danny Schayes]])
* [[Ossie Schectman]], U.S. NBA 6' 0" guard
* '''[[Jon Scheyer]]''', U.S. [[Duke University]] 6' 5" shooting guard
* [[Barney Sedran]], U.S. Hudson River League and [[New York State League]] 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame
* '''[[Amit Tamir]]''', Israeli Euroleague 6' 10" forward/center ([[Hapoel Holon]])
* [[Neal Walk]], U.S. NBA 6' 10" center
* [[Max Zaslofsky]], U.S. NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1-time FT % leader, 1-time points leader, All-Star, & ABA coach


===Boxing===
The material object of worship is a “star of David” with the name of YEHOWAH written inside it in Hebrew letters usually drawn on paper or cardboard. Incense is used at the meeting.<ref>Sergey V. Petrov “Jehovists-Il’inites. A Russian Millenarian Movement.” Nova Religio 9, no. 3 (March 2006): 80-91. See abstract online at http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080</ref>
* [[Barney Aaron]] (Young), [[England|English]]-born [[U.S.]] boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Abe Attell]] ("The Little Hebrew"), U.S. world champion [[featherweight]] boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Monte Attell]], U.S. world champion [[bantamweight]] boxer
* [[Jaime Averboch]], Argentine world champion [[welterweight]] boxer
* [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]] ("Madcap Maxie"), U.S. world champion [[heavyweight]] boxer, ¼ Jewish, wore a big [[Star of David]] on his trunks, Hall of Fame
* [[Benny Bass]] ("Little Fish"), U.S. world champion featherweight & world champion [[junior lightweight]] boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Fabrice Benichou]], [[France|French]] world champion [[super bantamweight]] boxer
* [[Jack Kid Berg]] (Judah Bergman), [[England|English]] world champion [[junior welterweight]] boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* [[Maxie Berger]], [[Canadian]] world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* [[Samuel Berger (boxer)|Samuel Berger]], U.S. Olympic champion heavyweight boxer
* [[Jack Bernstein]] (also "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and "Young Murphy"), U.S. world champion junior lightweight boxer
* [[Larry Boardman]],<ref name="cjl">
{{cite news
| last = Dresner
| first = Stacey
| coauthors =
| title = Conversation with Manny Leibert
| work =
| page = 2
| language = English
| publisher = Connecticut Jewish Ledger
| date = 2006-11-17
| url = http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2006/11/17/news/news11.txt
| accessdate = 2006-11-17
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</ref> U.S. # 2 ranked lightweight boxer
* [[Mushy Callahan]] (Vincente Sheer), U.S. world champion [[light welterweight]] boxer
* [[Joe Choynski]],<ref name="cjl"/> ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), U.S. heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Robert Cohen (boxer)|Robert Cohen]], French & [[Algeria]]n world champion bantamweight boxer
* [[Al Bummy Davis]] (Abraham Davidoff), U.S. welterweight & lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* [[Jackie Fields]] (Jacob Finkelstein), U.S. world champion [[welterweight]] & Olympic champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* '''[[Yuri Foreman]]''', Belarusian-born Israeli U.S. undefeated middleweight boxer
* [[György Gedó]], [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] Olympic champion [[light flyweight]] boxer
* [[Abe Goldstein]], U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
* [[Ruby Goldstein]] ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), U.S. welterweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* '''[[Roman Greenberg]]''', [[Israel]]i undefeated heavyweight boxer
* [[Stéphane Haccoun]], French boxer
* [[Alphonse Halimi]] ("La Petite Terreur"), French world champion bantamweight boxer
* [[Harry Harris (boxer)|Harry Harris]] ("The Human Hairpin"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
* [[Gary Jacobs (boxer)|Gary Jacobs]], Scottish boxer
* [[Ben Jeby]] (Morris Jebaltowsky), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
* '''[[Daniel Judah]]''', U.S. light heavyweight boxer
* '''[[Josiah Judah]]''' ("Gorilla"), U.S. boxer
* [[Yoel Judah]], U.S. boxer & trainer
* '''[[Zab Judah]]''' ("Super"), U.S. world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight boxer
* [[Louis Kaplan]] ("Kid Kaplan"),<ref name="cjl"/> [[Russia]]n-born U.S. world champion featherweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Ron Kerner AKA. Ronnie "The Rottweiler" Kerner]] U.S. heavyweight boxer, NYBSC champion, "smoker circuit & under ground boxing king pin", "the knock out king".
* [[Julie Kogon]],<ref name="cjl"/> U.S. lightweight boxer
* [[Solly Krieger]] ("Danny Auerbach"), U.S. world champion [[middleweight]] boxer
* [[Benny Leonard]] (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Artie Levine]], U.S. middleweight & light heavyweight boxer
* [[Battling Levinsky]] (Barney Lebrowitz), U.S. world champion [[light heavyweight]] boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Harry Lewis (boxer)|Harry Lewis]] ("Harry Besterman"), U.S. world champion welterweight boxer
* [[Ted 'Kid' Lewis]] (Gershon Mendeloff), English world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Sammy Luftspring]], Canadian welterweight boxing champion, [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]
* [[Saoul Mamby]], U.S. world champion junior welterweight boxer
* [[Al McCoy]] (Alexander Rudolph), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
* [[Daniel Mendoza]], English boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Samuel Mosberg]], U.S. Olympic champion lightweight boxer
* [[Bob Olin]], U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer
* [[Victor Perez]] ("Young"), [[Tunisian]] world champion flyweight boxer
* [[Charlie Phil Rosenberg]] ("Charles Green"), U.S. world champion bantamweight boxer
* [[Dana Rosenblatt]] ("Dangerous"), U.S. world champion middleweight boxer
* [[Maxie Rosenbloom]] ("Slapsie"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* [[Barney Ross]] (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), U.S. world champion lightweight & junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
* [[Mike Rossman]] (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), U.S. world champion light heavyweight boxer, wore Star of David on trunks
* [[Shamil Sabirov]], Russian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
* '''[[Dmitry Salita]]''' ("Star of David"), U.S. junior welterweight undefeated boxer
* [[Isadore “Corporal Izzy” Schwartz]] ("The Ghetto Midget"), U.S. world champion flyweight boxer
* [[Al Singer]] ("The Bronx Beauty"), U.S. world champion lightweight boxer
* [["Lefty" Lew Tendler]], U.S. bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* [[Sid Terris]] ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), U.S. lightweight boxer, wore a Star of David on his trunks
* Sammy Waltz,<ref name="cjl"/> U.S. boxer
* [[Victor Zilberman]], [[Romania|Rumanian]] Olympic welterweight bronze medal winner


===Canoeing===
==The Yehowist Brotherhood==
* [[Leonid Geishtor]], USSR [[canoeist]], Olympic champion
The Yehowist Movement (frequently referred to by its members as Brotherhood) exists up to this day in parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Southern Russia, and Ukraine.<ref>[http://religion.babr.ru/iuda/ii.htm Дмитрий Таевский. История религии. - Иеговисты-ильинцы (Десное братство, Сионская весть)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Most Yehowists are ethnic Russians, although the percentage of non-Russian members is growing due to conversion.
* [[Michael Kolganov]], Soviet-born Israeli [[canoeist]], world champion, Olympic bronze medal


===Chess===
Yehowists-Ilyinites are active in spreading the message of Ilyin through printed and electronic media. For instance, they created a multi-language website (Russian, English, Hebrew, German, and Kyrgyz) at http://www.svetoch.org<ref>[http://www.svetoch.org/en/index.html The Universal Truth at svetoch.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in addition to constant re-printing of Ilyin's works in various languages.

* [[Aaron Alexandre]], [[Germany|German]]-born [[France|French]]-[[England|English]]
* '''[[Evgeny Agrest]]''', [[Belarus]]ian-born [[Sweden|Swedish]] grandmaster, Highest Rating through April 2007=2561
* [[Simon Alapin]], [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]]
* '''[[Boris Alterman]]''', [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]]-born [[Israel]]i [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]], 2615
* [[Arnold Aurbach]], [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[France|French]]
* '''[[Yuri Averbakh]]''', [[Russia]]n grandmaster, 2445
* '''[[Boris Avrukh]]''', Israeli grandmaster & World U-12 champion, 2652
* [[Abraham Baratz]], [[Romania]]n-born French
* '''[[Liudmila Belavenets]]''', Russian woman grandmaster
* '''[[Alexander Beliavsky]]''', Ukrainian-born [[Slovenia]]n grandmaster & World junior champion, 2710
* '''[[Joel Benjamin]]''', [[United States|U.S.]] grandmaster, 2662
* '''[[Hans Berliner]]''', German-born U.S. World correspondence chess champion
* [[Ossip Bernstein]], Ukrainian-born [[France|French]] grandmaster
* '''[[Arthur Bisguier]]''', U.S. grandmaster, 2455
* [[Benjamin Blumenfeld]], Belarusian-born Russian
* '''[[Mark Bluvshtein]]''', Russian-born [[Canadian]] grandmaster, 2544
* [[Jácobo Bolbochán]], [[Argentina|Argentine]]
* [[Julio Bolbochán]], Argentine grandmaster, 2485
* [[Isaac Boleslavsky]], Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
* [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian/[[Soviet]] grandmaster & World champion
* [[Gyula Breyer]], [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]]
* [[David Bronstein]], Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster, 2590
* [[Oscar Chajes]], Ukrainian/Polish/[[Austria]]n-born U.S.
* [[Rudolph Charousek]], Hungarian
* [[Vitaly Chekhover]], Russian
* [[Erich Cohn]], German
* [[Wilhelm Cohn]], German
* [[Josef Cukierman]], Polish-born French, committed suicide during Holocaust
* [[Moshe Czerniak]], Polish-born [[Palestinian]]/Israeli
* [[Arnold Denker]], U.S. grandmaster, 2293
* '''[[Maxim Dlugy]]''', Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2531
* '''[[Josif Dorfman]]''', Ukrainian-born French grandmaster, 2610
* [[Arthur Dunkelblum]], Polish-born [[Belgian]]
* '''[[Roman Dzindzichashvili]]''', [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n-born Israeli American grandmaster
* [[Berthold Englisch]], Austrian
* [[Yakov Estrin]], Russian grandmaster, CC WC 1972-76
* '''[[Larry Evans]]''', U.S. grandmaster, 2530
* [[Samuel Factor]], Polish-born U.S.
* [[Ernst Falkbeer]], Austrian
* [[Movsas Feigins]], [[Latvia]]n-born Argentine
* '''[[Ruben Felgaer]]''', Argentine grandmaster, 2624
* [[Reuben Fine]], U.S. grandmaster
* [[Robert Fischer]], U.S. grandmaster & World champion, 2785
* [[Alexander Flamberg]], Polish
* [[Salo Flohr]], Ukrainian-born [[Czech Republic|Czech]] & Soviet grandmaster
* [[Maurice Fox]], Ukrainian-born Canadian
* [[Gunnar Friedemann]], [[Estonia]]n
* [[Paulino Frydman]], Polish-born Argentine
* [[Semen Furman]], Belarusian-born Russian grandmaster
* '''[[Boris Gelfand]]''', Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
* [[Efim Geller]], Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
* '''[[Vitali Golod]]''', Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
* [[Harry Golombek]], English
* '''[[Alon Greenfeld]]''', U.S.-born Israeli grandmaster
* [[Gisela Kahn Gresser]], U.S. woman master
* '''[[Yehuda Gruenfeld]]''', Polish-born Israeli grandmaster, 2550
* [[Eduard Gufeld]], Ukrainian grandmaster, 2565
* '''[[Boris Gulko]]''', German-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2643
* [[Isidor Gunsberg]], Hungarian-born English
* '''[[Ilya Gurevich]]''', Russian-born U.S. grandmaster & junior World champion, 2575
* '''[[Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)|Mikhail Gurevich]]''', Ukrainian-born Russian [[Turkey|Turkish]] grandmaster, 2694
* '''[[Lev Gutman]]''', Latvian-born Israeli German grandmaster, 2530
* [[Daniel Harrwitz]], [[Prussian]]/Polish/German-born English French
* [[Israel Horowitz]], U.S.
* [[Bernhard Horwitz]], German-born English
* '''[[Alexander Huzman]]''', Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster
* [[Dawid Janowski]], Belarusian/Polish-born French grandmaster
* '''[[Gregory Kaidanov]]''', Ukrainian-born Russian U.S. grandmaster, 2695
* '''[[Julio Kaplan]]''', Argentine-born [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] U.S. grandmaster & World junior champion
* [[Mona May Karff]], [[Moldova]]n-born U.S. woman master
* [[Isaac Kashdan]], U.S. grandmaster
* '''[[Garry Kasparov]]''', [[Azerbaijan]]i-born Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2851
* '''[[Alexander Khalifman]]''', Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2702
* [[Alexander Koblencs]], Latvian
* '''[[Artur Kogan]]''', Ukrainian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
* [[Alexander Konstantinopolsky]], Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
* [[Ignatz von Kolisch]], Hungarian/[[Slovakia]]n-born Austrian grandmaster
* [[George Koltanowski]], Belgian-born U.S. grandmaster
* '''[[Viktor Korchnoi]]''', Russian-born [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Switzerland|Swiss]] grandmaster, 2695
* '''[[Yona Kosashvili]]''', Georgian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2580
* [[Borislav Kostić]], Austrian-born [[Serbia]]n grandmaster
* '''[[Yair Kraidman]]''', Israeli grandmaster, 2455
* '''[[Ljuba Kristol]]''', Russian-born Israeli woman grandmaster, 2415
* [[Abraham Kupchik]], Belarusian/Polish-born U.S.
* '''[[Alla Kushnir]]''', Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
* [[Salo Landau]], Polish-born Dutch, killed by the [[Nazi]]s
* [[Edward Lasker]], Polish/German-born U.S.
* [[Emanuel Lasker]], Prussian/German/Polish-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion
* '''[[Anatoly Lein]]''', Russian-born U.S. grandmaster, 2555
* '''[[Konstantin Lerner]]''', Ukrainian grandmaster, 2575
* [[Grigory Levenfish]], Polish/Russian-born grandmaster
* '''[[Irina Levitina]]''', Russian-born U.S. woman grandmaster
* [[Vladimir Liberzon]], Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
* '''[[Andor Lilienthal]]''', Russian-born Hungarian/Soviet grandmaster
* [[Johann Löwenthal]], Hungarian-born U.S. English
* [[Moishe Lowtzky]], Ukrainian-born Polish, killed by Nazis
* [[Gyula Makovetz]], Hungarian
* '''[[Jonathan Mestel]]''', British grandmaster & World U-16 champion, 2540
* [[Jacques Mieses]], German-born English grandmaster
* '''[[Victor Mikhalevski]]''', Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster
* '''[[Vadim Milov]]''', Russian-born Israeli Swiss grandmaster, 2683
* '''[[Jacob Murey]]''', Russian-born Israeli grandmaster
* [[Miguel Najdorf]], Polish-born Argentine grandmaster
* [[Aron Nimzowitsch]], Latvian-born Danish
* [[Menachem Oren]], Polish-born Palestinian/Israeli
* [[Julius Perlis]], Polish-born Austrian
* [[Isaias Pleci]], Argentine
* '''[[Judit Polgár]]''', Hungarian grandmaster, 2735
* '''[[Susan Polgár]]''', Hungarian-born U.S. grandmaster & World champion, 2577
* '''[[Zsófia Polgár]]''', Hungarian-born Israeli international master, 2500
* [[Lev Polugaevsky]], Belarusian/Soviet grandmaster, 2640
* [[Yosef Porath]], German-born Palestinian/Israeli
* '''[[Lev Psakhis]]''', Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2625
* [[Dawid Przepiórka]], Polish, killed by Nazis
* [[Abram Rabinovich]], Lithuanian-born Russian
* [[Ilya Rabinovich]], Russian
* [[Vyacheslav Ragozin]], Russian grandmaster
* '''[[Teymour Radjabov]]''', [[Azerbaijani]] grandmaster
* [[Samuel Reshevsky]], Polish-born U.S. grandmaster
* [[Richard Réti]], Slovakian/Hungarian-born Czech
* '''[[Maxim Rodshtein]]''', Israeli U-16 World champion
* '''[[Kenneth Rogoff]]''', U.S. grandmaster
* '''[[Michael Rohde (chess player)|Michael Rohde]]''', U.S. grandmaster, 2585
* '''[[Michael Roiz]]''', Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2611
* [[Samuel Rosenthal]], Polish-born French
* [[Gersz Rotlewi]], Polish
* '''[[Eduardas Rozentalis]]''', Lithuanian grandmaster, 2688
* [[Akiba Rubinstein]], Polish grandmaster
* [[Gersz Salwe]], Polish grandmaster
* [[Emanuel Schiffers]], Russian
* [[Adolf Schwarz]], Hungarian-born Austrian
* '''[[Gregory Serper]]''', [[Uzbekistan]]i-born Russian U.S. grandmaster
* [[Leonid Shamkovich]], Russian Israeli U.S. grandmaster
* '''[[Yury Shulman]]''', Belarusian-born U.S. grandmaster
* '''[[Ilya Smirin]]''', Belarusian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2702
* '''[[Vasily Smyslov]]''', Soviet/Russian grandmaster & World champion, 2620
* '''[[Gennady Sosonko]]''', Russian-born Dutch grandmaster
* '''[[Jon Speelman]]''', English grandmaster
* [[Rudolf Spielmann]], Austrian-born [[Sweden|Swedish]]
* [[Leonid Stein]], Ukrainian-born Russian grandmaster
* [[Endre Steiner]], Hungarian
* [[Herman Steiner]], Slovakian/Hungarian-born U.S.
* [[Lajos Steiner]], Romanian/Hungarian-born [[Australian]]
* [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Czech-born Austrian & U.S. grandmaster & World champion
* '''[[Emil Sutovsky]]''', Israeli grandmaster, 2697
* '''[[Peter Svidler]]''', Russian grandmaster
* [[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]], Hungarian grandmaster
* '''[[Mark Taimanov]]''', Soviet/Russian grandmaster
* [[Mikhail Tal]], Soviet/Latvian grandmaster & World champion, 2645
* [[Siegbert Tarrasch]], Polish/German grandmaster & Senior World champion
* [[Savielly Tartakower]], Russian-born Austrian/Polish/French grandmaster
* [[Jean Taubenhaus]], Polish-born French
* '''[[Mark Tseitlin]]''', Israeli grandmaster
* '''[[Anatoly Vaisser]]''', [[Kazakhstan]]i-born French grandmaster
* [[Boris Verlinsky]], Ukrainian-born Soviet grandmaster
* [[Vladimir Vuković]], [[Croatia]]n
* [[Max Weiss]], Slovakian/Hungarian-born Austrian
* '''[[Michael Wilder]]''', U.S. grandmaster
* [[Simon Winawer]], Polish
* [[Heinrich Wolf]], Austrian, killed by Nazis
* [[Daniel Yanofsky]], Polish/Ukrainian-born Canadian grandmaster
* '''[[Leonid Yudasin]]''', Russian-born Israeli grandmaster, 2692
* '''[[Tatiana Zatulovskaya]]''', Azeri-born Russian Israeli woman grandmaster
* [[Johannes Zukertort]], Polish-born German English

===Cricket===
* [[Ali Bacher]], [[South Africa]]n batsman & administrator (several relatives were also cricketers, including [[Adam Bacher]])
* [[Dennis Gamsy]], South African Test wicket-keeper
* [[Norman Gordon]], South African fast bowler
* [[Michael Klinger]], [[Australia]]n batsman
* [[Jonathan Moss (cricketer)|Jon Moss]], Australian allrounder for the Victoria Bushrangers
* [[Fred Susskind]], South African Test batsman
* [[Fred Trueman]], [[England|English]] fast bowler (Jewish maternal grandmother, and was happy to be regarded as Jewish)
* [[Julien Wiener]], Australia Test cricketer
* [[Chris Jeji]], Indian-Canadian Test cricketer
* Marshall Frederick Rosen, NSW Australian cricketer, and selector.[http://www.maccabi.com.au/default.aspx?pageId=69]

===Fencing===
* [[Henri Anspach]], [[Belgium|Belgian]] fencer ([[épée]] and [[Foil (fencing)|foil]]), [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion
* [[Paul Anspach]], Belgian fencer (épée & foil), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Norman Armitage]], [[US]] fencer ([[sabre]]), 17-time US champion, bronze Olympic medal
* [[Albert Axelrod]], US fencer (foil); 4-time U.S. champion, bronze Olympic medal
* [[Cliff Bayer]], US fencer (foil) US fencer (foil); youngest US champion
* [[Tamir Bloom]], US fencer (épée); 2-time US champion
* [[Daniel Bukantz]], US fencer (foil); 4-time US champion
* [[Sergei Charikov]], [[Russia]]n fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Yves Dreyfus]], [[France|French]] fencer (épée), French champion
* [[Ilona Elek]], [[Hungary|Hungarian]] fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Boaz Ellis]], [[Israeli]] fencer (foil), 5-time Israeli champion
* [[Sándor Erdös]], Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Siegfried Flesch]], [[Austria]]n fencer (sabre)
* [[Dezsö Földes]], Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Jenö Fuchs]], Hungarian fencer (saber), 4-time Olympic champion
* [[Támas Gábor]], Hungarian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Sándor Gombos]], Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
* [[János Garay (fencer)|János Garay]], Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
* [[Oskar Gerde]], Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Vadim Gutzeit]], Ukrainian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
* [[Johan Harmenberg]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Lydia Hatoel-Zuckerman]], Israeli fencer (foil), 6-time Israeli champion
* [[Otto Herschmann]], Austrian fencer (saber)
* [[Emily Jacobson]], US fencer (saber), [[NCAA]] champion
* [[Sada Jacobson]], US fencer (saber), ranked # 1 in the world
* [[Allan Jay]], [[United Kingdom|British]] fencer (épée and foil), world champion
* [[Endre Kabos]], Hungarian fencer (saber), 3-time Olympic champion
* [[Roman Kantor]], [[Poles|Polish]] fencer (épée), [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] champion & Soviet champion
* [[Dan Kellner]], US fencer (foil), US champion
* [[Grigory Kriss]], Soviet fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Allan Kwartler]], US fencer (saber), 3-time [[Pan American Games]] champion
* [[Alexandre Lippmann]], French fencer (épée), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Helene Mayer]], [[Germany|German]] & US fencer (foil), Olympic champion
* [[Maria Mazina]], Russian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Mark Midler]], [[Soviet]] fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Armand Mouyal]], French fencer (épée), world champion
* [[Claude Netter]], French fencer (foil), Olympic champion
* [[Jacques Ochs]], Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Ayelet Ohayon]], Israeli fencer (foil), European champion
* [[Ellen Osiier]],[[Danish people|Danish]] fencer (foil), Olympic champion
* [[Ivan Osier]], [[Danish people|Danish]] fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 25-time Danish champion
* [[Mark Rakita]], Soviet fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Yakov Rylsky]], Soviet fencer (saber), Olympic champion
* [[Gaston Salmon]], Belgian fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Zoltán Ozoray Schenker]], Hungarian fencer (saber), Olympic champion
* [[Edgar Seligman]], British fencer (épée, foil, and sabre), 2-time British champion in each weapon
* [[Andre Spitzer]], Israeli fencer
* [[Jean Stern]], French fencer (épée), Olympic champion
* [[Soren Thompson]], US fencer (épée), NCAA champion
* [[Jonathan Tiomkin]], US fencer (foil), 2-time US champion
* [[David Tyshler]], Soviet fencer (saber)
* [[Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtö]], Hungarian fencer (foil), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Eduard Vinokurov]], Russian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Iosif Vitebskiy]], Soviet fencer (épée), 10-time national champion
* [[Lajos Werkner]], Hungarian fencer (saber), 2-time Olympic champion
* [[George Worth]], US fencer (saber), US champion, 3-time [[Pan American Games]] champion

===Field Hockey===
* [[Carina Benninga]], the [[Netherlands]], Olympic champion
* [[Barney Joelson]], [[Zimbabwe]], National Team

===Figure skating===
* '''[[Sarah Abitbol]]''', [[France|French]] figure skater, [[World Figure Skating Championship]] bronze
* '''[[Benjamin Agosto]]''', [[U.S]]. ice dancer (Jewish mother), [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] silver, World Championship silver, bronze
* '''[[Ilya Averbukh]]''', [[Russia]]n ice dancer, Olympic silver
* '''[[Oksana Baiul]]''', [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] figure skater, (Jewish maternal grandmother), Olympic gold, World Championship gold
*''' [[Alexei Beletski]]''', [[Israeli]] Ukrainian-born figure skater, Olympian
* [[Judy Blumberg]], U.S. ice dancer, World Championship 3-time bronze
* [[Cindy Bortz]], U.S. figure skater, World Junior Champion
* [[Fritzi Burger]], [[Austria]]n figure skater, Olympic 2-time silver, World Championship 2-time silver
* [[Alain Calmat]], French figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship gold, silver, 2-time bronze<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=Alain+Calmat+jewish]</ref>
* '''[[Galit Chait]]''', Israeli ice dancer, World Championship bronze
* '''[[Sasha Cohen]]''', U.S. figure skater, reigning U.S. Figure Skating National Champion & Olympic silver<ref> [http://www.jwa.org/discover/throughtheyear/january/olympics/] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8027] [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3]</ref>
* [[Amber Corwin]], U.S. figure skater
* [[Lily Kronberger]], Hungarian figure skater, world champion
* '''[[Loren Galler-Rabinowitz]]''', U.S. figure skater, competes w/partner [[David Mitchell (figure skater)|David Mitchell]]; U.S. Championships bronze<ref> '''Galler-Rabinowitz''' - [http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2004/12/08/news/on_the_cover/news01.txt]</ref>
* [[Aleksandr Gorelik]], [[Soviet]] figure skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2-time silver, bronze
* '''[[Melissa Gregory]]''', U.S. figure skater, ice dancer w/[[Denis Petukhov]], U.S. Championships 3 silvers, 2 bronze<ref> [http://www.jwa.org/discover/inthepast/infocus/olympics/] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3] "Gregory is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. She now lives in Connecticut to train and Gregory recently spoke to the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about her religious background: "We [my brother and I] were brought up with the feeling that you have to believe in G-d. You have to believe in right and wrong. The rest they kind of left up to us. We celebrated everything-Christmas, Hanukkah, all the Jewish holidays, Easter. They taught us both traditions. Then when we got older they said whatever we chose and whatever we wanted was good with them. I identify that my heritage is Jewish. I feel proud of it.""</ref>
* '''[[Natalia Gudina]]''', Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater, Olympian
* '''[[Emily Hughes]]''', U.S. figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, National Championships bronze, silver<ref> [http://www.jewishsightseeing.com/dhh_weblog/2006-blog/2006-01/2006-01-15-women_figureskating.htm] "Emily Hughes — whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating — also is Jewish."</ref>
* '''[[Sarah Hughes]]''', U.S. figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze<ref> [http://www.forward.com/issues/2002/02.03.08/news4.html] "16-year-old Sarah Hughes has a Jewish mother, Amy Hughes née Pasternack, and reportedly grew up in a house with some attachment to Judaism. But odds are you didn't read about it in your local Jewish paper."]</ref>
* [[Ronald Joseph]], U.S. figure skater, U.S. Junior National Champion, U.S. Championships gold, 2-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
* [[Vivian Joseph]], U.S. figure skater, U.S. Junior National Champion, U.S. Championships gold, 2-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
* [[Gennadi Karponossov]], Russian ice dancer, coach Olympic gold, World Championship 2-time gold, silver, 2-time bronze
* '''[[Tamar Katz]]''', U.S.-born Israeli figure skater
* [[Lily Kronberger]], [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] figure skater, World Championship 4-time gold, 2-time bronze, [[World Figure Skating Hall of Fame]]
* [[Irina Rodnina]], Soviet figure skater, Olympic 3-time gold, World Championship 10-time gold, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
* [[Emilia Rotter]], Hungarian pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
* [[Louis Rubenstein]], [[Canadian]] figure skater, (pre-Olympic) World Championship gold, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
* '''[[Sergei Sakhnovsky]]''', Israeli ice dancer, World Championship bronze
* '''[[Michael Seibert]]''', U.S. figure skater
* '''[[Julia Shapiro]]''', Russian-born Israeli pair skater, World Junior bronze
* '''[[Michael Shmerkin]]''', Soviet-born Israeli figure skater
* '''[[Jamie Silverstein]]''', U.S. figure skater, ice dancer w/[[Ryan O'Meara]], United States Championships bronze<ref> [http://www.jwa.org/discover/inthepast/infocus/olympics/] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"</ref>
* '''[[Irina Slutskaya]]''', Russian figure skater, Olympic silver, bronze, World Championship 2-time gold, 3-time silver, bronze
* '''[[Maxim Staviski]]''', [[Bulgaria]]n ice dancer, World Championship gold, silver, bronze
* [[László Szollás]], Hungarian pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
* '''[[Alexandra Zaretski]]''', [[Belarus]]ian-born Israeli ice dancer, Olympian
* '''[[Roman Zaretski]]''', Belarusian-born Israeli ice dancer, Olympian

===Football (American)===
* [[Joe Alexander]], G , U.S. football player
* [[Lyle Alzado]], DE, U.S. football player
* [[Harris Barton]], OL, U.S. football player
* [[Alex Bernstein]], OL U.S. Football Player Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons
* '''[[Jeremy Bloom]]''', WR, PR [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* '''[[Noah Cantor]]''', DT, [[Toronto Argonauts]], [[Canadian Football League]]
* [[Eddie Cohen]], WR, [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], Canadian Football League
* [[Ben Davidson]], DE, U.S. football player
* [[Art Dorfman]], OL, U.S. football player, Buffalo Bills
* [[Hayden Epstein]], K, [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* '''[[Jay Fiedler]]''', QB, U.S. football player, free agent
* [[John Frank]], TE, U.S. football player
* [[Benny Friedman]], QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
* '''[[Lennie Friedman]]''', OL, [[Cleveland Browns]]
* '''[[Antonio Garay]]''', DT, U.S. football player, [[Chicago Bears]]
* '''[[Adam Goldberg (football player)|Adam Goldberg]]''', OG, [[St. Louis Rams]]
* [[Bill Goldberg]], DT, U.S. football player
* [[Marshall Goldberg]], RB, U.S. football player
* [[Charles Goldenberg]], G & RB, U.S. football player
* [[Randy Grossman]], TE, U.S. football player, [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[Dan Hadenfeldt]] - P, Patriots (inactive)
* [[Sigmund Harris]], QB, U.S. football player.
* [[Andrew Kline]] - OL, Rams
* [[Brian Kopka]] - K, Ravens
* [[Sid Luckman]], QB, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
* [[Sam McCullum]], WR, U.S. football player
* [[Justin McCullum]], WR, U.S. football player
* '''[[Josh Miller]]''', P, [[New England Patriots]]
* [[Ron Mix]], OT, U.S. football player, Hall of Fame
* [[Ed Newman]], G, U.S. football player
* [[Harry Newman]], QB, U.S. football player
* '''[[Igor Olshansky]]''', DL, [[San Diego Chargers]]
* [[Gus Ornstein]] - QB, Jets
* [[Vitaly Pisetsky]] - K, Bears
* '''[[Mike Rosenthal]]''', T, [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* '''[[Mike Seidman (football player)|Mike Seidman]]''', TE, [[Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[Allie Sherman]], U.S. football player & coach, [[New York Giants]]
* [[Scott Slutzker]] - TE, Jets
* [[Josh Taves]] – DE, Panthers
* [[Andre Tippett]], LB, [[New England Patriots]]
* [[Alan Veingrad]], OL, U.S. football player
* [[Darren Weltman]], QB Canada Football Player Miami Dolphins, NY Jets, Pittsburg Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals
* [[Gary Wood]], QB, New York Giants

===Football (Australian) ===
* [[Todd Goldstein]], [[Australian Football League|AFL]] footballer for the [[Kangaroos Football Club]].
* [[Ezra Poyas]], former AFL and current [[VFL]] footballer for the [[Sandringham Football Club]].
* [[Ian Synman]], former AFL footballer for the [[St Kilda Football Club]], only [[Jew]] to play in a Premiership.
* [[Julian Kirzner]], former AFL footballer for the [[St Kilda Football Club]], [[Carlton Football Club]] and [[Kangaroos Football Club]]. He was unable to play a match for any of these clubs.

===Football (soccer)===
* [[Nat Agar]], United States, one of the pioneers of soccer in the United States
* [[Jeff Agoos]], United States, former national team defender
* '''[[Dudu Aouate]]''', Israel, [[Deportivo de La Coruña]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Moshe |last=Harush |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/766078.html |format= |work= |publisher=[[Ha'aretz]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate=2008-07-04 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Jonathan Assous]]''', France, former [[Stade Reims]] captain<ref>{{cite news |first=Or |last=Spunder |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/109149.html |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-01-24 |accessdate=2008-01-28 |language=Hebrew |quote=קשרה היהודי/צרפתי של ראים מהליגה ה-2 בצרפת עשוי להגיע להתרשמות במכבי. |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Gai Assulin]]''', Israeli, plays for Barcelona B
* ''' [[Pini Balili]]''',Israeli, plays for Sivasspor

* '''[[Dedi Ben Dayan]]''', Israeli, [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]
* '''[[Tal Ben Haim]]''', Israeli, [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
* '''[[Yossi Benayoun]]''', Israeli, [[Liverpool F.C.]] player and Israel national team captain
* [[Eyal Berkovic]], Israel, former Sunderland F.C. star and national team player
* [[Gyula Bíró]] , Hungary, former national team player
* [[Harald Bohr]], [[Denmark|Danish]] [[mathematician]], younger brother of [[physicist]] [[Niels Bohr]]; [[Association football|football player]]; won [[silver medal]] at [[1908 Summer Olympics]] w/[[Danish national football team]].
* [[Niels Bohr]], Danish [[physicist]]; soccer player; played for [[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] as a [[goalkeeper]].
* '''[[Jonathan Bornstein]]''', U.S. soccer defender, C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer<ref> '''Bornstein''' – named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020906aaa.html]; [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16619] ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is", Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. Did not have a bar mitzvah, and doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."</ref>
* [[Daniel Brailovski]], footballer born in [[Uruguay]], played for Uruguay, Argentina, and Israel's national football teams
* '''[[Adam Braz]]''', Canada, Montreal Impact and national team player<ref>{{cite news |first=Dean |last=McNulty |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=TFC trying to get off schneid |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/TorontoFC/2007/09/19/4508704-sun.html |format= |work= |publisher=[[Toronto Sun]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate=2008-07-04 |language= |quote=Adam Braz won't be playing because he'll be at home in Montreal observing the Jewish high holiday (Yom Kippur) with his family |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
*[[Chris Cohen]] English, Plays for [[Nottingham Forest FC]]
* '''[[Benny Feilhaber]]''', U.S., [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in the [[FA Premier League]]<ref> '''Feilhaber''' - [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16619] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"</ref>
* '''[[Dean Furman]]''', South African, plays for [[Rangers F.C.]]
* '''[[Avram Grant]]''', Israeli, former manager of [[Chelsea F.C.]] and the [[Israel national football team]]
* [[Béla Guttmann]], Hungarian player & coach
* '''[[Rudy Haddad]]''', France, played for [[Paris Saint-Germain FC|Paris Saint-Germain]] and [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=דיווחים בצרפת: מכבי ת"א מעוניינת ברודי חדד |url=http://www.one.co.il/cat/articles/article.aspx?id=94947&bz=8 |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-07-07 |accessdate=2007-07-07 |language=Hebrew |quote=האם הקשר היהודי, רודי חדד, בדרך למכבי תל-אביב? }}</ref>
* [[Eddy Hamel]], United States, played football for [[AFC Ajax]] and was murdered by the Nazis in [[Auschwitz]]
* [[Julius Hirsch]], Germany, national football team player murder by the Nazis in Auschwitz.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Bell |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=German Federation Admits to Nazi Past |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/sports/soccer/20soccer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |format= |work= |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2005-09-20 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |language= |quote=The book also details how thousands of German Jews were forced out of all levels of soccer. Some, including the national team player Julius Hirsch, were murdered by the Nazis. |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Joe Jacobson]]''', Wales, plays for [[Bristol Rovers F.C.]]<ref name=WalesOnline>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Rowland |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Bluebirds' star first British Jew footballer for 25 years |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/04/10/bluebirds-star-first-british-jew-footballer-for-25-years-91466-18882090/ |format= |work= |publisher=WalesOnline.co.uk |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-04-10 |accessdate=2008-07-04 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Tvrtko Kale]]''', Croatia, goalkeeper for Maccabi Tel Aviv<ref>{{cite news |first=Shirley |last=Bar Dayan |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה" |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he |format= |work= |publisher=[[Sport 5]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2006-07-18 |accessdate=2008-07-04 |language=Hebrew |quote=אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Yaniv Katan]]''', Israel, plays for [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
* '''[[Josh Kennet]]''', England, plays for [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]]<ref name=WalesOnline/>
* '''[[Jonathan Kurrant]]''', England, plays for [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] in Scotland<ref name=WalesOnline/>
* [[Mark Lazarus]], English, [[Queens Park Rangers]]
* '''[[Lucas Matías Licht]]''', Argentina, plays for [[Getafe CF]] in Spain.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sagiv |last=Baram |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=המסורת היהודית |url=http://euro.walla.co.il/?w=//1168489 |format= |work= |publisher=[[Walla!]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-06-13 |accessdate=2008-06-30 |language=Hebrew |quote=לפני כשנתיים הגיע לארץ שחקן יהודי ארגנטינאי בשם לוקאס לישט (בתקשורת קראו לו אז ליכט). |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* '''[[Marcelo Lipatin]]''', Uruguay, played in top clubs in Portugal, Brazil and Italy.<ref>{{cite news |first=Or |last=Spunder |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/119226.html |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-07-05 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungary, former MTK player and coach of the Israeli national team
* [[Shep Messing]], United States, former international goalkeeper, now sportscaster
* '''[[Luka Modrić]]''', Luka Modrić, [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]] player and Croatian national team regular
* '''[[Andriy Oberemko]]''', Ukraine, former under-21 national teamer and current professional<ref>{{cite news |first=Motti |last=Peshkhatzki |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART1/433/383.html |format= |work= |publisher= |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2006-06-09 |accessdate=2008-07-06 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* [[Haim Revivo]], Israeli, Played for Fenerbahce and Galatasaray
* '''[[Sacha Opinel ]]''', French , Ebbsfleet United FC footballer , played football for A.S Cannes , Lilles OSC and Ajaccio in France
* '''[[Daniël de Ridder]]''', Dutch/Israeli [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] footballer<ref> [http://www.ajax-usa.com/news/2004-2005/daniel-de-ridder-signs-new-deal-until-summer-2007.html]''' de Ridder''' - "he netted a Ajax's only goal in the Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax lost in dramatic fashion. That fixture was a special one for De Ridder, who is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."</ref>
* [[Ronnie Rosenthal]], Israel, [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
* [[Sebastian Rozental]], Chile, former forward with Rangers F.C. and Chilean national team
* '''[[Ben Sahar]]''', Israeli, [[Chelsea F.C.]]
*[[Scott Shulton]], England, Wycombe Wanderers FC
* '''[[Juan Pablo Sorín]]''', Argentine international
* [[Mordechai Spiegler]], Israel, former New York Cosmos and Israeli national team player
* '''[[Idan Tal]]''', Israel, [[Bolton Wanderers]]
* '''[[Nicolás Tauber]]''', Argentina, goalkeeper for [[Club Almagro]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Sagiv |last=Baram |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=המסורת היהודית |url=http://euro.walla.co.il/?w=//1168489 |format= |work= |publisher=[[Walla!]] |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-06-13 |accessdate=2008-06-30 |language=Hebrew |quote=כדורגלן יהודי עם רזומה יחסית מרשים שכן הגיע לישראל הוא ניקולס טאובר |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>
* [[Itzik Zohar]], Israeli footballer

===Golf===
* '''[[Amy Alcott]]''', U.S. [[LPGA]] professional golfer
* [[Herman Barron]], U.S. [[PGA Tour]] professional golfer
* '''[[Bruce Fleisher]]''', U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
* '''[[Jonathan Kaye]]''', U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
* '''[[David Merkow]]''', U.S. golfer, [[Northwestern University]], 2006 [[Big Ten]] Golfer of the Year
* '''[[Rob Oppenheim]]''', [[Canadian]] professional golfer
* '''[[Corey Pavin]]''', U.S. PGA Tour professional golfer
* '''[[Morgan Pressel]]''', U.S. LPGA professional golfer
* [[Monte Scheinblum]], National and World Long Drive Champion, 1992

===Gymnastics===
* '''[[Alyssa Beckerman]]''', [[U.S.]] gymnast
* [[Valery Belenky]], [[Azerbaijan]]i gymnast, Olympic champion
* [[David Mark Berger]]
* [[Alfred Flatow]], [[Germany|German]] gymnast, 3-time Olympic champion
* [[Gustav Flatow]], German gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Samu Fóti]],Hungarian gymnast, Silver Olympic medalist
* [[Mitch Gaylord]], U.S. gymnast, Olympic champion
* [[Imre Gellért]],Hungarian gymnast, Silver Olympic medalist.
* [[Maria Gorokhovskaya]], USSR gymnast, Olympic champion
* [[Abie Grossfeld]], U.S. gymnast, 8-time Pan American champion, 7-time Maccabiah champion, Olympic champion , coach
* [[Ágnes Keleti]], Hungarian gymnast, 5-time Olympic champion
* [[Tatiana Lysenko]], [[Soviet]]/[[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] gymnast, 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Yelena Shushunova]], USSR gymnast, Olympic champion
* [[Kerri Strug]], U.S. gymnast, Olympic champion

===Hockey===
* [[Yevgeny Babich|Evgeny (or Yevgeny) Babich]]{{Fact|date=May 2008}}, [[Soviet]] hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, World & European champion 1954, runner-up 1955, 1957
* [[Rudi Ball]], [[Germany|German]] hockey player Olympic bronze, 1932, World runner-up 1930, bronze 1934<ref>[http://www.sihss.se/RudiBallbiography.htm Name: RUDI BALL<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Max Birbraer]], [[Russia]]n from Kazakhstan; lived & played in Israel. First Israeli to be drafted by an NHL team (The New Jersey Devils).
* [[Hy Buller]], [[Canadian]]-born [[U.S.]] hockey player
* '''[[Michael Cammalleri]]''', [[Canadian]] hockey player
* [[Vitaly Davydov]], Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1964, 1968, 1972, World & European champion 1963-1971, runner-up 1972
* [[Steve Dubinsky]], U.S. hockey player
* [[Niklas Grossman]], defenseman, Dallas Stars, born in Sweden
* [[Eric Harroch]], Canadian hockey player, in the ECHL, drafted 6th round by the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in 2002
* [[Marc Harroch]], Canadian hockey player, in the AHL, drafted 4th round by the [[Florida Panthers]] in 1999<ref> [http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=7824]"Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"</ref>
* '''[[Jeff Halpern]]''', U.S. hockey player
* [[Adam Henrich]], Canadian hockey player
* '''[[Michael Henrich]]''', Canadian hockey player, highest-drafted Jewish player ever - by the [[Edmonton Oilers]]
* '''[[Corey Hirsch]]''', NHL goalie
* [[Alfred Kuchevsky]]{{Fact|date=May 2008}}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960
* [[Max Labovitch]] Canadian Hockey Player (New York Rangers, Toledo Buckeyes)<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=14 Labovitch, Max : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Alex Levinsky]], Canadian hockey player (NHL) circa 1930s, 1940s
* [[Yuri Liapkin]]{{Fact|date=May 2008}}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1976, World & European champion 1971, 1973-75
* Evgeni Malkin, Russian Hockey Player (Half Jewish)
'''[[David Nemirovsky]]''', Canadian hockey player
* [[Bobby Nystrom]], Swedish-born Canadian hockey player (converted to Judaism)
* '''[[Eric Nystrom]]''', American hockey left winger & son of former [[National Hockey League]] player [[Bob Nystrom]]<ref> [http://www.jewishsports.com/news/summer02.htm] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"</ref>
* '''[[Cory Pecker]]''', Canadian hockey player, in the AHL, drafted 6th round by the [[Calgary Flames]] in 1999<ref>[http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=7824]: "Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"</ref>
* [[Mike Richter]], U.S. Hockey Player, Vezina Trophy winning Goaltender, N.Y. Rangers
* [[Ladislav Kohn]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]] NHL Hockey Player
* [[François Rozenthal]], [[France|French]] hockey player
* [[Maurice Rozenthal]], French hockey player
* '''[[Noah Ruden]]''', American Hockey Goalie, Port Huron Flags, University of Michigan.
* '''[[Mathieu Schneider]]''', U.S. hockey player
* [[Ronnie Stern]], Canadian hockey player
* Marty Turco, Canadian Hockey Goalie
[[Mike Veisor]], Canadian hockey player, NHL goaltender from 1973-1984, mostly with the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
* [[Larry Zeidel]], Canadian hockey player, 1950s & 1960s
* [[Yevgeni Zimin]]{{Fact|date=May 2008}}, Soviet hockey player, Olympic champion 1968-72, World & European champion 1968, 1969, 1971

===Judo===
* [[Yael Arad]], [[Israel]]i [[judoka]] half-middleweight, [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[silver medal]]
* [[Mark Berger (judoka)|Mark Berger]], [[Canadian]] judoka [[heavyweight]], Olympic silver medal
* [[James Bregman]], [[United States|American]] judoka [[middleweight]], Olympic [[bronze medal]]
* [[Oren Smadja]], Israeli judoka light-middleweight, Olympic bronze medal
* [[Ehud Vaks]], Israeli half-lightweight judoka
* [[Arik Zeevi]], Israeli judoka half-heavyweight, Olympic bronze medal

===Mixed martial arts===
* [[Rory Singer]], fighter from The Ultimate Fighter 3<ref> {http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=2792&pid=455}</ref>
* [[Adam Brozer]], US Olympic Karate Team Member
* [[Jeffrey Kohn]], US Olympic Karate Coach
* [[Jack Strachan]]
* [[Sasha Susterman]], South American Champion, Florida Champion, Venezuela Champion, Israel champion

===Motorsport===
* [[Woolf Barnato]]
* [[Kenny Bernstein]]
* [[Jo Bonnier]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] Formula One driver
* [[François Cevert]], [[France|French]] Formula One driver
* [[Tom Coronel]], Dutch driver
* [[Bernie Ecclestone]], [[United Kingdom|British]] Formula One driver & Formula One supremo
* [[Robert Grossman]]
* [[Mario Haberfeld]], [[Brazil]]ian Grand-Am driver
* [[Steve Krisiloff]]
* [[Jeff Krosnoff]], [[U.S.]] Formula Indy ([[CART]]) driver
* [[Stirling Moss]], British Formula One driver<ref> The Sunday Telegraph (London); 20/03/05; Nicholas Bagnall; p.12</ref>
* [[Paul Newman]], U.S. actor, motorsport team owner & driver
* [[Chanoch Nissany]], [[Israeli]] Formula One test-driver
* [[Peter Revson]], U.S. Formula One driver
* [[Mauri Rose]], U.S. Indy driver, Indy 500 winner
* [[Ricardo Rosset]], Brazilian Formula One ex-driver
* [[Ian Scheckter]], [[South African]] Formula One ex-driver
* [[Jody Scheckter]], South African Formula One ex-driver
* [[Tomas Scheckter]], South African Indy Racing League driver
* [[Sheila van Damm]], British rally driver<ref> [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]: "Sheila's upbringing in an all-girl Jewish family generated no interest in motoring beyond her training as a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver."</ref>
* [[Gilad Spector]], mixed martial arts specialist

===Rugby (league and union)===
* [[David Emanuel]], [[Australia]]n Rugby Union player
* [[Okie Geffen]], [[South Africa]]n Rugby Union player
* [[Andrew Grunstein]], NSW Rugby Union player
* [[Alan Menter]],South African Rugby Union Player
* [[Sydney Nomis]], South African Rugby Union player
* [[Albert Rosenfeld]], Australian rugby league player
* [[Ian Rubin]], Australian rugby league player
* [[Mark Shulman (Rugby League)|Mark Shulman]], Australian rugby league player
* [[Joel Stransky]], South African rugby union player
* [[Eoin Mullany]], Irish International Superjew

===Sailing===
* [[Tony Bullimore]],<ref> "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' [[January 24]], [[1997]] p.1</ref> [[United Kingdom|British]] yachtsman
* [[Zefania Carmel]], Israeli Women's yachtsman, world champion
* [[Anat Fabrikant]], Israeli Women's Double-Handed Dinghy 470
* [[Gal Fridman]], [[Israeli]] windsurfer, Olympic champion
* [[Mark Mendelblatt]], American 2004 Olympic Sailor, [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Mendelblatt.html] [http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/Laser/MarkMendelblatt.asp]
* [[Sam Shrives]], British 1996 Olympic sailing Superjew

=== Speed Skating===
* [[Irving Jaffee]]. U.S. Speed Skater, Olympic champion
* [[Grach, Rafael]], USSR Speed Skater, 2 Olympic medals.

===Swimming===
* [[Vadim Alexeev]], [[Kazakhstan]]-born [[Israel]]i swimmer
* [[Adi Bichman]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Yoav Bruck]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Tiffany Cohen]], U.S. swimmer, 2-time Olympic champion
* [[Anthony Ervin]], [[U.S.]] swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Yoav Gath]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Scott Goldblatt]], US swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Eran Groumi]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Andrea Gyarmati]], [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] swimmer
* [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Michael Halika]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Judith Haspel]], [[Austria]]n-born Israeli swimmer
* [[Otto Herschmann]], Austrian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
* [[Lenny Krayzelburg]], [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Dan Kutler]], U.S.-born Israeli swimmer
* [[Jason Lezak]], U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Alexei Manziola]], [[Russia]]n-born Israeli swimmer
* [[Yoav Meiri]], Israeli swimmer, 26-time national champion
* [[Alfred Nakache]], [[France|French]] swimmer, world record holder
* [[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]], Austrian swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Marilyn Ramenofsky]], U.S. swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
* [[Keena Rothhammer]], U.S. swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Mark Spitz]], US Olympic champion (9 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze ), has the second most [[gold medal]]s won in a single Olympic Games (7)<ref> '''Spitz''' -, following [[Michael Phelps]] [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/MarkSpitz.htm] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."</ref>
* [[Tal Stricker]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Éva Székely]], Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Dara Torres]], U.S. swimmer (Jewish father), Olympic champion
* [[Eithan Urbach]], Israeli swimmer
* [[Garrett Weber-Gale]], American swimmer, Olympic champion
* [[Ben Wildman-Tobriner]], American swimmer
* John Stark, Australian Olympian

===Table tennis===
* [[Viktor Barna (Braun)]], [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] 23-time world champion
* [[Laszlo Bellak]], Hungarian/[[U.S.]] 7-time world champion
* [[Richard Bergmann]], [[Austrian]]/[[United Kingdom|British]] 7-time world champion
* Alex (Aloys) Erlich, Poland/France, 3 times World Singles Finalist.
* [[Marina Kravchenko]], [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born Israeli table tennis player
* [[Ivor Montagu]], British table tennis player
* [[Leah(Thall)Neuberger]], U.S., 29-time national champion
* Marty Reissman, American International World class player.
* [[Angelica Rozeanu]], [[Romania]]n/[[Israel]]i 17-time world champion
* [[Anna Sipos]], Hungarian 21-time world champion
* [[Miklos Szabados]], Hungarian/Australian 15-time world champion
* [[David Zalcberg]], Australian table tennis player
* [[Leon Wajchenberg]], Polish table tennis champion 1940, Egyptian table tennis champion 1945
* [[Michael Peake]], Australian/Chinese table tennis player
* Marcus Schussheim, First US national champion

===Tennis===

* [[Noam Behr]], [[Israeli]] tennis player
* [[Ilana Berger]], Israeli tennis player
* [[Jay Berger]], U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
* [[Gilad Bloom]], Israeli tennis player
* [[Angela Buxton]], [[England|English]] tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
* '''[[Audra Cohen]]''', U.S. tennis player, [[2007]] [[NCAA]] Women's Tennis Singles Champion
* '''[[Julia Cohen]]''', U.S. tennis player, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion
* [[Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro]], [[France|French]] tennis player
* [[Pierre Darmon]], French tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
* [[Umberto De Morpurgo]], [[Italy|Italian]] tennis player, highest world ranking # 8
* '''[[Jonathan Erlich]]''', Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 10
* '''[[Gaston Etlis]]''', [[Argentina|Argentine]] tennis player
* '''[[Sharon Fichman]]''', [[Canadian]] tennis player
* [[Herbert Flam]], U.S. tennis player, 2-time USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
* [[Zack Fleishman]], U.S. tennis player
* [[Allen Fox]], U.S. tennis player
* [[Mike Franks]], U.S. tennis player
* [[Brad Gilbert]], U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 4
* '''[[Justin Gimelstob]]''', U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion
* [[Shlomo Glickstein]], Israeli tennis player
* '''[[Julia Glushko]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Grant Golden]], U.S. tennis player
* '''[[Paul Goldstein]]''', U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 2-time 18s singles champion<ref> [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/9020/edition_id/171/format/html/displaystory.html] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him", said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."</ref>
* [[Brian Gottfried]], U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 12s & 2-time 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 3
* [[Jim Grabb]], U.S. tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
* [[Seymour Greenberg]], U.S. tennis player
* '''[[Amir Hadad]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Julie Heldman]], U.S. tennis player, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
* [[Martin Jaite]], Argentina tennis player, highest world ranking # 10
* [[Anita Kanter]], U.S. tennis player, US girls 18s singles champion
* [[Ilana Kloss]], [[South African]] tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 1
* [[Aaron Krickstein]], U.S. tennis player, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 6
* [[Zsuzsa Körmöczy]], Hungarian tennis player, French Open champion
* '''[[Jesse Levine]]''', Canadian & U.S. tennis player
* '''[[Harel Levy]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Amos Mansdorf]], Israeli tennis player
* [[Sam Match]], U.S. tennis player
* '''[[Nicolás Massú]]''', [[Chilean]] tennis player, highest world ranking # 9
* '''[[Tzipora Obziler]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Tom Okker]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] tennis player, highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles
* '''[[Noam Okun]]''', Israeli tennis player
* '''[[Shahar Pe'er]]''', Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
* [[Shahar Perkiss]], Israeli tennis player
* [[Daniel Prenn]], German & British tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
* [[Henry Prusoff]], U.S. tennis player
* '''[[Andy Ram]]''', Israeli tennis player, highest world doubles ranking # 9
* '''[[Eyal Ran]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Renée Richards]], U.S. tennis player
* [[Dick Savitt]], U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 2
* '''[[Dudi Sela]]''', Israeli tennis player
* [[Julius Seligson]], U.S. tennis player, 2-time boys 18s singles champion
* '''[[Anna Smashnova]]''', Israeli tennis player, highest world ranking # 15
* [[Harold Solomon]], U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5
* [[Andrew Sznajder]], Canadian tennis player
* [[Brian Teacher]], U.S. tennis player, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7
* [[Eliot Teltscher]], U.S. tennis player, highest world ranking # 6

===Track and field===
* [[Harold Abrahams]]<ref> [http://the-internet-eye.com/r-404274/m-VHS/b-169798/a-6300271498/Default.aspx], sprinter, Olympic champion</ref>
* Sir [[Sidney Abrahams]], Olympic champion<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=318 Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Olympic long-jumper
* [[Jo Ankier]], British<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m14s44&SecId=44&AId=54735&ATypeId=1 The Jewish Chronicle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Gerald Ashworth]], Olympic champion
* [[Aleksandr Averbukh]], Israeli, [[Pole vault]], Gold, 2002, 2006 European Championships
* [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], Dutch athlete, 4-time Olympic champion, 1948, 12-time world record
* [[Lillian Copeland]], U.S. athlete, Olympic champion
* [[Marty Glickman]], Sprinter & broadcaster; U.S. Olympic team, 1936
* [[Milton Green]], U.S. athlete
* [[Deena Kastor|Deena (Drossin) Kastor]], U.S. long-distance & marathon runner
* [[Elias Katz]], Finnish runner, Olympic champion
* [[Abel Kiviat]],U.S. runner, Olympic champion
* [[Janet Kohan-Sedq]], Iranian runner
* [[Faina Melnik]], USSR, Olympic champion
* [[Margaret Bergmann Lambert]] — US champion in high jump (1937-38) and shotput (1938). British high jump champion, 1935
* [[Zhanna Pintusevich-Block]], Ukraine, Gold, 2001 Edmonton, 100m
* [[Irina Press]], USSR, Olympic champion
* [[Tamara Press]], USSR, Olympic champion
* [[Myer Prinstein]], U.S. athlete, Olympic champion
* [[Gabriel Abraham Rojas]], Catalonia, Spain, Distance runner and cross country runner
* [[Fanny Rosenfeld]], Canadian runner and longjumper, Olympic champion
* [[Irena Szewińska]], Polish sprinter & long jumper, Olympic champion
* [[Adam Conway]], English Toser

=== Volleyball===
* [[Doug Beal]], U.S. player & coach
* [[Viktor Haritonoff]], U.S. player & coach
* [[Adriana Behar]], Brazilian beach player
* [[Arie Selinger]] US & Dutch coach & player
* [[Avital Selinger]] Dutch player

===Water Polo===
* [[István Barta]], Hungarian Olympic champion
* [[György Bródy]], Hungarian Olympic champion
* [[Miklós Sárkány]], Hungarian Olympic champion

===Weightlifting===
* [[Luke Breward]], British weightlifter
* [[Isaac Berger]], U.S. [[featherweight]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion
* [[Gary Gubner]], U.S. [[heavyweight]], 4 junior world records
* [[Ben Helfgott]], British weightlifter
* [[Frank Spellman]], U.S. [[middleweight]] Olympic silver medal

===Wrestling===
* [[Károly Kárpáti]], Hungarian wrestler [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion
* [[Fred Oberlander]], Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler.
* [[Henry Wittenberg]], American wrestler [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Champion

* [[Bill Goldberg]], American wrestler [[WCW + WWE]] Champion

===Professional wrestling===
* [[Tex Benedict]], [[UK]] professional wrestler
* [[Steve Blackman]] ("The Lethal Weapon"), [[U.S.]] professional wrestler
* [[Matt Bloom|Matthew Bloom]], ("Giant Bernard," "Rusher Road," "Prince Albert," "Albert," and "A-Train"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Abe Coleman]] ("Hebrew Hercules"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Adam Copeland]], Canadian professional wrestler
* [[Bill Goldberg]], U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
* [[Big Show]], U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Billy Kidman|Peter Gruner]] ("Billy Kidman"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Barry Horowitz]], U.S. professional wrestler
* [[CM Punk]], US professional wrestler
* [[Charlie Haas]], U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Darren Matthews]], US Professional wrestler
* [[Kelly Kelly|Barbie Blank]] ("Kelly Kelly"), U.S. professional wrestler{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
* [[Brimstone (wrestler)|William M. Kucmierowski]], ("Brimstone" and "Will Kaye"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Scott Steiner]], U.S professional wrestler
* [[Larry Latham (wrestler)|Larry Booker]] ("Larry Latham" and "Moondog Spot"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[John "Bradshaw" Layfield]], U.S professional wrestler
* [[Scott Levy]] ("Raven"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Kurt Angle]], U.S professional wrestler
* Stephen Rattigan ("The Ballymun Brawler")
* [[Aviv Maayan]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]]
* [[Marc Mero]] ("Johnny B. Badd"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Brian Pillman]] ("Yellow Dog"), U.S. professional wrestler, NFL player
* [[Lanny Poffo]] ("The Genius"), U.S. professional wrestler (Jewish mother)<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.sptimes.com/News/122701/Floridian/A_wrestling_dynasty.shtml Floridian: A wrestling dynasty<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Jerry Sags|Jerome Saganovich]] ("Jerry Sags"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Randy Savage]] ("Macho Man"), U.S. professional wrestler<ref name=autogenerated1 />
* [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Seitz]] ("'P.S.' ("Purely Sexy") Hayes" and "Dok Hendrix"), U.S. professional wrestler & manager
* Morris Shapiro ("Mighty Atlas"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Dean Malenko|Dean Simon]] ("Dean Malenko"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Boris Malenko|Larry Simon]] ("Boris Malenko"), U.S. professional wrestler
* [[Brian Knobbs|Brian Yandrisovitz]] ("Brian Knobbs" and "Terrorist"), U.S. professional wrestler


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This list includes Jews who have had outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria is: a) 1-3 places winners at major international tournaments; b) for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or c) owners of world records.

Bolding denotes current competitor.

See also: List of Jewish American sportspeople

Commissioners, managers, and owners

Sportscasters & promoters

Sportsmen

Artistic gymnastics

  • Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, Olympic champion (5 times)
  • Tad laferrierere
  • Matt Sherman

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Chess

Cricket

Fencing

Field Hockey

Figure skating

Football (American)

Football (Australian)

Football (soccer)

Golf

Gymnastics

Hockey

David Nemirovsky, Canadian hockey player 

 Mike Veisor, Canadian hockey player, NHL goaltender from 1973-1984, mostly with the Chicago Black Hawks

Judo

Mixed martial arts

Motorsport

Rugby (league and union)

Sailing

Speed Skating

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Track and field

Volleyball

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Professional wrestling

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, January 19, 2007 p.45
  2. ^ Historical View
  3. ^ Hart, Cecil "Cece" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  4. ^ a b c d e f Dresner, Stacey (2006-11-17). "Conversation with Manny Leibert". Connecticut Jewish Ledger. p. 2. Retrieved 2006-11-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Jews in the NFL
  6. ^ Pleat, David : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  7. ^ Wilf - [1] "The team’s owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew ..."
  8. ^ Blomberg - [2] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
  9. ^ The Official Site of The Milwaukee Brewers: Team: Player Information
  10. ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver, Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports, Bloch Publishing Co., 1965
  11. ^ j. - Celebrity Jews
  12. ^ [3] "Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA... Bluthenthal’s late mother was Jewish and his father is black — the family name Bluthenthal originated with a slave owner David Bluthenthal believes was German-Jewish."
  13. ^ [4] "Bruin fans call him the Jewish Jordan...He's a real, live Jewish kid from the heart of Los Angeles, whose step-father is Israeli and has visited Israel twice" [5]
  14. ^ [6]
  15. ^ [7] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [8] [9]
  16. ^ Galler-Rabinowitz - [10]
  17. ^ [11] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [12] "Gregory is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. She now lives in Connecticut to train and Gregory recently spoke to the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about her religious background: "We [my brother and I] were brought up with the feeling that you have to believe in G-d. You have to believe in right and wrong. The rest they kind of left up to us. We celebrated everything-Christmas, Hanukkah, all the Jewish holidays, Easter. They taught us both traditions. Then when we got older they said whatever we chose and whatever we wanted was good with them. I identify that my heritage is Jewish. I feel proud of it.""
  18. ^ [13] "Emily Hughes — whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating — also is Jewish."
  19. ^ [14] "16-year-old Sarah Hughes has a Jewish mother, Amy Hughes née Pasternack, and reportedly grew up in a house with some attachment to Judaism. But odds are you didn't read about it in your local Jewish paper."]
  20. ^ [15] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  21. ^ Harush, Moshe. "Awat sparks storm with decision to play on Yom Kippur". Ha'aretz. Retrieved 2008-07-04. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  22. ^ Spunder, Or (2008-01-24). "הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 2008-01-28. קשרה היהודי/צרפתי של ראים מהליגה ה-2 בצרפת עשוי להגיע להתרשמות במכבי. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  23. ^ Bornstein – named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [16]; [17] ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is", Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. Did not have a bar mitzvah, and doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
  24. ^ McNulty, Dean. "TFC trying to get off schneid". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2008-07-04. Adam Braz won't be playing because he'll be at home in Montreal observing the Jewish high holiday (Yom Kippur) with his family {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  25. ^ Feilhaber - [18] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  26. ^ "דיווחים בצרפת: מכבי ת"א מעוניינת ברודי חדד" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2007-07-07. האם הקשר היהודי, רודי חדד, בדרך למכבי תל-אביב? {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  27. ^ Bell, Jack (2005-09-20). "German Federation Admits to Nazi Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-05. The book also details how thousands of German Jews were forced out of all levels of soccer. Some, including the national team player Julius Hirsch, were murdered by the Nazis. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  28. ^ a b c Rowland, Paul (2007-04-10). "Bluebirds' star first British Jew footballer for 25 years". WalesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-04. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  29. ^ Bar Dayan, Shirley (2006-07-18). "קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה"" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Retrieved 2008-07-04. אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  30. ^ Baram, Sagiv (2007-06-13). "המסורת היהודית" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 2008-06-30. לפני כשנתיים הגיע לארץ שחקן יהודי ארגנטינאי בשם לוקאס לישט (בתקשורת קראו לו אז ליכט). {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  31. ^ Spunder, Or (2008-07-05). "מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין" (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 2008-07-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  32. ^ Peshkhatzki, Motti (2006-06-09). "דינמו קייב לבית"ר: 220 אלף דולר על אנדריי אוברמקו" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-07-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  33. ^ [19] de Ridder - "he netted a Ajax's only goal in the Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv, which Ajax lost in dramatic fashion. That fixture was a special one for De Ridder, who is Jewish and has an Israeli mother."
  34. ^ Baram, Sagiv (2007-06-13). "המסורת היהודית" (in Hebrew). Walla!. Retrieved 2008-06-30. כדורגלן יהודי עם רזומה יחסית מרשים שכן הגיע לישראל הוא ניקולס טאובר {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  35. ^ Name: RUDI BALL
  36. ^ [20]"Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"
  37. ^ Labovitch, Max : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  38. ^ [21] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  39. ^ [22]: "Jewish skaters vie for spots in the NHL"
  40. ^ {http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=2792&pid=455}
  41. ^ The Sunday Telegraph (London); 20/03/05; Nicholas Bagnall; p.12
  42. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Sheila's upbringing in an all-girl Jewish family generated no interest in motoring beyond her training as a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver."
  43. ^ "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle January 24, 1997 p.1
  44. ^ Spitz -, following Michael Phelps [23] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  45. ^ [24] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him", said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  46. ^ [25], sprinter, Olympic champion
  47. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  48. ^ The Jewish Chronicle
  49. ^ a b Floridian: A wrestling dynasty
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