Achievements: Reigning world champion in the Olympic air rifle event; won gold and silver in two major world competitions between
1994 and 1995; won World Championship in air gun in 1994; fourth at the World Cup in Japan in 1995; and fourth at the international competition in Finland in January. Training: Olympic shooting range in Herzliya.
Immigrated: 1992 Residence: Ashkelon Personal: Soviet coaches told him 10 years ago he was too old to compete.
Also competing: Eduard Alayev
Age: 29
Category: Moving target with an air gun
Achievements: Ranked 15th at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992; gold medal at the World Cup in Guatemala in 1992; and third at the International Competition in Finland in 1995.
Membership: Hapoel Society, Herzliya
Residence: Tel Aviv
Guy Starek
Age: 31
Category: Rifle sharpshooter, sniper, lying down
Achievements: Ranked seventh at the European Championship in
1995
Membership: Jerusalem Marksman's Society Residence: Herzliya
Alex Tripolski
Age: 34
Category: Pistol shooting, sniper Achievements: Silver medal at the World Cup at Seoul in 1995
Residence: Wingate Institute
Immigrated: 1990 Coach: Marcel Cohen
Swimming
Vadim Alexeyev
Age: 26
Category: 100-metre breaststroke, relay Achievements: Ninth at the World Championship in 1994; second at the World Cup in 1995; third at the Israel Championship this year. Coach: Leonid Sheichet Training: Philip Leon swimming pool in Jerusalem
Membership: Hapoel Jerusalem
Residence: Jerusalem Immigrated: From the Soviet Union in 1992
VadIm Alexeyev
Yoav Bnik
Yoav Bruk
Age: 24
Category: 50-metre, 100-metre freestyle
Achievements: Eighth at the World Championship in 1994; sixth in the 50-metre freestyle at the European Championship in 1995; and a gold medal for short swims in the World Cup Tournament this year. Coach: Leonid Kaufmann Training: He swan at Auburn University, where he was studying, and practiced at the Wingate Institute. Membership: Hapoel Nahariya Residence: Herzliya
Dan Kutler
Age: 26
Category: 100-metre butterfly stroke and relay
Achievements: Won two gold medals at the 1993 Maccabiah Games; 15th at the European Championship in 1995; third at the World Cup. Coach: Leonid Sheichet Training: Hapoel Jerusalem Residence: Jerusalem Immigrated: 1994 Personal: A California native and UCLA Ail-American. He tried out for the U.S. swimming team in 1992.
Eitan Urbach
Age: 19
Category: 100-metre, 200-metre backstroke
Achievements: First at the European youth championships in 200-metre backstroke in 1995 and third at the World Cup this year. Coach: Leonid Kaufmann Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Maccabee Haifa Residence: Haifa Occupation: Soldier
Tennis
Anna Smashnova
Age: 20
Achievements: Champion of the Roland Garros Tournament in France in 1991; third at the USA Open Match in 1994; fourth at the Roland Garros Tournament in 1995; and won the first round of the Australia Open Championship this year.
Coach: Oded Yaacov
Training: Tennis Centre, Ramat-
Hasharon
Residence: Herzliya
Immigrated: 1990
Track and Field
Dani Krasnov
Age: 26
Category: Pole vault Achievements: Finished eighth at the Barcelona Games in 1992; best achievement was 5.75 me-
tres at the Grand Prix in Brussels in 1994; 14th place at the World Championship in Baix»lona in 1995 when he jumped 5.6 metres; and fourth in the International Match this year.
Coach: Rosenwar Arieh Training: In the former Soviet Union, at Hapoel Jerusalem and Hadar Yosef Residence: Jerusalem. Immigrated: 1991
Rogel Nahiun
Age: 29
Category: Triple jump Achievements: His best achievement was 17.20 metres at the World Cup in Sevilia in 1992. In 1995, he placed 11th at the World Championships and fourth at the International Match. Coach: Alex Merman Training: Maccabee-Tel Aviv and Hadar Yosef Residence: Tel Aviv
Also competing: Konstantin Matusevitch
Age: 25
Category: High jump Achievements: In 1995, ranked second at the Ukraine Championship. Residence: Netanya Occupation: Coach
Konstantin Semyonov
Age: 27
Category: Pole vault Achievements: First at the Hapoel Games in Tel Aviv with a 5.70 metre jump.
Coach: Pavel Kogan Training: Wingate Institute and the Athletics Stadium in Tel Aviv Occupation: Coach
Windsurfing
Gal Friedman
Age: 21
Achievements: Second at the European Championship in 1995 and second at the World Championship in Haifa this year. Coach: Gur Steinberg Training: Sedot Yam Membership: Hapoel Society Ce-sarea Marine Centre Residence: Karkur
Wrestling
Gotcha Tzitzuashvili
Age: 23
Category: Greek-Roman style Achievements: Silver at the European Championships in 1994; silver at the World Championship in 1995; bronze at the 1995 European Championship; and bronze at the European Championship this year. Coaches: Yaacov Mazin and Benny Migarashvili
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Robert Halperin, USA, star-class yachting Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, gymnastics, long-horse vault
Rafael Gratsch, USSR, 500-motre speed skating
1964 (Innsbruck/ Tokyo) Gold
Lawrence Brown, USA, basketball Gerald Ashworth, USA, athletics, 400-moti-o relay Irena Kirazenstein, Poland, athletics, 400-metre relay
Mark Midler, USSR, fencing, team foil Yakov Rylsky, USSR, fencing, team sabre Tamas Gabor, Hungary, team epee
Silver
Irena Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics, 200-metre dash
Irena Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics, long jump Marilyn Ramenofsky, USA, 400-metre freestyle
swimming Nelly Abramova, USSR, volleyball Isaac Berger, USA, featherweight weightlifling
Bronze
Yves Dreyfus, France, fencing, team epee James Bregman, USA, middleweight judo
1968 (Grenoble/Mexico Gly) Gold
Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics,
200-metre dash Mark Spitz, USA, 400-metre freestyle swimming
relay
Mark Spitz, USA, 800-metre freestyle swimming relay
Boris Gurevitsch, USSR, freestyle middleweight wrestling
Silver
Mark Spitz, USA, 100-metre butterfly swimming Semyon Behts-Geiman, USSR, 400-metre freestyle
swimming relay Alain Calmat, France, figure skating
Bronze
Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein, Poland, athletics,
100-metre dash Mark Spitz, USA, 100-metre freestyle swimming Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, 800-metre freestyle
swimming relay
1972 (Scfapoio/AAunidi) Gold
Mark Spitz, USA, 100-metre freestyle swimming Mark Spitz, USA, 200-metre freestyle swimming Mark Spitz, USA, 100-metre butterfly swimming Mark Spitz, USA, 200-metre butterfly swimming Mark Spitz, USA, 400-metre freestyle swimming relay
Mark Spitz, USA, 400-metre medley swimming relay
Mark Spitz, USA, 800-metre freestyle swimming relay
Faina Melnik, USSR, atliletics, discus throw Sandor Erdoes, Hungary, fencing, team epee
Silver
Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, 100-metre backstroke swimming
Neal Shapiro, USA, equestrian team jumping
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