FOR THE RECORD
Israeli Olympians
he Israeli delegation to the
1996 Olympic Games will
include a mix of native Israelis
and Soviet immigrants with the
country's best chances for a
medal in judo, wrestling and
shooting. Jewish eyes should be
fixed on an expert marksman, Boris
Polak, an immigrant wrestler, Gotcha
Tzitzuashvili, and the two judo play-
ers who won Israel's first Olympic
medals in Barcelona in 1992, Yael
Arad and Oren Smadja. At press time,
the Israeli delegation included:
Archery
Yaron Kolesnik
Age: 23
Achievements: First at the Grand Prix in
Cyprus in 1994; sixth at the World Halls
Championship in England; Students
World champion in France this year.
Coach: Valentin Toblin
Training: Wingate Institute
Membership: Jerusalem Hapoel
Immigrated: 1990
Boxing
Vladislav Neymane
Age: 30
Achievements: Ranked third at the Eu-
ropean boxing championship in 1993 and
1994, and fifth at the World Cham-
pionship in 1995.
Coach: Ram Raviv
Training: Maccabee Azaria
Residence: Rishon-Lezion
Immigrated: 1990
Fencing
Training: Hapoel Acre
Residence: Acre
Ayelet Ohayon
Age: 22
Achievements: Second at
the World Youth Cup in
1993; eighth at the Euro-
pean Adult Women
Championship in 1995;
and seventh at the World
Groups Championship in
1995.
Coach: Haim Hatuel
Lilach Fritzki
Training: Hapoel Acre
Personal: Recently com- Ayelet Ohayon
pleted military service and
is now a student at West
Galilee College in Acre.
Ira Slavitzki
Age: 25
Achievements: Ranked 21st
at the World Cup in France
in 1993 and seventh in
groups at the World Cham-
pionship in 1994.
Coach: Shlomi Eyal
Training: Kefar Yehoshua
Club
Residence: Acre
Immigrated: 1990
Occupation: Physical training teacher
Judo
Top contenders:
Yael Arad
Age: 29
the Munich Olympics in 1972.
This year, she dedicates her
matches to slain Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Oren Smadja
Age: 26
Weight class: 78 kilograms
Achievements: Israel's first
Olympic bronze medalist at the
1992 Olympics in
Barcelona. He ranked
third at the European
Judo Championship in
1992, was the competi-
tion winner in Belgium in
1994 and a silver medal-
ist at the 1995 World
Championships.
Coach: His father, Mau-
rice
Training: Wingate Insti-
tute
Membership: Hapoel Tel
Aviv
Residence: Netanya
Also competing:
Guy Fogel
Age: 21
Weight class: Males up to 60 kilo-
grams
Achievements: Seventh place at
the World Championships in 1990
and 1995.
Coach: Yaacov Baruch
Training: Wingate Institute
Membership: Hapoel Raanana
Residence: Raanana
Occupation: Soldier
Shooting
Top contender:
Boris Polak
Oren
Smadja,
far left
Lior
Carmi
Guy
Fogel,
far left
Boris
Polak
Amit Lang
Age: 26
Weight class: Males up to 60 kilograms
Achievements: Third at the European
Championship for Youth in 1990; repre-
sented Israel at the Barcelona Olympic
Games in 1992; fifth at the European
Championships in England in 1995.
Coach: Dani Leopold
Training: Wingate Institute
Membership: Maccabee Tel Aviv
Residence: Tel Aviv
Top contender:
Lydia Hatuel
Age: 33
Achievements: Eighth at the World
Cup in 1995 and the World Cham-
pionship in 1995; seventh at the Ira Slav itzki
Yael Arad
World Groups Championship in
1995; third and eighth at the World Cup Weight class: Females 61 kilograms
Einat Yaron
in Germany and Italy this year. She also Achievements: Israel's first Olympic sil- Age:
23
participated in the Los Angeles and ver medalist at the 1992 Olympics in
Weight
class: Females 57 kilograms
Barcelona;
gold
medal
in
Paris
in
1992;
Barcelona Games.
silver at 1993 World Championships in Achievements: Bronze medal at
= Coach: Her brother, Haim
Canada; fifth in the World Champi- the European Championship in
CI) Training: Hapoel Acre
onships in Japan in 1995; and bronze in 1995.
Residence: Acre
a major international tournament in Coach: Dani Leopold
Occupation: Physical training teacher.
Training: Eitanin, Ramat-
Moscow this year.
Hasharon
Coach:
Dani
Leopold
Also competing:
Training: Holon, Maccabee Tel Aviv and Residence: Herzliya
Lilach Fritzki
Wingate
Institute
Age: 24
Kayaking (Canoeing)
Achievements: Third at the World Youth Residence: Afeka
Occupation:
Served
in
the
Israeli
army
Lior Carmi
Cup in 1992; eighth at the World Cham-
Age: 20
pionship in 1995 and the World Cup in as a sports instructor.
Personal: In 1992, she dedicated her sil- Achievements: Ninth at the World
1996.
ver medal to 11 Israeli athletes killed in Youth Championship in 1993 and
Coach: Mirkin Yosef
LU
o
LI-,
8
fourth at the World Cup in Poland in
1995.
Coach: Aviram Mizrahi
Training: Hapoel Emek Hayarden ma-
rina
Residence: Kibbutz Massada
Einat Yaron
Age: 42
Category: Air rifle and free rifle
Achievements: Reigning world champion
in the Olympic air rifle event; won gold
and silver in two major world competi-
tions between 1994 and 1995; won World
Championship in air gun in 1994; fourth
at the World Cup in Japan in 1995 and
the international competition in Finland
in January.
Training: Olympic shooting range in Her-
zliya.
Immigrated: 1992
Residence: Ashkelon
Personal: Soviet coaches told him 10
years ago he was too old to compete.
Also competing:
Eduard Alayev
Age: 29
Category: Moving target
with an air gun
Achievements: Ranked 15th
at the Barcelona Olympics
in 1992; gold medal at the
World Cup in Guatemala in
1992; and third at the In-
ternational Competition in
Finland in 1995.