Tamara Statman, Israeli National Softball Team Surfing Makua Rothman, US, Big Wave World Champion Shaun Tomson, South Africa, world champion Anat Lelior, Israel, 2020 Summer Olympics Swimming Margarete "Grete" Adler, Austria, Olympic bronze (4 × 100m freestyle relay) Vadim Alexeev, Kazakhstan-born Israeli, breaststroke Jessica Antiles, US Semyon Belits-Geiman, USSR, Olympic silver (400 m freestyle relay) and bronze (800 m freestyle relay); world record in men's 800m freestyle Adi Bichman, Israel (400 m and 800m freestyle, 400m medley) Damián Blaum, Argentina, open water Gérard Blitz, Belgium, Olympic bronze (100 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame Yoav Bruck, Israel (50 m freestyle and 100m freestyle), Israel (50m freestyle and 100m freestyle) Tiffany Cohen, US, 2× Olympic champion (400 m and 800m freestyle); 2× Pan American champion (400m and 800m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame Anthony Ervin, US, Olympic champion (50m freestyle), silver (400 m freestyle relay); 2× world champion (50 m freestyle, 100m freestyle) Yoav Gath, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke) Scott Goldblatt, US, Olympic champion (4 × 200m freestyle relay), silver (800 m freestyle relay); world championships silver (4 × 200m freestyle), bronze (4 × 200m freestyle) Eran Cohen Groumi, Israel (100 and 200 m backstroke, 100m butterfly) Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary, Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly); world championships bronze (200 m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), Hungary, 3× Olympic champion (100m freestyle, 800m freestyle relay, 1,500m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), Austrian-born Israeli, held every Austrian women's middle and long-distance freestyle record in 1935, refused to represent Austria in 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ruth Langer and Lucie Goldner, protesting Hitler, stating, "I refuse to enter a contest in a land which so shamefully persecutes my people." Otto Herschmann, Austria, Olympic 2-silver (in fencing/team sabre and 100m freestyle); arrested by Nazis, and died in Izbica concentration camp Amit Ivry, Israel, Olympic semi-finalist (200 metre individual medley) Lenny Krayzelburg, Ukrainian-born US, 4× Olympic champion (100 m backstroke, 200m backstroke, twice 4 × 100m medley relay); 3× world champion (100m and 200m backstroke, 4 × 100m medley) and 2× silver (4 × 100m medley, 50m backstroke); 3 world records (50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke) Herbert Klein, Germany, Olympic bronze (200 m breaststroke); 3 world records Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli (100 m butterfly,