Sports List of British Jews

1 sports

1.1 aviation
1.2 boxing
1.3 chess
1.4 cricket
1.5 fencing
1.6 football (association, soccer)
1.7 motorsport
1.8 rugby league
1.9 rugby union
1.10 sailing
1.11 table tennis
1.12 tennis
1.13 track , field
1.14 weightlifting
1.15 wrestling
1.16 other sports

sports
aviation

diana barnato walker, first british woman break sound barrier

boxing

barney aaron (young), english-born lightweight, hall of fame
jackie kid berg, junior welterweight champion (ibhof), wore star of david on trunks
roman greenberg, ibo intercontinental heavyweight champion
gary jacobs, scottish, british, commonwealth, , european (ebu) champion welterweight
ted kid lewis (gershon mendeloff), world welterweight champion 1915–16, 1917–19
daniel mendoza, 18th-century heavyweight world champion, ancestor of actor peter sellers , mike mendoza (talksport), radio , television presenter

chess

gerald abrahams, british chess player
aaron alexandre, german/french/british chess player
victor berger, ukrainian/british chess player
stephan fazekas, hungarian/british chess player
david friedgood, south african/british chess player
harry golombek, british chess player
isidor gunsberg, hungarian/british chess player
william hartston, british chess player
leopold hoffer, hungarian/british chess player
bernhard horwitz, german/british chess player
ernest klein, austrian/british chess player
imre könig, hungarian/british chess player
david levy, british chess player
paul list, ukrainian/british chess player
edward löwe, british chess player
johann löwenthal, hungarian/british chess player
jacques mieses, german/british chess player
raaphi persitz, israeli/british chess player
jon speelman, british chess player
michael stean, british chess player
victor wahltuch, british chess player
baruch harold wood, british chess player
johannes zukertort, polish/german/british chess player

cricket

mike barnard, england, cricketer
mark bott, england, cricketer
darren gerard, england, cricketer
steven herzberg, english-born australian, cricketer
bev lyon, england, cricketer
dar lyon, england, cricketer (brother of bev)
john raphael, england, batsman
fred trueman, cricketer (jewish ancestry)

fencing

allan jay, british (épée , foil), olympic two-time silver, world champion
edgar seligman, british (épée, foil, , sabre), olympic two-time silver (épée), two-time british champion in each weapon

football (association, soccer)

nick blackman, england, winger
bradley goldberg, england, forward
joe jacobson, wales, left (shrewsbury town , u21 national team)
josh kennet, england, midfielder/right (maccabi herzliya)
mark lazarus, england, right winger
scott kashket, england, striker wycombe wanderers

motorsport

sheila van damm, british rally driver

rugby league

lewis harris, england, english rugby league

rugby union

aaron liffchak, england, prop, english national team
alan menter, england/south africa, south africa national team
john raphael, belgium/england, england national team

sailing

tony bullimore, british, yachtsman
peter jaffe, great britain, olympic silver (yachting; star-class)

table tennis

viktor barna (born győző braun ), hungary/britain, 22-time world champion, international table tennis foundation hall of fame (ittfhof)
richard bergmann, austria/britain, seven-time world champion, ittfhof
ivor montagu, britain, national team

tennis

angela buxton, england, won 1956 french women s doubles (w/althea gibson) , 1956 wimbledon women s doubles (w/gibson), highest world ranking # 9
daniel prenn, germany , britain, highest world ranking, #6

track , field

harold abrahams, britain, sprinter, olympic champion (100 metre sprint) , silver (4x100-m relay) immortalized in film chariots of fire
sir sidney abrahams, britain, olympic long jumper
jo ankier, britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)
harry kane, britain, olympic hurdler

weightlifting

ben helfgott, polish-born british, three-time british champion (lightweight), three-time maccabiah champion; survived buchenwald , theresienstadt concentration camps, 1 other of family killed nazis
edward lawrence levy, great britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records

wrestling

fred oberlander, austrian, british, , canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); maccabiah champion
samuel rabin, great britain, olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)

other sports

ludwig guttmann, founder of paralympics
david pleat, former football manager
barry silkman, footballer , agent
david triesman, former chairman of football association




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