NEW YORK (JTA) – The following is a list of known Jewish athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing:
United States
Fencing, Women
Sara Jacobson, sabre
Kayaking
Rami Zur, 500-meter individual
Swimming, Men
Jason Lezak, 100-meter freestyle, relays
Garrett Weber-Gale, 100 freestyle, relays
Ben Wildman-Tobriner, 50 freestyle, relays
Swimming, Women
Dara Torres, 50-meter freestyle, relays
Track and Field, Women
Deena Kastor, marathon
Israel
Artistic Gymnastics, Men
Alex Shatilov, all-around
Canoeing, Men
Michael Koganov, K-1 500 and 1000 meters
Fencing, Men
Tomer Or, foil
Fencing, Women
Dalilah Hatuel, foil
Noam Mills, epee
Judo, Men
Ariel Ze’evi, 100 kg
Gal Yekutiel, 60 kg
Judo, Women
Alice Schlezinger, 63 kg
Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual
Ira Risenzon
Neta Rivkin
Rhythmic Gymnastics, Team
Kayta Pizatzki
Racheli Vidgorcheck
Maria Savnakov
Alona Dvorinchenko
Veronica Witberg
Sailing, Men
Gidi Klinger and Udi Gal, 470
Shahar Tzuberi, windsurfing
Sailing, Women
Vered Buskila and Nika Kornitzky, 470
Nufar Eledman, laser radial
Ma’ayan Davidovich, windsurfing
Shooting
Doron Egozi, 50-meter rifle 3, 10-meter air rifle
Gil Simkovich, 50-meter rifle 3, 50-meter rifle prone
Guy Starik, 50-meter rifle prone
Swimming, Men
Itay Chama, 200-meter breaststroke
Gal Nevo, 200 and 400 individual medley
Guy Barnea, 100 breaststroke
Tom Be’eri, 100 and 200 breaststroke
Allon Mandel, 100 and 200 butterfly
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, 200 freestyle
Swimming, Women
Anya Gostamelsky, 50 and 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly
Synchronized Swimming
Anastasia Gloushkov and Ina Yoffe, duet
Taekwondo
Bat-El Getterer, 57 kg
Tennis, Men
Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich, doubles
Tennis, Women
Shahar Peer, singles
Tzipora Obziler, doubles with Peer
Track and Field, Men
Alex Averbukh, pole vault
Niki Palli, long jump
Haile Satayin, marathon
Itai Magidi, 3000-meter steeplechase
Argentina
Hockey, Women
Gisele Kanevsky
Judo, Women
Daniela Krakower
Swimming, Men
Damian Blaum
Table Tennis
Pablo Tabachnik
Weightlifting, Women
Nora Koppel
Australia
Table Tennis
David Zalcberg
Austria
Swimming, Men
Maxim Podoprigora
Canada
Baseball
Adam Stern
Wrestling
David Zilberman, 96 kg
Ari Taub, 120 kg plus
Chile
Tennis, Men
Nicolas Massu
Great Britain
Rowing
Josh West
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