1993 Maccabiah Games

14th Maccabiah 1993 Maccabiah logo.jpg 200 Tel Aviv, Israel 48 5,100 Ramat Gan Stadium 13th Maccabiah 15th Maccabiah Torchbearer Yael Arad The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from eight Republics of the former Soviet Union also participated. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932."The 20th Maccabiah Games: A brief History (Part 1)," The Canadian Jewish News. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.https://books.google.com/books?id=nTHRB6Fj_4gC&q=maccabiah+games+olympics+regional+sport+event&pg=PA56 Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Palgrave Macmillan 2012 9781137291158Mitchell G. Bard and Moshe Schwartz (2005). 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know about Israel p. 84.History of the Maccabiah Games http://www.maccabi.com.au/Maccabiah/Page/1591/Maccabiah-Games-History/History-of-the-Maccabiah-Games.cfm Maccabi Australia 2017-07-14 2016-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20161020064514/http://www.maccabi.com.au/Maccabiah/Page/1591/Maccabiah-Games-History/History-of-the-Maccabiah-Games.cfm dead Among other Olympic and world champions, swimmer Mark Spitz won 10 Maccabiah gold medals before earning his first of nine Olympic gold medals.https://forward.com/news/510411/at-the-maccabiah-300-jewish-american-athletes-become-bar-and-bat-mitzvah/ At Maccabiah Games, 300 Jewish American athletes become bar and bat mitzvah July 14, 2022 The Forward Opening ceremonies A giant torch has been fixed in the Ramat Gan Stadium for this games and on. Yael Arad, who had won a silver medal for Israel in judo at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, lit the Maccabiah torch. Notable competitors In wrestling, Canadian Olympian Andy Borodow won two gold medals, one in freestyle and one in Greco Roman.https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-1243/page-4 The Canadian Jewish news, July 29, 1993, page 4 | SFU Digitized Newspapers Canadian future Olympian Oleg Ladik won a gold medal in wrestling.https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-1243/page-4 July 29, 1993, page 4 The Canadian Jewish News In soccer, Lev Kirshner and Amos Magee played for the United States as it won a bronze medal.https://goaztecs.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/lev-kirshner/534 Lev Kirshner - Men's Soccer Coach SDSU Athleticshttps://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/thunder-coach-amos-magee-to-head-us-maccabi-soccer-team/n-3435189 Thunder coach Amos Magee to head US Maccabi soccer team March 9, 2007 OurSports Central American Stuart Krohn won a silver medal in men's rugby. Shawn Lipman represented the United States in rugby union, was team captain, and was selected as MVP of the Rugby Event, as the team won a silver medal.http://usmaccabiahrugby.com/player/shawn-lipman/ US Maccabiah Rugby » Shawn Lipman In tennis, Michael Zimmerman and Giora Payes of the U.S. won the men's doubles gold medals.Golland Mike Sport The Australian Jewish News August 13, 1993 Eric Friedler and Stacey Schefflin competed in tennis for the United States.https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19930331-01.1.40&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- 31 March 1993 Jewish Posthttps://www.jta.org/1993/07/08/archive/maccabiah-instills-jewish-pride-in-athletes-from-around-the-world Maccabiah Instills Jewish Pride in Athletes from Around the World July 8, 1993 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 5 September 2018 Damián Furmanski competed for Argentina in tennis.http://diariostampa.com.ar/me-encantaria-estar-en-israel-2017/ "Me encantaría estar en Israel 2017" 15 July 2016 Diario Stampa Spanish 31 July 2018August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Russian grandmaster Yuri Averbakh competed in chess.https://www.chess.com/news/view/yuri-averbakh-100-years Yuri Averbakh, The Oldest Living Grandmaster, Turns 100 Peter Doggers Chess.com Participating communities The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed. 13em Argentina Australia Austria Belarus 1991 Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia 1990 Germany Guatemala Hong Kong 1959 Hungary India Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania 1988 Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russia 1991 Samoa South Africa 1928 South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States (639) Venezuela 1930 Zimbabwe References External links Summaries of each of the Games https://web.archive.org/web/20170610090448/http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm 2017-06-10 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games Category:Maccabiah Games Category:1990s in Tel Aviv