Windsurfing to wrestling – Jewish athletes earned at least 16 medals (at press time) at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The stories about these Olympians are all interesting – even for those who don’t care all that much about sports. Read about them at JTA.org.
Gold medals
- Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub (USA); won with the U.S. women’s foil team
- Amit Elor (USA); women’s 68-kg wrestling
- Jessica Fox (Australia); won 2 golds, one in women’s kayak slalom and one in women’s canoe slalom
- Noemie Fox (Australia); women’s kayak cross
- Tom Reuveny (Israel); men’s iQFoil windsurfing
Silver medals
- Artem Dolgopyat (Israel); men’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise
- Raz Hershko (Israel); women’s over-78kg judo
- Sharon Kantor (Israel); women’s iQFoil windsurfing
- Inbar Lanir (Israel); women’s 78-kg judo
- Claire Weinstein (USA); women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay
Bronze medals
- Nick Itkin (USA); men’s foil fencing
- Sarah Levy (USA); U.S. women’s rugby sevens team
- Jemima Montag (Australia); won two bronze, one in the 20-kilometer race walk and one in the marathon mixed relay
- Peter Paltchik (Israel); men’s 100-kg judo
Other notable facts:
- Israel’s six medals are its most in any Olympics. It won 3 in one day, also its most in a single Olympics day.
- Jessica Fox is considered the greatest canoe paddler ever and now has 6 career medals, including 3 golds.
- Amit Elor hasn’t lost a wrestling match since 2019. Her parents are Israeli.