| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1930-01-07)7 January 1930 Katowice, Poland |
| Nationality |  Israel |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8.4 in (1.74 m) |
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (also "Ernst";יהודה וינר; born 7 January 1930) is an Israeli former Olympic basketball player.
Basketball career
Wiener-Gafni was a member of the sports club Maccabi Tel Aviv, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was a guard, and was 1.75 meters tall. 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. 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.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Yehuda Wiener-Gafni at FIBA.com (archived)
- Yehuda Wiener-Gafni at FIBA.com (archived)
- Yehuda Wiener-Gafni at FIBA.com (archived)
- Yehuda Wiener-Gafni – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Yehuda Wiener-Gafni at Olympedia
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