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2017 Maccabiah Games

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The 2017 Maccabiah Games (משחקי המכביה 2017), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games (המכביה ה-20), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. A total of 10,000 athletes competed, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world (after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup). Ottawa Sun. The athletes were from 85 countries, also a record. Countries represented for the first time included the Bahamas, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad (according to the official Games website Morocco debuted in 2013, and it does not list The Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Malta, the Philippines, or Trinidad among participating nations). The athletes competed in 45 sports. [1]

77 relations: Amit Ivry, Andrea Murez, Anthony Ervin, Archery at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Artem Dolgopyat, B. J. Johnson, Backstroke, Bar Refaeli, Benjamin Netanyahu, Breaststroke, Butterfly stroke, Chuppah, Daniel Poleshchuk, Eli Dershwitz, Eran Groumi, Ester Rada, Fabien Gilot, FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Player of the Year, Football at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Gili Cohen, Guy Barnea, Ice hockey at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, International Olympic Committee, Israeli nationality law, Jason Lezak, Jerusalem, Jessica Antiles, Josh Binstock, Josh Kennet, Justin Trudeau, Keren Siebner, Latrun, Lenny Krayzelburg, Linoy Ashram, Lior Narkis, List of Jews in sports, Maayan Davidovich, Maccabi World Union, Maccabiah Games, Marharyta Dorozhon, Marina Maximilian Blumin, Mark Bott, Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel), Miri Regev, Misha Zilberman, Moran Samuel, National Basketball Association, Neta Rivkin, Netball at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, ..., Olympic Games, Omer Adam, Omri Casspi, Or Sasson, Pan American Games, Reuven Rivlin, Rhythmic gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series, Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer), Rowing at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Sasha Gollish, Shani David, Sport in Israel, Tal Stricker, Teddy Stadium, Tel Aviv, Theresa May, Victoria Hanna, Yakov Toumarkin, Yarden Gerbi, Yoav Bruck, Zac Elkin, Zack Test, 100 metres freestyle, 1932 Maccabiah Games, 2013 Maccabiah Games, 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Expand index (27 more) »

Amit Ivry

Amit Ivry (עמית עברי; born September 2, 1989, in Eilat, Israel) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Maccabiah Games champion, and national record holder.

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Andrea Murez

Andrea (Andi) Murez (אנדראה מורז; born January 29, 1992), is an Israeli-American Olympic swimmer.

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Anthony Ervin

Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds.

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Archery at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

The archery events at the 2017 Maccabiah Games were held over a four-day period from 10 to 13 July.

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Artem Dolgopyat

Artem Dolgopyat (ארטיום דולגופיאט; born June 16, 1997) is an Israeli artistic gymnast.

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B. J. Johnson

Bernard Henry (B.J.) Johnson (born April 20, 1987) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events.

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Backstroke

Backstroke is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back.

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Bar Refaeli

Bar Refaeli (בר רפאלי; born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli model, television host, actress, and businesswoman.

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician serving as the 9th and current Prime Minister of Israel since 2009, previously holding the position from 1996 to 1999.

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Breaststroke

Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate.

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Butterfly stroke

The butterfly (colloquially shortened to the fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick").

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Chuppah

A chuppah (חוּפָּה, pl. חוּפּוֹת, chuppot, literally, "canopy" or "covering"), also huppah, chipe, chupah, or chuppa, is a canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony.

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Daniel Poleshchuk

Daniel Poleshchuk (born February 11, 1996, in Ramat-Gan, Israel) is an Israeli professional squash player who represents Israel.

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Eli Dershwitz

Eli Dershwitz (born September 23, 1995) is an American Olympic saber fencer.

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Eran Groumi

Eran Groumi (born June 5, 1970, in Jerusalem) is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Israel, who competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

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Ester Rada

Ester Rada is an Israeli actress and singer of Beta Israel origin.

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Fabien Gilot

Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot (born 27 April 1984) is a French Olympic and world champion swimmer.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FIFA World Player of the Year

The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015.

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Football at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

The men's and women's football competitions at the 2017 Maccabiah Games were held in July 2017.

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Gili Cohen

Gili Cohen (Hebrew: גילי כהן, born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli Olympic judoka.

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Guy Barnea

Guy Marcos Barnea (גיא ברנע; born 9 September 1987 in Omer) is an Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won three medals at the European Championships.

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Ice hockey at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

The tournament in Ice Hockey at the 2017 Maccabiah Games was held between 5 and 16 July 2017 (Juniors, Open and Masters).

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Israeli nationality law

Israeli nationality law defines the criteria under which a person can be granted citizenship of Israel.

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Jason Lezak

Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer and a four-time Olympic gold medalist.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jessica Antiles

Jessica Antiles (born December 25, 1996) is an American swimmer.

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Josh Binstock

Josh Binstock, nicknamed Binner, (born January 12, 1981 in Toronto) is a male two-time Olympian beach volleyball player from Canada.

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Josh Kennet

Joshua Simon Kennet (born 27 September 1987) is an English-Israeli footballer currently with London Lions.

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Justin Trudeau

Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada since 2015 and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.

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Keren Siebner

Keren Michaela Siebner (קרן זיבנר; also Zibner, born 1990), is an Israeli Olympic swimmer, Israeli national champion, Maccabiah Games winner, and a national record holder in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke.

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Latrun

Latrun (לטרון, Latrun; اللطرون, al-Latrun) is located at a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley.

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Lenny Krayzelburg

Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; Леонід Крайзельбург, Леонид Крайзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder.

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Linoy Ashram

Linoy Ashram (לינוי אשרם, born May 13, 1999, in Rishon LeZion, Israel) is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Lior Narkis

Lior Narkis (ליאור נרקיס; born November 8, 1976 in Holon, Israel) is an Israeli singer.

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List of Jews in sports

This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports.

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Maayan Davidovich

Maayan Davidovich (מעין דוידוביץ'; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer.

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Maccabi World Union

The Maccabi World Union (in some past occasions spelled Makkabi) is an international Jewish sports organisation spanning five continents and more than 50 countries, with some 400,000 members.

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Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; often referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event now held quadrennially in Israel.

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Marharyta Dorozhon

Marharyta Serhiïvna Dorozhon (Маргарита Сергіївна Дорожон, מרגריטה סרגייבנה דורוז'ון; born 4 September 1987) is an Israeli javelin thrower.

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Marina Maximilian Blumin

Marina Maximilian Blumin (מארינה מקסימיליאן בלומין; born 15 December 1987), known as Marina Maximilian, is an Israeli singer-songwriter and actress.

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Mark Bott

Mark Daniel Bott is an English first-class cricketer.

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Ministry of Culture and Sport (Israel)

The Culture and Sport Ministry (משרד התרבות והספורט, Misrad HaTarbut VeHaSport;, Wizarat al-Thaqafat wa al-Riyada) is a government ministry in Israel.

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Miri Regev

Miriam "Miri" Regev (מרים "מירי" רגב; born Miriam Siboni on May 26, 1965) is an Israeli politician and a former Brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces, in which she served as IDF Spokeswoman.

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Misha Zilberman

Misha Zilberman (Hebrew: מישה זילברמן; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player.

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Moran Samuel

Moran Samuel (מורן סמואל; April 24, 1982) is an Israeli paralympic basketball player and world champion rower.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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Neta Rivkin

Neta Rivkin (נטע ריבקין; born June 19, 1991) is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.

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Netball at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

Netball at the 2017 Maccabiah Games was held between 9 and 16 July 2017.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Omer Adam

Omer Adam (Hebrew: עומר אדם; born October 22, 1993) is an Israeli singer.

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Omri Casspi

Omri Moshe Casspi (עומרי משה כספי, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Or Sasson

Or "Ori" Sasson (אור "אורי" ששון; born 18 August 1990) is an Israeli Olympic judoka.

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Pan American Games

The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a major sporting event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.

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Reuven Rivlin

Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (רְאוּבֵן "רוּבִי" רִיבְלִין,; born 9 September 1939) is an Israeli politician and lawyer serving as the 10th and current President of Israel since 2014.

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Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or groups of five manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and freehand (no apparatus).

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Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series is an annual competition of tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics open to athletes from all over the globe.

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Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Rowing at the 2017 Maccabiah Games

Rowing competitions at 2017 Maccabiah Games took place from 10 July till 13 July 2017.

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Sasha Gollish

Sasha Gollish (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian competitive runner.

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Shani David

Shani David (born July 6, 1991) is an Israeli football defender, currently playing for Maccabi Kishronot Hadera.

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Sport in Israel

Sports in Israel are an important part of the national culture.

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Tal Stricker

Tal Stricker (born May 29, 1979) is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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Teddy Stadium

Teddy Stadium (אצטדיון טדי, Itztadion Teddy) is a sports stadium in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv (תֵּל אָבִיב,, تل أَبيب) is the second most populous city in Israel – after Jerusalem – and the most populous city in the conurbation of Gush Dan, Israel's largest metropolitan area.

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Theresa May

Theresa Mary May (Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2016.

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Victoria Hanna

Victoria Hanna (ויקטוריה חנה; a stage name consisting of her first and middle names) is an Israeli singer-songwriter.

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Yakov Toumarkin

Yakov Yan Toumarkin (born 15 February 1992) is an Israeli Olympic backstroke swimmer.

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Yarden Gerbi

Yarden Gerbi (ירדן ג'רבי, born July 8, 1989) is a retired Israeli judoka world champion.

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Yoav Bruck

Yoav Bruck (יואב ברוק; born March 6, 1972 in Lakhish) is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.

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Zac Elkin

Zac Elkin (born 21 June 1991 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, who played four games of first-class cricket for Cardiff MCCU.

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Zack Test

Zachary "Zack" Test (born October 13, 1989) is a retired American rugby union player who played for the United States national rugby sevens team.

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100 metres freestyle

The 100 metres freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (blue riband event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics.

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1932 Maccabiah Games

The 1st Maccabiah (aka The Maccabiah and the White Horse Olympics) (המכביה הראשונה or המכביאדה) was the first edition of the Maccabiah, which was held in Mandatory Palestine from March 28 to April 2, 1932.

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2013 Maccabiah Games

The 19th Maccabiah (המכביה התשע-עשרה) were the 19th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, which took place July 18 to 30, 2013.

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2017 World Championships in Athletics

The 2017 IAAF World Championships was the 16th edition of the global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations and was held in London from 4 to 13 August 2017.

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20th Maccabiah.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Maccabiah_Games

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