1953 Maccabiah Games
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Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports.
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Shoshana Ribner
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Shoshana Ribner was an Israeli Olympic swimmer.
1953 Maccabiah Games
…coached by Tubby Raskin of Brooklyn College. Israel won the silver medal, with Olympian Abraham Shneior playing on the team. In swimming, future Olympian Shoshana Ribner of Israel won the gold medal in the 400 m crawl, defeating Olympian Zsuzsa Nádor of Great Britain. American Bernie Kahn won a gold medal in the 100 m…
Ribner, member of the Israeli swim team (1957)