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COURTESY OF JONATHAN SZANTO
Hungarian hockey
player Jonathan
Szanto says he’
s
looking forward
to “experiencing
U.S. hockey” at the
Maccabi Games.
in the Maccabi Games.
She said she learned about the
Maccabi Games last year from friends
who competed for Detroit in Orange
County in baseball and volleyball. She
thought playing hockey, her favorite
sport, in Detroit would be a great
experience.
“I can’
t wait to meet kids from
around the world and watch my
friends compete,
” she said.
Leib played hockey for Detroit last
year in Orange County, helping Detroit
reach the quarterfinals in the 11-team
tournament.
FREDDIE MARTIN
Freddie Martin lives in a quiet, small
residential village “with loads of
open green land” on the outskirts of
London, England. It’
s a
predominantly Jewish
community.
The 14-year-old is a
big soccer fan. Or, as he
would say, football fan.
His favorite soc-
cer team is Premier
League club Tottenham
Hotspur. His favorite soccer player is
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Son
Heung-min.
Martin is a member of the Great
Britain U16 boys soccer team that will
play in the Maccabi Games.
“I can’
t wait to get to Detroit, meet
new people and hopefully bring gold
back to the U.K.,
” he said.
Martin competed in soccer in last
year’
s Maccabi Games in Orange
County. His team lost 2-1 in the
knockout round.
“The best part of that trip was our
team defying expectations and making
our managers proud,
” he said. “We
won three of our first four games.
”
His parents are Andy Martin and
Belinda Spiers. He has two older sis-
ters, Georgia, 21, and Jaimie, 18.
His favorite food? Steak.
JONATHAN SZANTO
Hungarian hockey player Jonathan
Szanto is looking forward to partic-
ipating in his first Maccabi Games,
“making new friends,
seeing how American
Jews live, exploring
Detroit and experienc-
ing U.S. hockey, which
is known as the best in
the world.
”
The 14-year-old
lives with his family in
Budapest, the capital of Hungary and
the city where most of the 100,000
Jews in the country reside.
“If you travel to Europe, you
shouldn’
t miss Budapest,
” he said.
“There are many historical sites to
visit. There even are Turkish baths
from the Turkish occupation of the
city (in the 16th and 17th centuries).
”
His father, Peter, is an entrepreneur,
and his mother, Adrienn, works with
the Chabad organization. He has an
older brother and a younger sister.
Jonathan is a big fan of Washington
Capitals hockey star Alexander
Ovechkin, wiener schnitzel, steak,
traveling and mathematics. He’
s
played in hockey tournaments in
Canada, Austria and Germany with his
Hungarian team. ■
Freddie Martin
Jonathan
Szanto
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