Aviva Ballas narrowly escaped the massacre of Israel's athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games. Afterward she found it difficult to trust anyone
Born in Baghdad, former track and field champion Aviva Ballas was one of Israel's top runners in the early 1970s. From her home in Switzerland, she recalls the stroke of luck that saved her from ...
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14 Jewish athletes inducted into International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe’er and basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire are among the 14 Jewish athletes being inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Hungarian-born Israeli gymnast Ágnes Keleti dies at 103
Keleti was deemed one of the greatest Jewish athletes, winning 10 Olympic medals for the national Hungarian team throughout ...
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Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic medalist, dies at 103
Keleti returned to live in Hungary in 2015. In a statement, the Olympic Committee of Israel mourned the loss of “the greatest Jewish athlete of all time.” Keleti, the committee said ...
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Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103
She moved to Israel in 1957, recalling despite dementia ... international and local celebrity who traveled to coach athletes at the Olympic Games. No biggie.” I hope you appreciated this article.
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The world's oldest Olympic champion has died at age 103
In 1956, she became the most successful athlete at the Melbourne Olympics ... year and worked as a trainer and coached the Israeli Olympic gymnastics team until the 1990s.