Yael Arad (Hebrew: יעל ארד) (born May 1, 1967 in Tel Aviv) was the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal. Arad began studying judo at the age of 8, tagging along with her older brother to his lessons. For lack of judo partners, she trained with the coach of the men's team.

He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U.S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. During those years, he set 33 world records.[1]

Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26, 1984) is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 U.S. National Champion, 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and 2006 Olympic silver medalist.

Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her mother, Galina Feldman, is a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine and a former ballet dancer; her father, Roger Cohen, is a Jewish American business consultant who is an attorney with Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Sasha attended Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, California and graduated from Futures High School in Mission Viejo, California in 2002. Her sister, Natalia ("Natasha"), began college at Barnard College in August 2006.

Jack Bernstein, also known as "John Dodick," "Kid Murphy," and "Young Murphy," (born November 5, 1899, in New York, New York; died December 26, 1945) was an American boxer.

He was World Junior lightweight Champion.

Morrie (Morris) Arnovich, known as Snooker, (November 16, 1910 - July 20, 1959) was a stocky Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a line drive hitter and he played seven seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants between 1936, and 1941, and again for one game in 1946.

One of the most religious Jewish major leaguers, Arnovich kept kosher his whole life. Arnovich was a two-time All-Wisconsin basketball star at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Harry Danning, nicknamed Harry the Horse (September 6, 1911, Los Angeles, California – November 29, 2004) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played his entire career with the New York Giants (1933-42). He batted and threw right-handed.

Danning, who was Jewish, was nicknamed "Harry The Horse" for Damon Runyon's Broadway character. He attended Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles.

Michael Peter Epstein (born April 4, 1943, in the Bronx, New York), nicknamed SuperJew, is a burly left-handed former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and California Angels from 1966 - 1974.

The first baseman was noted as a strong power hitter who did not hit for a high batting average, though he walked (and was hit by the pitch) so much that he finished with a respectable career .359 on base percentage.

Harry Feldman (November 10, 1919, New York, New York - March 16, 1962, Fort Smith, Arkansas) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants from 1941 to 1946. The 6' 0", 175 lb. right-hander had a seizure while going fishing in 1962, and had a heart attack shortly thereafter and died at age 42.

Feldman attended Clark Junior High School. He pitched two no-hitters in high school. He took off from his job at a shirt factory, and went to try out for the New York Giants. After three days of not getting a glance, he went to manager Bill Terry and asked for an opportunity. The team was impressed enough to sign Feldman.