2005 Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Infobox
Name = Games of the XVII Maccabiah

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Size = 150
Optional caption = "The Moment to Love"
Opening city = Ramat Gan
Nations participating = 55
Athletes participating = 7,700
Events = 100
Opening ceremony = July 11 2005
Closing ceremony = July 21 2005
Officially opened by = Gal Friedman
Stadium = National StadiumThe 2005 Maccabiah Games ( _he. המכביה ה-17 ישראל תשס"ה) were the 17th incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games to date, including more than 900 representatives from the United States, almost 500 from Australia, and more than 2,000 from Israel, bringing the total participants to more than 7,700 from 55 countries.

Israel ended the games at the top of the medal count with 228 gold medals. The United States was a distant second with 71 gold medals, while Russia came in third with 15.

elected results

Vadim Gutzeit of Ukraine, an Olympic gold medal winner in team sabre, won gold medals in individual and team sabre. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Sergei Charikov of Russia won the silver medal in sabre.

In women's tennis, Sharon Fichman of Canada won the gold medal at the age of 14, and also won a bronze medal in the women’s doubles, and a silver medal in mixed doubles.

In fencing, two-time Pan American Games gold medalist Dan Kellner won the silver medal in foil for the US.

In women's basketball, Shay Doron, who two years later signed with the WNBA New York Liberty, led the USA to a 5-0 record and a gold medal, and was selected Maccabiah MVP.

In squash, Brian L. Roberts, the Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, won a gold medal with the US team in his fourth Maccabiah.

In soccer, Jonathan Bornstein, Benny Feilhaber, and Adam Jaffe led the men's open soccer to their best finish ever with a silver medal. The US lost to gold medal winner Israel, which played with their U-20 National Team.

In karate the US Men's open team took several gold and silver medals. The youth team took one silver and one bronze.

ports

The sports featured at the 2005 Maccabiah Games are listed below.

Footnotes

External links

;Official
* [http://www.maccabiah17.com/pages/Home_Page.aspx Maccabiah XVII]

;Unofficial
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm Summaries of each of the Games]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/maccabiah_05.html Jewish Virtual Library]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/The+17th+Maccabiah+Games+-+July+2005.htm?DisplayMode=print "The 17th Maccabiah Games - July 2005"]
* [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:jlkm6kw7mOsJ:americansamurai.com/page/newslet/aug05/macgames.htm+%2210th+Maccabiah+Games%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us “The Miracle in Israel”]