Abraham Shneior
Abraham Shneior (also "Avraham" and "Shneur", "Schneor," or "Shaneir"; אברהם שניאור; December 9, 1928 – February 24, 1998) was an Israeli Olympic basketball player.[1][2] He was born in Mandatory Palestine.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 9, 1928 Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | February 24, 1998 |
| Nationality |  Israel |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Career history | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
Basketball career
His club was Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]
He competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 23.[1] He was the flag bearer for Team Israel at the Olympics. In Men's Basketball the Israeli team came in tied for 20th, after losing to the Philippines 57–47 in a game in which he scored 8 points, and losing to Greece 54–52 in a game in which he scored 12 points.[1] When he competed in the Olympics he was 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) tall.[1]
He won a silver medal with Team Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games.[3]
He was also on the Israel national basketball team in the 1954 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men, in which he led the team with an average of 10.8 points per game and Israel came in 8th out of 12 teams.[4]
Playing for Israel at the EuroBasket 1953 - Final Round, he averaged 9.7 points per game, and playing for Israel at the EuroBasket 1959 - Final Round, he averaged 4.3 points per game.[5]
References
- "Abraham Shneior Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967903.
- "LATE U. S. BASKET TOPS ISRAEL, 25-23; Groffsky Shot Wins Maccabiah Title – Host Team Defeats American Swimmers". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- "Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men". FIBA.COM.
- "Israel - European Championship for Men (1953) - FIBA Europe".