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Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists

Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists

Taylor, Paul

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralJudaismOlympics & Paralympics

ISBN10: 1903900875
ISBN13: 9781903900871
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Jun 30 2004
Pages: 268
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

No story so richly illustrates the interaction between sport and politics as the story of Jewish athletes and the Games. Each major event at the Games related to the Jews is covered in-depth, including: the story of the Jewish-Hungarian wrestler Karoly Karpati in Berlin, 1936; the German-Jewish high-jumper Gretel Bergmann, who was callously exploited, then discarded, by the Germans; the American sprinters, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller; and the legendary Mark Spitz. From the first Olympics in Athens in 1896, through to the disasters and triumphs of Munich 1972 and beyond, Jews and the Olympic Games, which features a list of the more-than 250 Jewish medallists at the Games, is a powerful account of the conflict between sport and politics.

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