Moshe Ponte

Moshe Ponte (also "Ponti"; Hebrew: משה פונטי; born 29 August 1956) is an Israeli former Olympic judoka[2] and current president of the Israel Judo Association.

Moshe Ponte
Personal information
Native nameמשה פונטי‎
Born (1956-08-29) 29 August 1956
OccupationPresident, Israel Judo Association
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
Rank     7th dan black belt[1]
Coached byMaurice Smadja
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R16 (1983)
European Champ.9th (1982)
Olympic GamesR32 (1984)
Profile at external databases
IJF3202
JudoInside.com25367
Updated on 22 August 2023.

Ponte was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[3]

Judo career

Ponte's coach was Maurice Smadja.[4]

Ponte competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in judo.[2] In the men's half-middleweight (‍–‍78 kg) he came in tied for 20th, after losing to Michel Nowak of France, who won the bronze medal.[2][3] When Ponte competed in the Olympics he was 5-10.5 (180 cm) tall, and weighed 172 lbs (78 kg).[2]

Ponte won a silver medal at the Belgian Open Championships Visé in 1986 in the ‍–‍86 kg category.[5][6]

Ponte coached Israeli Olympic bronze medalist Oren Smadja.[4]

Ponte is the president of the Israel Judo Association.[7]

References
  1. "Association board meeting protocol 2 October 2018" (PDF). Israel Judo Association (in Hebrew). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. "Moshe Ponte Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. "Ponte, Moshe"
  4. Kornheiser, Tony (3 August 1992). "Israel Celebrates Greatest Olympic Triumphs by Remembering Lasting Tragedy". The Washington Post.
  5. "Moshe Ponte, Judoka, JudoInside". judoinside.com.
  6. "Olympic fever". Times of Israel.
  7. "Israel Judo Association - Memberstate of the European Judo Union". eju.net.


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