Yehuda Wiener-Gafni
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Born | January 7, 1930 |
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Listed height | 5 ft 8.4 in (1.74 m) |
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (also "Ernst";יהודה וינר; born January 7, 1930) is an Israeli former Olympic basketball player.[1][2]
Basketball career[]
Wiener-Gafni was a member of the sports club Maccabi Tel Aviv, located in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1][3] He was a guard, and was 1.75 meters tall.[3] He competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, at the age of 22, in Men's Basketball. The Israeli team came in tied for 20th, after losing 57-47 to the Philippines, and 54-52 to Greece.[1][4] Wiener-Gafni was also on the Israel national basketball team in the 1954 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men, in which Israel came in 8th out of 12 teams.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Yehuda Gafni Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Sulo Kolkka (1955). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952". Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
- ^ a b מועדון כדורסל מכבי תל אביב | שחקני עבר | יהודה וינר
- ^ "Canada, Greece, Olympic Cage Victors". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York. July 15, 1952. p. 13.
- ^ "Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men". FIBA.COM.
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- Israeli men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Israel
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 1930 births
- 1954 FIBA World Championship players
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