Twenty-one countries sent 980 athletes to compete in the 1957 5th Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletics competition similar to the Olympics. The opening ceremony on September 15, 1957, wa
Shoshana Ribner
…That year she was named Israel's Athlete of the Year. Ribner won two gold medals and two silver medals (including a silver medal in the 400 m) at the 1957 Maccabiah Games. In 1998, she was named one of Israel's top 50 athletes in its history…