Membership: Hapoel Society, Herzliya Residence: Tel Aviv Guy Starek Age: 31 Category: Rifle sharpshooter, sniper, ly- ing down Achievements: Ranked seventh at the Eu- ropean Championship in 1995. Membership: Jerusalem Marksman's So- ciety Residence: Herzliya World Cup. Coach: Leonid Sheichet Training: Hapoel Jerusalem Residence: Jerusalem Immigrated: 1994 Personal: A California native and UCLA All-American. He tried out for the U.S. swimming team in 1992. Eitan Urbach Age: 19 Alex Tripolski Age: 34 Category: Pistol shooting, sniper Achievements: Silver medal at the World Cup at Seoul in 1995. Residence: Wingate Institute Immigrated: 1990 Coach: Marcel Cohen Swimming Alex Tripolski Vadim Alexeyev Eiten Urback Age: 26 Category: 100-meter, 200-meter backstroke Category: 100-meter breast stroke, relay Achievements: Ninth at the World Cham- Achievements: First at the European youth pionship in 1994; sec- champion in 200-meter backstroke in 1995 ond at the World Cup and third at the World Cup this year. in 1995; third at the Is- Coach: Leonid Kaufmann rael Championship this Training: Wingate Institute Membership: Maccabee Haifa year. Coach: Leonid Sheichet Residence: Haifa Training: Philip Leon Occupation: Soldier swimming pool in Jeru- Tennis salem Membership: Hapoel Anna Smnshnova Jerusalem Age: 20 Residence: Jerusalem Achievements: Champion of the Roland Gams Tournament in France in 1991; third Immigrated: 1992 at the USA Open Match in 1994; fourth at Vadim Alexeyev the Roland Garos Tournament in 1995; and Yoav Bruk won the first round of the Australia Open Age: 24 Category: 50-meter, Championship this year. 100-meter freestyle Coach: Oded Yaacov Achievements: Eighth Training: Tennis Center, Ramat-Hasharon at the World Champi- Residence: Herzliya onship in 1994; sixth in Immigrated: 1990 the 50-meter freestyle at the European Track and Field Championship in 1995; Dani Krasnov and a gold medal for Age: 26 short swims in the Category: Pole vault World Cup Tourna- Achievements: Finished eighth at the ment this year. Barcelona games in 1992; best achievement Coach: Leonid Kauf- was 5.75 meters at the Grand Prix in Brus- mann Yoav Bruk sels in 1994; 14th place at the World Training: He swam at Championship in Barcelona in 1995 Auburn University, where he was study- when he jumped 5.6 meters; and ing. He practiced at the Wingate Institute. fourth in the International Match Membership: Hapoel Nahariya this year. Residence: Herzliya Coach: Rosenwar Arieh Training: In the former Soviet Dan Kutler Union, at Hapoel Jerusalem and Age: 26 Hadar Yosef. Category: 100-meter butterfly stroke and Residence: Jerusalem. relay Immigrated: 1991 Achievements: Won two gold medals at the Dani 1993 Maccabiah Games; 15th at the Eu- Rogel Nahum Krasnov ropean Championship in 1995; third at the Age: 29 Rogel Nahum Category: Triple jump Achievements: His best achievement was 17.20 meters at the World Cup in Sevilia in 1992. In 1995, he placed 11th at the World Championships and fourth at the Inter- national Match. Coach: Alex Mer- man Training: Maccabee-Tel Aviv and Hadar Yosef Residence: Tel Aviv Also competing: Konstantin Matusevitch Age: 25 Category: High jump Achievements: In 1995, ranked second at the Ukraine Championship. Residence: Netanya Occupation: Coach ISRAELI OLYMPIANS page 08 American Jews A t press time, the Jewish News also was aware of the ttfollowing Jewish Olympians from the United States: Fencing Clifford Bayer Age: 19 Achievements: Bronze at the 1993 Mac- cabiah Games with the team winning the silver; first place in several high school competitions and eighth in the under-20 competition at the 1993 Junior Olympics. Membership: Junior USA and World Cadet Teams Residence: New York City AChievements: He won a gold medal at el ft:ire 1e985 aMi.„74ctic;th ab:alh98G in Ura team, a silver the Uames golit ineldne44Lf°r -ggam th teathllg . PGaVmdepsaated ndetshth ' eber° 11912;6 Pan American Iympies. oce: San Francisco ion: Teacher and coach anal: He began competing when he was 9. . rig Steven Segaloff Age: 28 Achievements: As former captain and coxswain of the Cornell Uni versity varsity crew, his nine- member team posted wins at the Augusta Regatta in 1991 and '92 and fifth place in the National Rowing Champi- onships in 1992. In 1993, he was chosen to be part of U.S. Rowing Assocation. His boat won several major champi- onships in the past three years, including two Henley Regattas, the World Champi- onship, two U.S. champs onships and gold medals in the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1994. Training: U .S. Olympic Training Cen.- ter in San Diego. Residence: California Personal: He is a spokesman for the row- ing team, speaking before synagogues and Jewish organizations. He also wrote a bi-monthly column about his pre- Olympic training experiences for USA Today's Internet sports page. His father, - James, was a coxswain and captain of the Syracuse University crew in 1965. He won gold medals that year at the Maccabiah Games in Israel and in 1985 and 1989. Skating Dan Hollander Age: 23 Category: Figure :skating Achievernentg ....... ):N9. 3 men's 4g4X.eSkater in the VitOOtittes. He earned iCbronze Figure Skating Chain- medal in . pionslups:W$an Jose, Calif., this year. He finishokt 10th in the nationals in 1993 and 1994 and seventh in the 1994 na- tionals. Huntinton Woods Mich. 1Se Chalom Age: 16 Category: Pairs skating Achievements: She earned a bronze medal in her first senior dance compe tition. with partner, Mathew Gates, 20. They were alternative sk a ters in Cal- gary this year. Residence: Beverly Hills, Mich. Personal: At 4 years old, she was hit by a car while riding- her bicycle and lost 50 percent of her hearing. She wears hear- ing aids in both ears. She and Mr. Gates were the only first-yewr seniors to make the world team since 1958. --- Compiled by Roni B. Robbins C, ›- -J 0-7