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.