at the Games. at the Games. Greco-Roman former world champion wrestler
Lindsey Durlacher was the flagbearer for the US, and Olympic pole vaulter
Jillian Schwartz, who later won a gold medal, was one of the US banner bearers. American
Max Fried, who in 2017 became a major league baseball player with the
Atlanta Braves, won a gold medal with the Team USA Juniors baseball team. US Olympic and world champion swimmer
Jason Lezak won four gold medals (in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, freestyle relay, and medley relay), while setting four Maccabiah records, and was named the most outstanding male athlete of the Games. Israeli swimmers who won gold medals were future Olympian
Amit Ivry in the Women's 100m butterfly (with a time of 58.50),
Keren Siebner in the freestyle and the medley,
Guy Barnea in the Men's 100m backstroke (with a time of 54.22, setting a new
Maccabiah Games record and Israeli record),
Gal Nevo in the 400m medley, Olympian
Michael Halika in the 200 m individual medley, and
Alon Mandel in the 100m butterfly (setting a new Maccabiah Games record of 52.99 seconds). Israeli swimmers who won silver medals included
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or in the 100m freestyle (49.02; behind
Jason Lezak, and a new Israeli record) and
Vitali Pushkar in the 50m
freestyle behind Jason Lezak. Israeli judokas
Or Sasson, a future Olympic bronze medalist, and
Golan Pollack, a future world championship bronze medalist, won gold medals at −100 kg and half lightweight (under 66 kg), and
Gili Cohen won a bronze medal. Israeli judokas
Yarden Gerbi, a future world champion and Olympic bronze medalist, and
Gregory Rudelson won silver medals. Brazilian judoka and future world championship silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist
Felipe Kitadai won a bronze medal at U60, beating
Lindsey Durlacher along the way.
Aaron Cohen won a bronze medal for the United States. Israeli champion and future Olympian
Laetitia Beck won an individual gold medal and a team gold medal in golf at the Games. Israeli fencers who won gold medals were Olympians
Tomer Or in men's foil, and
Ayelet Ohayon in women's team foil. Israeli gymnast and future Olympian
Valeria Maksyuta won gold on the vault, and silver medals in the all-around and on the uneven bars. Israeli gymnast and future Olympian
Alexander Shatilov won four gold medals and two silver medals. Hungarian gymnast
Orsolya Nagy won a bronze medal; also a fencer, she won a bronze medal in the individual sabre event at the 2009 World Fencing Championships. Israeli runner and future Olympian
Maor Tiyouri was the silver medalist in the 1500m and a bronze medalist in the 800m. Russian Olympian
Igor Pavlov won the gold medal in the pole vault. Israeli Olympic pole vaulter
Alex Averbuch also competed in the Games. In football,
Sam Sloma won a silver medal with Great Britain. Israelis
Timor Avitan,
Nir Bitton,
Tzahi Elihen,
Sari Falah,
Muayan Halaili,
Adir Maman,
Barak Moshe,
Alon Turgeman,
Arik Yanko,
Osher Zeitun, and
Hana Nasser won a bronze medal in football.
Zac MacMath and
Kyle Altman competed for Team USA in football.
Alon Badat,
Gil Vainshtein, and
Felix Gelt competed for Canada.
Steven Solomon competed for Australia as captain of its junior soccer team.
Barry Silkman played football for the gold medal-winning 45-plus Team GB.
Bensiyon Songavkar played for Team India and won a silver medal in cricket.
Jason Molins,
Mark Bott, and
Darren Gerard played for the UK in cricket. Chess grandmaster
Judit Polgár from Hungary, the number 1 rated woman in the world, was named the Maccabiah's most outstanding female athlete of the Games. Russian grandmaster
Evgeny Najer won the rapid tournament in Netanya, ahead of Nepomniachtchi, Beliavsky, Gelfand, Judit Polgar, and Ukrainian grandmaster
Pavel Eljanov. German grandmaster
Daniel Fridman also competed in chess. American
Brian L. Roberts won a silver medal in squash.
Zach Test and
Shawn Lipman played for the US Maccabiah
rugby union team, winning a bronze medal. Ukrainian future world championship silver medalist
Vasyl Fedoryshyn competed in wrestling. Canadian Olympic wrestler
David Zilberman competed as well. ==Participating communities==