Welcome to the 2018 Maccabi Outstanding

Sports Awards Presentation

2018 was a year filled with outstanding

sporting achievements by Maccabi and Victorian Jewish

athletes, coaches and administrators

Outstanding Sports Awards

Winners 2018

Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportswoman of the

Year

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Maccabi Outstanding

Junior Sportswoman of the Year

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Rhythmic Gymnastics

State Level: • NSW State Champion Winner of all Victorian and NSW

State Team Trials

• Prahran Invitational - absolute 2018 Champion.

National Level: • Current Australian Champion (Senior International

Category) and Australian Champion in 3 Individual

apparatus disciplines.

• Ranked #1 in the country. Australia Cup International

Tournament - 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

International Level: • Double Bronze Medalist @ 2018 Commonwealth Games

• World Cup, Portemao - 22nd

• World Cup, Guadalajara 33rd

• World Cup, Baku 29th

• World Championship, Bulgaria - 76th out of 150.

• World ranking - 76th in the World, 1st in

Australia/Oceania, 3rd in Southern Hemisphere.

Maccabi

Outstanding Junior Sportswoman of the

Year

Aimee Aharoni

Judo

Maccabi Outstanding

Junior Sportswoman of the Year

Aimee Aharoni

Judo

State Level: • Judo Victoria March Competition, March 4th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 1st place

National Level: • Australian National Championships, June 10th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place

International Level: • Sydney International Open, September 23rd 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place

• Sydney International Open, September 23rd 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place

• Selected for the Australian Team for the Macau and Hong Kong Asian Cups, July ‘18

• Melbourne International Open, March 17th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place

• Melbourne International Open, March 17th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 2nd place

• Queensland International Open, March 11th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 2nd place

• Queensland International Open, March 11th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place

• ACT International Open, February 17th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place

Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportsman of the Year

Marc Fridman Victoria Maccabi

Snooker Club

Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportsman of the Year

Marc Fridman Victoria Maccabi

Snooker Club

State Level:

• 2018 Victorian State Snooker Champion

• 2018 Victorian State Billiards Runner Up

• 1st ever Maccabi A grade Snooker team

• 1st ever Maccabi A grade Snooker flag win

• Reventon Classic Plate Runner Up

• Reventon Matchplay Tournament Quarter Finalist

• John Ellery Memorial Tournament Winner

National Level:

• 2018 Australian U18 Snooker Champion

• 2018 Australian U21 Semi-Finalist

• 2018 Australian Mitchell Team Cup Runner-Up

International Level:

• Only player selected by the Australian Billiards and

Snooker Council to represent Aust at the U18 world

championships in China

• Selected to play for Australia at the Oceania six nations

tournament in NSW semi finalist

• Selected to the Australian team V New Zealand in 2018

test match

Maccabi Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year

Jemima Montag Maccabi Athletic Club

Maccabi Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year

Jemima Montag Maccabi Athletic Club

National Level: 1

• 7/12/17: 3rd place, 20km Women's Racewalk

invitation (as part of the Australian 50km Road

Walking Championships) 1:34:18.

International Level: • April 8, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast ,

representing Australia Women’s 20km race walk Gold

medal 1:32:50

• February 2018 Victorian Track and Field

Championships, Lakeside Stadium Women’s 5000m

race walk Gold medal 21:32:68

• February 11 2018 Oceania Racewalking Championships

and Commonwealth Games Trial, Adelaide Women’s

20km race walk Silver medal 1:31:26

Maccabi Outstanding Sportsman of the Year

Joel Hamilton Hockey

Maccabi Outstanding Sportsman of the Year

Joel Hamilton Hockey

State Level: • Powerhouse St Kilda Mens Hockey Premier

League player reached Semi Final in top league

• Challenge Melbourne Half Ironman approximately

5 hours

National Level: • Oct 2018: Selected for the Vikings 2018 Australian

Hockey League Campaign;

• AHL Vikings Debut Vs NT & WA;

• WA Busselton Full Ironman approximately 11

hours

Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportswoman of the Year

Leora Yates Weightlifting

Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportswoman of the Year

Leora Yates Weightlifting

National Level: • Australian Nationals in Brisbane won bronze,

• Australian, Oceania and Open Masters Weightlifting

Championships

International Level: • World Masters Weightlifting Champion

Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportsman of the Year

Josh Goldstat Athletics

(Triathlon)

Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportsman of the Year

Josh Goldstat Athletics

(Triathlon)

State Level: • Won 3 and placed 2nd in 4 races in Victoria's 2XU

Sprint Distance Triathlon series

National Level: • Winner of 2018 Tasmanian Sprint Distance Triathlon

Championship.

International Level: • Sept 2018 - Winner of the 40-44 age group division

at the International Triathlon Union Sprint World

Championships, Gold Coast Australia

Maccabi Outstanding All Abilities Athlete of the Year

Barak Mizrachi Table Tennis

Maccabi Outstanding All Abilities Athlete of the Year

Barak Mizrachi Table Tennis

National Level:

• National Para Championships,

• National Veterans Championships,

• National Order of Merit, Oceania #1,

• World #38 ranking

• International Level:

• 5th Place Paralympic Table Tennis Singles at

the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast

Lenny Bogatin Award for Outstanding Service to Maccabi Victoria & Jewish Sport

Jason Wrobel

AJAX Junior Football Club

Maccabi Victoria President’s Award

Kevin Milstein Maccabi FC Caulfield

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Mazal Tov to all of our 2018

Outstanding Sports and Administration Awards Nominees

& Winners

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