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Jewish Olympians

Emery Lehman competes at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. (Noel Stave/ Speedskating)
February 23, 2026, 4:16 pm
Taking a final lap in Milan, US skating medalist Emery Lehman enters Jewish Olympic lore
After silver finish this week, speedskater may be the most decorated Jew in Winter Games history – an honor, he says, that came with sacrifices he now looks forward to making up
By Ed Klajman
Israel's Jared Firestone reacts after competing in the skeleton men's heat 4 at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 13, 2026. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
February 14, 2026, 7:58 pm
Israel makes history but no major wins in first week at 2026 Winter Olympics
Skeleton’s Jared Firestone ends Olympic run in 22nd place, as country’s first-ever cross-country skier crosses the finish line second to last at Milano Cortina Games
By Amy Spiro
Israel's 2026 Winter Olympics bobsled team, clockwise from back left: Omer Katz, Ward Fawarseh, Uri Zisman, AJ Edelman, Menachem Chen and coach Itamar Shprinz. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2026, 5:01 pm
Israel’s bobsled team is chasing more than medals in its first Olympic outing in Milan
When the crew in blue and white hits the ice next week, it will be making history with AJ Edelman, the first Orthodox winter Olympian
By jacob gurvis
Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes (43) skates with the puck as Calgary Flames center Yegor Sharangovich (17) follows during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Jan. 29, 2026, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP/Abbie Parr)
February 5, 2026, 11:51 am
Six Jewish athletes to watch at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Five hockey players and a speed skater will vie for medals and glory at the Milano Cortina Games – including a pair of brothers
By JTA and ToI Staff
Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti in her apartment in Budapest, Hungary, on January 8, 2023. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
January 2, 2025, 1:05 pm
Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic medalist, dies at 103
Hungarian-born gymnast, whose father perished in Auschwitz, nabbed 10 medals at 1952 and 1956 games before settling in Israel and coaching national team for decades
By AP and ToI Staff
2024 US Olympic fencer bronze medalist Nick Itkin attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' 'Jackpot!' at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on August 13, 2024. (Valerie Macon / AFP)
August 16, 2024, 1:02 am
Jewish US Olympic fencer Nick Itkin says piercing family history led to his bronze win
Both his parents are athletic coaches who came to America from Ukraine, so it’s no surprise the medalist is already eyeing the gold when the Games come to his hometown LA in 2028
By Ed Klajman
Amit Elor celebrates defeating Davaanasan Enkh Amar of Mongolia and winning the women's freestyle 72 kg wrestling final match during the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
August 5, 2024, 1:14 pm
Facing family tragedy, online antisemitism, US wrestler Amit Elor vies for gold in Paris
Undefeated for 5 years, daughter of Israeli parents will step onto the mat Monday as a gold medal contender. She’s been pitted against more trying circumstances in the past
By Aimee Berg
Claire Weinstein, of the United States, competes in a women's 200-meter freestyle heat at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
July 24, 2024, 3:32 pm
Eleven Jewish athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Olympics
From Canada, the US and Australia, Jewish athletes are competing in wrestling, paddling, fencing, shooting, beach volleyball and more at the Summer Games
By jacob gurvis
Ernie Grunfeld hugs his children, Rebecca, 12, and Danny, 9, at a news conference in Harrison, New York, July 21, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
January 26, 2022, 6:04 am
The only known 2nd-generation Holocaust survivor in US sports leaves an NBA legacy
In his new book ‘By the Grace of the Game,’ former pro athlete Dan Grunfeld tells the story of his Jewish immigrant father who defied the odds to make basketball history
By Rich Tenorio
Jessica Fox of Australia competes in the Women's C1 of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 29, 2021, 9:43 pm
In 3rd Olympics outing, Australian Jewish paddler wins gold in canoe slalom
Jessica Fox becomes first-ever woman to win gold medal in Olympic event opened to female paddlers for first time in 2021
By Emily Burack
US-Israeli dressage rider Micah Deligdish. (Emma Miller)
July 17, 2019, 1:51 pm
US-born female rider clears latest hurdle toward representing Israel in Tokyo
Micah Deligdish placed in a pair of events on July 12, setting her up for a final competition next month where she can qualify to ride for the Israeli team in the 2020 Olympics
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: From left to right, Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Holocaust survivor and Olympian Ben Helfgott and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Congregations of the Commonwealth attend the Yom HaShoah Commemoration, the British Jewish community's Holocaust remembrance ceremony, in Barnet, north London, on May 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL)
June 30, 2018, 2:14 pm
Holocaust survivor who went on to become two-time Olympian receives knighthood
New biography showcases Ben Helfgott, a 5-foot-4 athlete who, after enduring Buchenwald and Theresienstadt, captained UK weightlifters — and lifted his fellow survivors
By Rich Tenorio
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