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Sailing

Shooting

Skeleton

Skiing and Snowboarding

Speed Skating

Softball

Surfing

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Track and Field

Triathlon

Volleyball

Waterpolo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Professional Wrestling

 

Sailing

·         Daniel Adler, Brazil, Olympic silver (yachting; sailing class)[67]

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·         Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailor, Olympic champion (470 class), world champion (420 class)[429][430]

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·         Tony Bullimore, British, yachtsman[431]

·         Zefania Carmel, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[230]

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·         Don Cohan, US, Olympic bronze (yachting; dragon class)[67]

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·         Gal Fridman, Israel, windsurfer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist (Israel's first gold medalist), 1996 Olympic bronze medalist (Mistral class)[432]

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·         Robert Halperin, US, yachting (star-class)[67]

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·         Peter Jaffe, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)[67]

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·         Lee Korzits, Israel, windsurfer, 4x world champion (RS:X)[132]

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·         Lydia Lazarov, Israel, yachtsman, world champion (420 class)[230]

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·         Valentyn Mankin, Soviet/Ukraine, only sailor in Olympic history to win gold medals in three different classes (yachting: finn class, tempest class, and star class), silver (yachting, tempest class)[67]

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·         Nimrod Mashiah, Israel, windsurfer, ranked # 1 in world (RS:X; 2010)[433]

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·         Mark Mendelblatt, US, Olympic sailor, 2x world silver (laser and sunfish), bronze (laser)[434][435]

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·         Robert Mosbacher, US, world championship gold & silver (dragon class), gold (soling class), and bronze (5.5 metre class)[19]

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·         Ran Shantal, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[436]

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·         Nir Shental, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[437]

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·         Dan Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[438]

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·         Ran Torten, Israel, 470-class, Olympian[439]

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·         Shahar Tzuberi, Israel, windsurfer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (RS:X discipline); 2009 & 2010 European Windsurf champion[440]

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·         Yoav Cohen, Israel, windsurfer, fourth place at the 2020 Summer Olympcis

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·         Eli Zuckerman, Israel, yachtsman, Olympian

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Shooting

·         Morris Fisher, US, 5x Olympic champion (2x team free rifle300 m free rifle, 3 positions600 m free rifle; team 300 m military rifle, prone)[177]

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·         Guy Starik, Israel, world record in 50 m rifle prone[442]

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·         Lev Vainshtein, USSR (Russia), 3x team world champion (25 m & 50 m pistol) and Olympic bronze medalist (300 m rifle)[443]

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Skeleton (Small Sled)

·         Adam (AJ) Edelman, US-Israel, 4x National Champion, 2018 Olympian

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Skiing and Snowboarding

·         Arielle Gold, US, Olympic bronze snowboarder, world champion[444]

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·         Taylor Gold, US, snowboarder[444]

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·         Jared Goldberg, US, Olympic alpine skier, US Junior Championships combined champion, US Championships downhill champion[445]

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·         Drew Goldsack, Canada, cross country skier, 2x Olympian

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·         Anna Segal, Australia, Olympic freestyle slopestyle skier, 2x world champion[446]

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·         Virgile Vandeput, Israel, Belgian-born, slalom & giant slalom skier, Olympian[282]

Speed Skating

·         Andy Gabel, US, Olympic silver (5,000 meter short track relay)[19][27]

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·         Rafayel Grach, USSR, Olympic silver (500 m), bronze (500 m)[67]

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·         Irving Jaffee, US, 2x Olympic champion (5,000-meter, 10,000-meter), world records (mile, 25 miles)[2]

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·         Dan Weinstein, US, short-track, 3x world champion (2x team 1,000 meters, team short-track 5,000 meters)[275][27]

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Softball

·         Tamara Statman, Israeli National Softball Team

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Surfing

·         Makua Rothman, US, Big Wave World Champion[448]

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·         Shaun Tomson, South Africa, world champion[449]

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·         Anat Lelior, Israel. She will represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

 

Table Tennis

·         Ruth Aarons, US, 2x world champion[27]

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·         Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22x world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF")[2]

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·         Laszlo Bellak, Hungary/US, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF[2]

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·         Dora Beregi, Hungarian 2x world champion

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·         Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF[2]

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·         Benny Casofsky, English Swaythling Cup player

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·         Alojzy Ehrlich, Poland, 3x silver and 1x bronze in the World Championships; incarcerated by the Nazis in Auschwitz; represented France after 1945

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·         Shimcha Finkelstein, Poland, World bronze medallist and first champion of Israel

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·         Magda Gál, Hungarian, 20 world championship medals

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·         Sandor Glancz, Hungarian, 4x world champion

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·         Gregory Grinberg, Moldova/USSR, 4x USSR

·         champion (singles, doubles, mix)[469][470]

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·         Tibor Házi, Hungarian three times world champion

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·         Jeff Ingber, English international

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·         Eddie Kantar, American bridge author; only person ever to have played in a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship

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·         Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, Czechoslovakia, 3x world champion, incarcerated by the Nazis in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz[2]

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·         Erwin Kohn, Austrian world champion

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·         Marina KravchenkoUkrainian-born Israeli, Soviet and Israel national teams[471]

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·         Pavel Löwy, Czech world bronze medallist and believed to have died in concentration camp

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·         Hyman Lurie, English three times world bronze medallist

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·         Dick Miles, US, 10x US champion[27]

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·         Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team and founder of the International Table Tennis Federation[2]

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·         Leah Neuberger (Thall), "Miss Ping", US, 29x US champion[2]

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·         Marty Reisman, US, 3x national champion[27]

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·         Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF[2]

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·         Samuel Schieff, Poland world bronze medallist and later Israel international

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·         Sol Schiff, US double world champion

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·         Anna Sipos, Hungary, 11x world champion, ITTFHoF[2]

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·         Miklos Szabados, Hungary/Australia, 15x world champion[2]

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·         Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, national team

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·         Thelma Thall, US, 2x world table tennis champion[472]

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·         David Zalcberg, Australia, national team[471]

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Taekwondo

·         Avishag Semberg, Israel, Olympic bronze medalist 2020 (49 kg)

·         Mitchell Bobrow, USA, All American Open Grand Champion 1969

 

Tennis

 

·         Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, highest world ranking # 9[473]

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·         Jay Berger, US, USTA boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 7[3]

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·         Gilad Bloom, Israel[474]

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·         Madison Brengle, US[475]

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·         Gail Brodsky, US[476]

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·         Elise Burgin, US, highest world singles ranking # 22, highest world doubles ranking # 8[18]

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·         Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French women's doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon women's doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9[3][477]

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·         Audra Cohen, US, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles champion[19]

·         Julia Cohen, US, USTA girls 12s & 18s singles champion[478]

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·         Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, France[19]

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·         Brian Dabul, Argentina, #1 junior in the world[479]

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·         Pierre Darmon, France, highest world ranking # 8[2]

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·         Uberto De Morpurgo, Italy, highest world ranking # 8[480]

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·         Irvin Dorfman, US[481][482]

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·         Vlada Ekshibarova, Uzbekistan/Israel[citation needed]

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·         Jonathan Erlich, Israel, won 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Andy Ram), highest world doubles ranking # 5[477][483]

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·         Gastón Etlis, Argentina[484]

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·         Marcel Felder, Uruguay[485]

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·         Sharon Fichman, Canada[486]

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·         Herbert Flam, US, 2x USTA boys 18s singles champion,

·         highest world ranking # 5[2]

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·         Allen Fox, US[487]

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·         Mike Franks, US[488]

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·         Olga Olehivna Fridman Ukranian Israel's youngest tennis champion

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·         Brad Gilbert, US, highest world ranking # 4, Olympic bronze (singles)[3]

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·         Justin Gimelstob, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open mixed doubles (w/Venus Williams)[477][489][490][491][492]

·         Camila Giorgi, Italy[493]

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·         Shlomo Glickstein, Israel[3]

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·         Julia Glushko, Israel[494]

·         Grant Golden, US

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·          Paul Goldstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 2x 18s singles champion[495]

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·         Brian Gottfried, US, USTA boys 12s & 2x 18s singles champion, won 1975 & 1977 French Open men's doubles (w/Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon men's doubles (w/Ramirez), highest world singles ranking # 3, and doubles ranking # 2.[169]

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·         Jim Grabb, US, won 1989 French Open men's doubles (w/Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open men's doubles (w/Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking # 1[477]

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·         Seymour Greenberg, US[496]

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·         Jim Gurfein, US[497]

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·         Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovakia, highest world ranking # 6[498]

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·         Julie Heldman, US, US girls 15s & 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5[499]

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·         Saša Hiršzon, Croatia[500]

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·         Helen Jacobs, US, won 1932–35 US women's singles, 1932–35 US women's doubles (w/Sarah Palfrey Cooke), 1934 US mixed (w/George Lott), and 1936 Wimbledon women's singles, highest world singles ranking # 1[477]

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·         Martín Jaite, Argentina, highest world ranking # 10[3]

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·         Anita Kanter, US, US girls 18s singles champion[501]

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·         Aslan Karatsev, Russian-Israeli tennis player[502]

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·         Ilana Kloss, South Africa, won 1976 US Open women's doubles (w/Linky Boshoff), highest world doubles ranking # 1[499]

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·         Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungary, won 1958 French singles[477]

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·         Aaron Krickstein, US, USTA boys 16s & 18s singles

·         champion, highest world ranking # 6[3]

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·         Steve Krulevitz, US/Israel[503][504]

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·         Jesse Levine, Canada/US, 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles champion[505]

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·         Jon Levine, US[506]

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·         Harel Levy, Israel[19]

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·         Evgenia Linetskaya, Israel

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·         Scott Lipsky, US, USTA # 1 junior in singles (1995) and doubles (1995–97); won 2011 French Open mixed doubles (w/Casey Dellacqua)[507]

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·         Jamie Loeb, US, 2012 US 18s singles and doubles champion, 2015 NCAA singles champion.[508][509]

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·         Amos Mansdorf, Israel[3]

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·         Bruce Manson, US[510]

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·         Stacy Margolin, US[511]

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·         Nicolás MassúChile, highest world ranking # 9, 2x Olympic champion (singles & doubles)[484]

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·         Sam Match, US[512]

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·         Tzipora Obziler, Israel[19]

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·         Tom Okker, Dutch, won 1973 French Open men's doubles (w/John Newcombe), 1976 US Open men's doubles (w/Marty Riessen), highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles[230][477]

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·         Noam Okun, Israel[505]

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·         Yshai Oliel, Israel, 2016 French Open boys' doubles champion

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·         Shahar Pe'er, Israel, highest world ranking # 11[483]

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·         Shahar Perkiss, Israel[19]

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·         Felix Pipes, Austria, Olympic silver (doubles)[67]

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·         Daniel Prenn, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking # 6[2]

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·         Henry Prusoff, US[513]

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·         Andy Ram, Israel, won 2006 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Vera Zvonareva), 2007 French Open mixed doubles (w/Nathalie Dechy), 2008 Australian Open men's doubles (w/Jonathan Erlich), highest world doubles ranking # 5[483]

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·         Renée Richards, US[514]

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·         Sergio Roitman, Argentina[515]

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·         Noah Rubin, US, 2014 Wimbledon junior singles champion, 2014 US boys 18s champion in singles & doubles[516]

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·         Michael Russell, US, ranked # 1 in USTA boys 16s & 18s, all-time-record 23 USTA Pro Circuit singles titles[517]

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·         Jeff Salzenstein, US, 1986 US boys' 12 Hard Court Singles & Doubles Champion[518]

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·         Dick Savitt, US, won 1951 Wimbledon men's singles, highest world ranking # 2[499]

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·         Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, highest world ranking # 8[519][520]

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·         Abe Segal, South Africa[521][522]

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·         Vic Seixas, US, won 1952 US men's doubles (w/Mervyn Rose), 1953 Wimbledon men's singles, 1953 & 1955 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Doris Hart), 1953 French mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1953–55 US mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Hart), 1954 US men's, 1954 US men's doubles (w/Tony Trabert), 1954–55 French men's doubles (w/Trabert), 1955 Australian men's doubles (w/Trabert), and 1956 Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/Shirley Fry), highest world ranking # 3[477]

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·         Dudi Sela, Israel, 2003 French Open junior doubles champion[505]

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·         Julius Seligson, US, 2x boys 18s singles champion[523]

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·         Denis Shapovalov, Israeli-born Canadian, highest world ranking #10

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·         Anna Smashnova, Israel, highest world ranking # 15[484]

·         Harold Solomon, US, US boys 18s singles champion, highest world ranking # 5[169]

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·         Andrew Sznajder, Canada[19]

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·         Brian Teacher, US, US boys 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open singles, highest world ranking # 7[477]

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·         Eliot Teltscher, US, won 1983 French Open mixed doubles (w/Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking # 6[3][477]

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·         Van Winitsky, US, 1977 Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open champion[524]

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Track and Field

 

·         Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprinter, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) & silver (4 × 100 m relay)[525]

·         Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper[526]

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·         Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)[527]

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·         Gerry Ashworth, US, Olympic champion (4x100-m relay)[2]

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·         Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel, 2002 & 2006 European champion (pole vault)[528]

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·         Seteng Ayele, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon[442]

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·         Marhu Teferi, Ethiopia/Israel, Olympic marathon

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·         Gretel Bergmann, German Jewish high jumpe

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·         Ödön Bodor, Hungary, Olympic bronze (medley relay)

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·         Louis "Pinky" Clarke, US, world record (100 m); Olympic champion (4 × 100 m)[177]

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·         Janet Cohansedgh, Iran

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·         Lillian Copeland, US, world records (javelindiscus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver (discus)[2][529]

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·         Ibolya Csák, Hungary, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper[530]

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·         Daniel Frank, US, long jump, Olympic silver[177]

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·         Danielle Frenkel, Israel, high jumper, 2x national champion[531]

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·         Hugo Friend, US, long jump, Olympic bronze[177]

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·         Jim Fuchs, US, shot put & discus, 2x Olympic bronze (shot put); 4x shot put world record holder, 2x Pan American champions (shot put & discus)[177]

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·         Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)[528]

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·         Adam Goucher, US, 3:54 miler, 2000 Olympian, 1998 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships winner, 3rd in 2006 Prefontaine Classic 2-mile[532]

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·         Milton Green, US, world records (45-yard & 60-m high hurdles)[2]

·         Ageze Guadie, Israel, Olympic marathon-runner[533]

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·         Gary Gubner, US, world shot put records, weightlifter[2]

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·         Lilli Henoch, Germany, world records (discus, shot put, and 4x100-m relay); shot by the Nazis in Latvia[2]

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·         Abby Hoffman, Canada, four-time Olympian (800-meter)[534][535][536]

·         Maria Leontyavna Itkina, USSR, sprinter, world records (400 m & 220 yards (200 m), and 800-m relay)[2]

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·         Clare Jacobs, US, pole vaulter, Olympic bronze, world indoor record[177]

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·         Harry Kane, British hurdler, held national records in the 1950s

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·         Deena (Drossin) Kastor, US, long-distance & marathon runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon); Olympic bronze (marathon)[528]

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·         Elias Katz, Finland, Olympic champion (3,000 m team steeplechase) & silver (3,000 m steeplechase)[2]

·         Abel Kiviat, US, world records (2,400-yard relay & 1,500-m); Olympic champion (3,000 m team) & silver (1,500-m)[2]

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·         Mór Kóczán, Hungary, javelin, Olympic bronze[177]

·         Svetlana Krachevskaya, USSR, shot put, Olympic silver[177]

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·         Shaul Ladany, Yugoslavian-born Israeli racewalker, world record holder in the 50-mile walk, former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk[537][538]

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·         Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US, champion (high jump & shot put), British high jump champion[539]

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·         Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4x Maccabiah champion[2]

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·         Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born USSR, 11 world records; Olympic discus throw champion[2]

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·         Alvah Meyer, US, runner, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y); Olympic silver (100 m)[177]

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·         Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, 440-yard (400 m), and 880-yard)[2]

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·         Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukraine, sprinter, world 100-m & 200-m champion[528]

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·         Irina Press, USSR, 2x Olympic champion (80 m hurdles & pentathlon)[67]

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·         Tamara Press, USSR, 6 world records (shot put & discus); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus) and silver (discus)[67]

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·         Myer Prinstein, US, world record (long jump); 3x Olympic champion (2x triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump)[2]

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·         Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Canada, runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) & silver (100-m)[2]

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·         Steven Solomon, Australia, sprinter, 2x Australian 400 metres champion[429]

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·         Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash)[540]

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·         Dwight Stones, US, world record (high jump); 2x Olympic bronze[541][542]

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·         Irena Szewińska, Poland, sprinter & long jumper, world records (100-m, 200-m, and 400-m); 3x Olympic champion (4x100-m, 200-m, 400-m), 2 silver (200 m & long jump), and 2 bronze 1968 (100 m & 200-m)[2]

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·         Allan Tolmich, US, world records in the indoor 45 low hurdles, indoor 50 low hurdles, indoor 60-yard hurdles, 70 high hurdles, and 200m hurdles.[543]

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Triathlon

·         Joanna Zeiger, US, triathleteIronman 70.3 world champion; world record (half ironman)

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Volleyball

·         Nelly Abramova, USSR, Olympic silver[67]

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·         Doug Beal, US, player & coach, national team[2]

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·         Adriana Behar, Brazil, beach player; 2x Olympic silver; Pan American champion; 2x world champion[545]

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·         Larisa Bergen, USSR, Olympic silver[177]

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·         Yefim Chulak, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze[67]

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·         Marcelo Elgarten, Brazil, Olympic silver[546]

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·         Dan Greenbaum, US, Olympic bronze[67]

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·         Eliezer Kalina, Israel, 3x Paralympic gold

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·         Waldo Kantor, Argentina, Olympic bronze

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·         Alix Klineman, US, Olympic gold (women's beach volleyball) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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·         Nataliya Kushnir, USSR, Olympic silver[67]

·         Yevgeny Lapinsky, USSR, Olympic champion, bronze[177]

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·         Georgy Mondzolevsky, USSR, 2x Olympic champion, 2x world champion[67]

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·         Vladimir Patkin, USSR, Olympic silver, bronze[177]

·          

·         Igal Pazi, Israel, 2x Paralympic gold

·          

·         Bernard Rajzman, Brazil, Olympic silver; Pan American champion; world silver[67]

·          

·         Sam Schachter, Canada

·          

·         Aryeh "Arie" Selinger, US & Dutch, player & coach[547]

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·         Avital Selinger, Dutch, Olympic silver[67]

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·         Eugene Selznick, US, 2x world champion, 2x Pan American champion, Hall of Fame[230]

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·         Sandy Silver, Canada, Inducted Hall of Fame, Volleyball Canada, 2013[548]

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·         Yuriy Venherovsky, USSR, Olympic champion[67]

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·         Chagai Zamir, Israel, 4x Paralympic Games champion[2]

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Water polo

·         Róbert Antal, Hungary, Olympic champion[67]

·         Peter Asch, US, Olympic bronze[67]

·          

·         István Barta, Hungary, Goalkeeper, Olympic champion, 1x gold,[2] 1x Silver

·          

·         Rayner Barta, Australia, Goalkeeper, Maccabiah Games, Bronze

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·         Robert Barta, Australia, Coach, Maccabiah Games, Bronze

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·         Gerard Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, 2x bronze (one in swimming–100-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame, son of Maurice Blitz[67]

·         Maurice Blitz, Belgium, 2x Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz[67]

·          

·         György Bródy, Hungary, goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion[2]

·          

·         Henri Cohen, Belgium, Olympic silver[67]

·          

·         Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovak national team, Olympic competitor[549][550]

·          

·         Peter Folden, Australia, Maccabiah Games, 2x Bronze

·          

·         Tom Folden, Australia, Maccabiah Games, 2x Bronze

·          

·         Boris Goikhman, USSR, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, bronze[67]

·          

·         György Kárpáti, Hungary, 3x Olympic champion, 1x bronze[177]

·          

·         Mihály Mayer, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion, 2x bronze[177]

·          

·         Nikolai Melnikov, USSR, Olympic champion[177]

·          

·         Merrill Moses, US, goalkeeper, Olympic silver, Pan American champion[67]

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·         Miklós Sárkány, Hungary, 2x Olympic champion[2]

 

Weightlifting

·         David Mark Berger, US-born Israeli, Maccabiah champion (middleweight); killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre[551]

·         Isaac "Ike" Berger, US, Olympic champion (featherweight), 2x silver; 2x Pan American champion; 23 world records[2]

·          

·         Robert Fein, US, Olympic champion (lightweight)[67]

·          

·         Gary Gubner, US, 4 junior world records (heavyweight); 3x Maccabiah champion (weightlifting, shot put, discus)[2]

·          

·         Hans Haas, Austria, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver[67]

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·         Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, 3x British champion (lightweight), 3x Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis[2]

·          

·         Reuven Helman, Maccabiah Olympian and Israeli Weightlifting Champion

·          

·         Moisei Kas’ianik, Ukrainian-born USSR, world champion[443]

·          

·         Naomi Kutin, US, world record in 44 kg weight class[552]

·          

·         Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records[2]

·          

·         Grigory Novak, Soviet, Olympic silver (middle-heavyweight); world champion[2]

·          

·         Igor Rybak, Ukrainian-born USSR, Olympic champion (lightweight)[67]

·          

·         Valery Shary, Byelorussian-born USSR, Olympic champion (light-heavyweight)[67]

·          

·         Frank Spellman, US, Olympic champion (middleweight); world record; Maccabiah champion[2]

 

Wrestling

·         Lindsey Durlacher, US, world bronze (Greco-Roman)[553]

·          

·         Grigoriy Gamarnik, Ukrainian-born Soviet, world champion (Greco-Roman lightweight), world championship gold and silver[443]

·          

·         Samuel Gerson, Ukrainian-born US, Olympic silver (freestyle featherweight)[67]

·          

·         Boris Maksimovich Gurevich, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman flyweight), 2x world champion[2]

·          

·         Maxwell Cohen, US, Pee Wee Champion[2]

·          

·         Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich, USSR, Olympic champion (freestyle middleweight), 2x world champion[67]

·          

·         Nickolaus "Mickey" Hirschl, Austria, 2x Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)[2]

·          

·         Oleg Karavaev, USSR, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman bantamweight), 2x world champion[554]

·          

·         Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Hungary, Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver[2]

·          

·         Abraham Kurland, Denmark, Olympic silver (Greco-Roman lightweight)[67]

·          

·         Len Levy, US, NCAA national champion[555]

·          

·         Fred Meyer, US, Olympic bronze (freestyle

·         heavyweight)[67]

·          

·         Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight);

·         Maccabiah champion[2]

·          

·         Yakov Punkin, Soviet, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman featherweight)[67]

·          

·         Samuel Rabin, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)[67]

·          

·         David Rudman, USSR, USSR 6x wrestling champion and 6x sambo champion, sambo world champion, 2x European judo champion[443]

·          

·         Richárd Weisz, Hungary, Olympic champion (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)[2]

·          

·         Henry Wittenberg, US, Olympic champion (freestyle light-heavyweight), silver[2]

·          

Professional wrestling

·         David Arquette, former WCW World Heavyweight Championship

·          

·         Lior Ben-David

·          

·         Matt Bloom (a.k.a. Jason Albert, "Albert", "A-Train", and "Tensai"), US, WWE Intercontinental Champion and IWGP World Tag Team Champion[556]

·         Beau Beverly (Wayne Bloom), member of WWE tag team the Beverly Brothers

·          

·         Matt Sydal (Matt Korklan; a.k.a. Evan Bourne), US, WWE Tag Team Champion[557]

·          

·         Eddie Creatchman

·          

·         Floyd Creatchman

·          

·         Colt Cabana (Scott Colton), US, a.k.a. "Scotty Goldman", 2x NWA World Heavyweight Champion[557]

·          

·         Ric Drasin

·          

·         Noam Dar, Israeli-born Scottish professional wrestler

·          

·         Maxwell Jacob Friedman

·          

·         Joel Gertner

·          

·         Wlliam Scott “Bill” Goldberg, US, 1x WCW World Heavyweight Champion, 1x World Heavyweight Champion and 2x WWE Universal Champion, second longest winning streak in professional wrestling[557][558]

·          

·         Karl Gotch

·          

·         Simon Gotch

·          

·         Drew Gulak, US, former WWE/NXT Cruiserweight Champion[559]

·          

·         Rafael Halperin, Austrian-born Israeli[560]

·          

·         Paul Heyman

·          

·         Barry Horowitz, US[557]

·          

·         Abe Jacobs

·          

·         Andy Kaufman

·          

·         Billy Kidman

·          

·         Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), US, WWE Divas Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion

·          

·         Yakov Kozalchik

·          

·         Butch Levy (Len Levy), US, 2x NWA World Tag Team Champion

·          

·         Donn Lewin

·          

·         Mark Lewin

·          

·         Ted Lewin

·          

·         Madusa

·          

·         Boris Malenko (Lawrence Simon), US, multiple professional wrestling championships throughout the 1960s and 1970s

·          

·         Chad Malenko (Chad Collyer), US, 4x RQW Heavyweight Champion

·          

·         Dean Malenko (Dean Simon), US, 2x WWF Light Heavyweight Champion[557]

·          

·         Joe Malenko

·          

·         Ida Mae Martinez

·          

·         Leapin' Lanny Poffo ("The Genius"), Canada-US, Savage's brother

·          

·         Raven (Scott Levy), US, 2x ECW World Heavyweight ChampionNWA World Heavyweight Champion,[557] and 27x WWF/E Hardcore Champion

·          

·         Ernie Roth

·          

·         Bert Ruby

·          

·         Randy Savage (Randall Poffo), US, 2x WWF World Heavyweight Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion[561]

·          

·         Scott L. Schwartz

·          

·         Tomer Shalom

·          

·         Izzy Slapawitz

·          

·         David Starr

·          

·         Ray Stern

·          

·         Matt Stryker

·          

·         Lisa Marie Varon (aka "Victoria" and "Tara"), US, 2x WWE Women's Champion, 5x TNA Knockouts Champion)