Biography
Also Viewed
The basics
Quick Facts
| Gender |
| |
| Birth | 7 January 1930 | |
| Age | 95 years |
The details
Biography
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (also "Ernst";יהודה וינר; born January 7, 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.