List of Jewish Olympic medalists
Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, Jewish athletes have taken part in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics . The following is a list of Jewish athletes who have won an Olympic medal in the modern games.
Under the criteria of this list, Olympic medalists must have or had at least one Jewish parent and must have identified as Jewish. If the player has converted to another religion before their Olympic achievements, they should not be listed. Similarly, if the player has converted to Judaism before their Olympic achievements, they should be included; if they converted afterwards, they should not be listed here.
Summer Olympics
Alfred and Gustav Flatow on a German stamp; both were killed in the Holocaust Paul Neumann Otto Wahle Alexandre Lippmann Jackie Fields Jenő Fuchs 1928 Dutch women's gymnastics team, which had four Jewish members, three of whom were killed in the Holocaust Bobbie Rosenfeld of Canada, gold medalist at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics Lillian Copeland , track and field gold medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics Endre Kabos , gold medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who was killed in the Holocaust Ágnes Keleti , one of the most decorated Jewish Olympians in historyIsaac Berger Tamara Press of the USSRIrina Press of the USSRLeon Rotman Grigory Kriss Árpád Orbán , Hungarian football player and Olympic gold medalistMarilyn Ramenofsky Mark Spitz , one of the most decorated Olympic swimmersDara Torres , twelve-time Olympic swimming medalistAly Raisman , three-time Olympic gold medalist gymnastJessica Fox , Gold medalist canoeistJo Aleh , Gold medalist sailor for New ZealandGal Friedman , Israel's first Olympic gold medalist (in windsurfing), and Ariel Ze'evi , bronze medalist in judo
1896 Athens
Gold Alfred Flatow , Germany, gymnastics[ 1] parallel bars
gymnastics, team parallel bars
gymnastics, team horizontal bar Alfréd Hajós , Hungary, swimming[ 2] 100-meter freestyle
1,500-meter freestyle Silver
1900 Paris
Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
Gold Silver Bronze
1908 London
Gold Dezsö Földes , Hungary, fencing[ 2] Jenő Fuchs , Hungary, fencing[ 2] individual saber
team saber Oszkár Gerde , Hungary, fencing[ 1] Alexandre Lippmann , France, fencing[ 2] Jean Stern , France, fencing[ 2] Richard Weisz , Hungary, Greco-Roman wrestling[ 2] Lajos Werkner , Hungary, fencing[ 2] Silver Harald Bohr , Denmark[ 2] Alexandre Lippmann , France, fencing
József Munk , Hungary, swimming[ 2] 4x200-meter freestyle relay Edgar Seligman , Great Britain, fencing[ 2] Harry Simon , USA, shooting[ 2] Barney Solomon , Great Britain (Ireland)[ 2] Bert Solomon , Great Britain (Ireland)[ 2] Imre Zachar , Hungary, swimming[ 2] 4x200-meter freestyle relay Bronze
1912 Stockholm
Gold Dezsö Földes , Hungary, fencing
Jenö Fuchs , Hungary, fencing
individual saber
team saber Oszkár Gerde , Hungary, fencing
Jacques Ochs , Belgium, fencing
Gaston Salmon , Belgium, fencing[ 2] Lajos Werkner , Hungary, fencing
Silver Albert Bogen , Austria, fencing[ 2] Samu Foti , Hungary, gymnastics[ 2] Imre Gellert , Hungary, gymnastics[ 2] Abel Kiviat , USA, athletics[ 2] Alvah Meyer , USA, athletics[ 2] Ivan Osiier , Denmark, fencing[ 2] Felix Pipes , Austria, tennis[ 2] Edgar Seligman , Great Britain, fencing[ 2] Bronze
1920 Antwerp
Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Paris
Gold Harold Abrahams , Great Britain, athletics[ 2] Louis Clarke , USA, athletics[ 2] Jackie Fields , USA, boxing[ 2] Elias Katz , Finland, athletics[ 2] 3,000-meter team cross-country Alexandre Lippmann , France, fencing
Silver Harold Abrahams , Great Britain, athletics
Gerard Blitz , Belgium
Maurice Blitz , Belgium
János Garay , Hungary, fencing[ 1] Alfréd Hajós , Hungary, Olympic art competition
Elias Katz , Finland, athletics[ 2] 3,000-meter individual steeplechase Dezső Lauber , Hungary, Olympic art competition[ 2] Bronze
1928 Amsterdam
Gold Estella Agsteribbe , Netherlands, women's gymnastics[ 1] János Garay , Hungary, fencing
Sándor Gombos , Hungary, fencing[ 2] Hans Haas , Austria, weightlifting
Elka de Levie , Netherlands, women's gymnastics[ 1] Ferenc Mező , Hungary, Olympic art competition[ 2] Helena Nordheim , Netherlands, women's gymnastics[ 1] Attila Petschauer , Hungary, fencing[ 1] Anna Polak , Netherlands, women's gymnastics[ 1] Bobbie Rosenfeld , Canada, athletics[ 2] Jud Simons , Netherlands, women's gymnastics[ 1] Silver Bronze
1932 Los Angeles
Gold Istvan Barta , Hungary[ 2] Gyorgy Brody , Hungary[ 2] Lillian Copeland , USA, athletics[ 2] George Gulack , USA, gymnastics[ 2] Endre Kabos , Hungary, fencing[ 2] Attila Petschauer , Hungary, fencing[ 2] Miklós Sárkány , Hungary, water polo[ 2] Silver Philip Erenberg , USA, gymnastics[ 2] Hans Haas , Austria, weightlifting[ 2] Peter Jaffe , Great Britain, yachting[ 2] Károly Kárpáti , Hungary, freestyle wrestling[ 2] Abraham Kurland , Denmark, Greco-Roman wrestling[ 2] Ruth Miller , USA, Olympic art competition[ 2] Bronze Nathan Bor , USA, boxing[ 2] Nickolaus Hirschl , Austria[ 2] freestyle wrestling, heavyweight
Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight Endre Kabos , Hungary, fencing
Albert Schwartz , USA, swimming[ 2] László Szabados , Hungary, swimming[ 2] 4x200-meter freestyle relay András Székely , Hungary, swimming[ 2] 4x200-meter freestyle relay
1936 Berlin
Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London
Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Helsinki
Gold Robert Antal , Hungary[ 2] Sándor Geller , Hungary[ 2] Maria Gorokhovskaya , USSR, gymnastics[ 2] all-around individual exercises
team combined exercises Boris Gurevitsch , USSR, Greco-Roman wrestling[ 2] Ágnes Keleti , Hungary, gymnastics[ 3] Claude Netter , France[ 2] Mikhail Perelman , USSR[ 2] gymnastics, team combined exercises Yakov Punkin , USSR[ 2] wrestling, Greco-Roman featherweight Eva Székely , Hungary[ 2] swimming, 200-meter breaststroke Judit Temes , Hungary[ 2] Galina Urbanovich , USSR
gymnastics, team all-around Wally Wolf , USA
swimming, 4x200 freestyle relay Silver Leonid Gissen , USSR[ 2] rowing, eight-oared shell with coxswain Maria Gorokhovskaya , USSR, gymnastics[ 2] vault
asymmetrical bars
balance beam
floor exercises
team exercises with portable apparatus Ágnes Keleti , Hungary, gymnastics
Aleksandr Moiseyev , USSR[ 2] Grigory Novak , USSR[ 2] weightlifting, middle-heavyweight Galina Urbanovich , USSR[ 2] gymnastics, team portable apparatus Henry Wittenberg , USA
freestyle wrestling, light-heavyweight Bronze
1956 Melbourne
Gold Isaac Berger , USA[ 2] weightlifting, featherweight László Fábián , Hungary[ 2] kayak pairs, 10,000-meters Ágnes Keleti , Hungary, gymnastics
asymmetrical bars
floor exercises
balance beam
team exercise with portable apparatus Aliz Kertész , Hungary, gymnastics[ 2] team exercise with portable apparatus Alfred Kuchevsky , USSR[ 2] Boris Razinsky , USSR[ 2] Leon Rotman , Romania, canoe[ 2] 1,000-meter Canadian singles
10,000-meter Canadian singles Igor Rybak , USSR[ 2] weightlifting, lightweight Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
Gold Silver Isaac Berger , USA
weightlifting, featherweight Boris Goikhman , USSR
Allan Jay , Great Britain, fencing[ 2] individual épée
team épée Jean Klein , France
Guy Nosbaum , France[ 2] Vladimir Portnoy , USSR, gymnastics[ 2] Tamara Press , USSR
Bronze Albert Axelrod , USA
Moysés Blás , Brazil
Imre Farkas , Hungary[ 2] canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian pairs Klára Fried-Bánfalvi , Hungary[ 2] Robert Halperin , USA[ 2] Vladimir Portnoy , USSR
gymnastics, long horse vault Leon Rotman , Romania
canoe, 1,000-meter Canadian singles David Segal , Great Britain[ 2] athletics, 4x100-meter relay
1964 Tokyo
Gold Gerry Ashworth , USA
athletics, 4X100-meter relay Larry Brown , USA[ 2] Boris Dubrovskiy , USSR
Tamás Gábor , Hungary
Irena Szewińska , Poland, athletics[ 2] Grigory Kriss , USSR[ 2] Mark Midler , USSR
Georgy Mondzolevski , USSR[ 2] Árpád Orbán , Hungary[ 2] Irina Press , USSR, track & field
Tamara Press , USSR, track & field
Mark Rakita , USSR[ 2] Silver Bronze
1968 Mexico City
Gold Boris Gurevich , USSR
freestyle wrestling middleweight Irena Szewińska , Poland, athletics
Valentin Mankin , USSR[ 2] Georgy Mondzolevski , USSR
Mark Rakita , USSR
Mark Spitz , USA, swimming
400-meter freestyle relay
800-meter freestyle relay Yury Vengerovsky , USSR
Eduard Vinokurov , USSR
Victor Zinger , USSR[ 2] Silver Bronze
1972 Munich
Gold Silver Bronze Peter Asch , USA
Yefim Chulak , USSR
Don Cohan , USA[ 2] Andrea Gyarmati , Hungary, swimming[ 2] Irena Szewińska , Poland, athletics
Neal Shapiro , USA
equestrian, individual jumping Peter Bakonyi , Hungary
1976 Montreal
Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Moscow
Gold Silver
1984 Los Angeles
Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul
Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Barcelona
Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
Gold Silver Bronze
2004 Athens
Gold Silver Bronze Robert Dover , USA
Sada Jacobson , USA[ 9] fencing, individual saber Deena Kastor , USA[ 9] Jason Lezak , USA, swimming
Sarah Poewe , Germany[ 9] swimming, 4x100 medley relay Sergei Sharikov , Russia[ 9] Ariel Ze'evi , Israel[ 9]
2008 Beijing
Gold Silver Bronze
2012 London
Gold Silver Bronze
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo
Gold Bronze
2024 Paris
Gold Silver Bronze
Winter Olympics
Rafayel Grach of the USSREmília Rotter Sasha Cohen of the USASarah Hughes of the USAIrina Slutskaya
1932 Lake Placid
Gold Bronze
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Silver Bronze
Silver
1960 Squaw Valley
Silver Bronze
1964 Innsbruck
Bronze
1968 Grenoble
Silver
1980 Lake Placid
Gold
2002 Salt Lake City
Gold Silver
2006 Turin
Silver Bronze
2010 Vancouver
Gold Silver
2014 Sochi
Gold Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang
Bronze
2022 Beijing
Bronze
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Others
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