Bronze
James Fuchs, USA, athletics, shot put
Lev Vainschtein, USSR, free rifle
Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, team exercise
with portable apparatus Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, asymmetrical
bars
1956 (Cortina d'Ampezzo/ Melbourne)
Gold
Leon Rotman, liomania, canoe, 1,000-metre Canadian singles
Leon Rotman, Romania, canoe, 10,000-metre Canadian singles Isaac Berger, USA, featherweight weightlifting Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, asymmetrical bars
Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, floor exercises Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, balance beam Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, team exercise
with portable apparatus Aliz Kertosz, Hungary, gymnastics, team exercise
with portable apparatus Boris liasinsky, USSR, soccer
Silver
Eva Szekely, Hungary, 200-metre breaststroke
swimming C'laude Netter, France, fencing, team foil Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, individual
combined exercises Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics, team
combined exercises Aliz Kertesz, Hungary, gymnastics, team combined
exercises
Rafael Gratsch, USSR, 500-metre speed skating Bronze
Imre Farkas, Hungary, canoe, 10,000-metre
Canadian pairs Boris Goikhman, USSR, water polo Yves Dreyfus, France, fencing, team epee Armand Mouyal, France, fencing, team epee Yakov Rylsky, USSR, fencing, team sabre David Tyschler, USSR, fencing, team sabre
1960(Squclw^^ie//Rome) Gold
Mark Midler, USSR, fencing, team foil
Silver
Boris Goikhman, USSR, water polo Isaac Berger, USA, featherweight weightlifting Allan Jay, Great Britain, fencing, individual epee Allan Jay, Great Britain, fencing, team epee Guy Nosbaum, France, rowing, coxed-fours Jean Klein, France, rowing, coxed fours Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, gymnastics, team combined exercises
Bronze
Leon Rotman, Romania, canoe, 1,000-metre
Canadian singles Imre Farkas, Hungary, canoe, 1,000-metre
Canadian pairs Klara Fried-Banfalvi, Hungary, kayak, 500-metre
pairs
Moyses Bias, Brazil, basketball David Segal, Great Britain, athletics, 400-metre relay
Albert Axelrod, USA, fencing, individueil foil
Israeli Olympians
T
he Israeli delegation to the 1996 Olympic Games will include a mix of native Israelis and Soviet immigrants with the country's best chances for a medal in judo, yachting and shooting. Jewish eyes should be fixed on an expert marksman, Boris Polak, an immigrant wrestler. Gotcha Tzitzuashvili, and the two judo players who won Israel's first Olympic medals in Barcelona in 1992, Yael Arad and Oren Smadja. At press time, the Israeli delegation included:
Archery
Yaron Kolesnik
Age: 23
Achievements: First at the Grand Prix in Cyprus in 1994; sixth at the World Halls Championship in England; Students World Champion in France this year. Coach: Valentin Toblin Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Jerusalem Hapoel Immigrated: 1990
Boxing
Vladislav Neumann
Age: 30
Achievpments:Ranked third at the European boxing championship in 1993 and fifth at the Worid Championship in 1995. Coach: Ram Raviv Training: Maccabee Azaria Residence: Rishon-Lezion
Fencing
Top contender: Lydia Hatuel
Age: 33
Achievements: Eighth at the Worid Cup in 1995 and the World Championship in 1995; seventh at the World Groups Championship in 1995; third and eighth at the World Cup in Germany and Italy this year. She also participated in the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games. Coach: Her brother, Haim Training: Hapoel Acre Residence: Acre
Occupation: Physical-training teacher.
Also competing: Lilach Fritzki
Age: 23
Achievements: Third at the World Youth Cup in 1992; eighth at the World Championship in 1995; eighth at the Worid Cup in 1996. Coach: Mirkin Yosef Training: Hapoel Acre Residence: Acre
Ayelet Ohayon
Age: 22
Achievements: Second at the World Youth Cup in 1993; eighth at the European Adult Women Championship in 1995; and seventh
at the World Groups Championship in 1995 Coach: Haim Hatuel Training: Hapoel Acre Personal: Recently completed military service and is now a student at West Galilee College in Acre
Ira Slavitzki
Age: 25
AchievementsiRasikeA 21st at the
Worid Cup in France in 1993 and
seventh in groups at the World
Championship in 1994
Coach: Shlomi Eyal
Training: Kefar Yehoshua Club
Residence: Acre
Immigrated: 1990
Occupation: Physical-training
teacher.
Judo
Top contenders: Yael Arad
Age: 29
Weight class: 61 kilograms
Achievements:lsTae\'s, first Olympic silver medalist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona; gold medal in Paris in 1992; silver at 1993 World Championships in Canada; fifth in the World Championships in Japan in 1995; and bronze in a major international tournament in Moscow this year.
Coach: Dani Leopold Training: Holon, Maccabee Tel Aviv and Wingate Institute Residence: Afeka Occupation: Served in the Israeli army as a sports instructor. Personal: In 1992, she dedicated her silver medal to 11 Israeli athletes killed in the Munich Olympics in 1972. This year, she dedicates her matches to slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Oren Sma4ja
Age: 26
Weight class: 78 kilograms
Achievements: Israel's first Olympic bronze medalist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He ranked third at the European Judo Championship in
Yael Arad
Oren Smadja
1992, was the competition winner in Belgium in 1994 and a silver medalist at the 1995 Worid Championships.
Coach: His father, Maurice. Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Hapoel Tel Aviv Residence: Netanya
Also competing: Guy Fogel
Age: 21
Weight class: 60 kilograms Achievements: Seventh place at the World Championships in 1990 and 1995.
Coach: Yaacov Baruch Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Hapoel Raanana Residence: Raanana Occupation: Soldier
AmitLang
Age: 26
Weight class: 60 kilograms Achievements: Third at the European Championship for Youth in 1990; represented Israel at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992; fifth at the European Championships in England in 1995. Coach: Dani Leopold Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Maccabee Tel Aviv Residence: Tel Aviv
Einat Yaron
Age: 23
Weight class: 57 kilograms Achievements: Bronze medal in the European Championship in 1995 Coach: Dani Leopold Training: Eitanin Ramat Hasharon Residence: Herzliya
Kayaking (Canoeing)
Lior Carmi
Age: 20
Achievements: Ninth at the World Youth Championship in 1993 and fourth at the World Cup in Poland in 1995.
Coach: Aviram Mizrahi Training: Hapoel Emek Hayarden marina
Residence: Kibbutz Massada
Shooring
Top contender: Boris Polak
Age: 42
Category: Air rifle and free rifle