Welcome to the 2018 Maccabi Outstanding
Sports Awards Presentation
2018 was a year filled with outstanding
sporting achievements by Maccabi and Victorian Jewish
athletes, coaches and administrators
Outstanding Sports Awards
Winners 2018
Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportswoman of the
Year
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Maccabi Outstanding
Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva
Rhythmic Gymnastics
State Level: • NSW State Champion Winner of all Victorian and NSW
State Team Trials
• Prahran Invitational - absolute 2018 Champion.
National Level: • Current Australian Champion (Senior International
Category) and Australian Champion in 3 Individual
apparatus disciplines.
• Ranked #1 in the country. Australia Cup International
Tournament - 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.
International Level: • Double Bronze Medalist @ 2018 Commonwealth Games
• World Cup, Portemao - 22nd
• World Cup, Guadalajara 33rd
• World Cup, Baku 29th
• World Championship, Bulgaria - 76th out of 150.
• World ranking - 76th in the World, 1st in
Australia/Oceania, 3rd in Southern Hemisphere.
Maccabi
Outstanding Junior Sportswoman of the
Year
Aimee Aharoni
Judo
Maccabi Outstanding
Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Aimee Aharoni
Judo
State Level: • Judo Victoria March Competition, March 4th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 1st place
National Level: • Australian National Championships, June 10th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place
International Level: • Sydney International Open, September 23rd 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place
• Sydney International Open, September 23rd 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place
• Selected for the Australian Team for the Macau and Hong Kong Asian Cups, July ‘18
• Melbourne International Open, March 17th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 1st place
• Melbourne International Open, March 17th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 2nd place
• Queensland International Open, March 11th 2018, Junior Women u48kg, 2nd place
• Queensland International Open, March 11th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place
• ACT International Open, February 17th 2018, Senior Women u48kg, 3rd place
Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportsman of the Year
Marc Fridman Victoria Maccabi
Snooker Club
Maccabi Outstanding Junior Sportsman of the Year
Marc Fridman Victoria Maccabi
Snooker Club
State Level:
• 2018 Victorian State Snooker Champion
• 2018 Victorian State Billiards Runner Up
• 1st ever Maccabi A grade Snooker team
• 1st ever Maccabi A grade Snooker flag win
• Reventon Classic Plate Runner Up
• Reventon Matchplay Tournament Quarter Finalist
• John Ellery Memorial Tournament Winner
National Level:
• 2018 Australian U18 Snooker Champion
• 2018 Australian U21 Semi-Finalist
• 2018 Australian Mitchell Team Cup Runner-Up
International Level:
• Only player selected by the Australian Billiards and
Snooker Council to represent Aust at the U18 world
championships in China
• Selected to play for Australia at the Oceania six nations
tournament in NSW semi finalist
• Selected to the Australian team V New Zealand in 2018
test match
Maccabi Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year
Jemima Montag Maccabi Athletic Club
Maccabi Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year
Jemima Montag Maccabi Athletic Club
National Level: 1
• 7/12/17: 3rd place, 20km Women's Racewalk
invitation (as part of the Australian 50km Road
Walking Championships) 1:34:18.
International Level: • April 8, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast ,
representing Australia Women’s 20km race walk Gold
medal 1:32:50
• February 2018 Victorian Track and Field
Championships, Lakeside Stadium Women’s 5000m
race walk Gold medal 21:32:68
• February 11 2018 Oceania Racewalking Championships
and Commonwealth Games Trial, Adelaide Women’s
20km race walk Silver medal 1:31:26
Maccabi Outstanding Sportsman of the Year
Joel Hamilton Hockey
Maccabi Outstanding Sportsman of the Year
Joel Hamilton Hockey
State Level: • Powerhouse St Kilda Mens Hockey Premier
League player reached Semi Final in top league
• Challenge Melbourne Half Ironman approximately
5 hours
National Level: • Oct 2018: Selected for the Vikings 2018 Australian
Hockey League Campaign;
• AHL Vikings Debut Vs NT & WA;
• WA Busselton Full Ironman approximately 11
hours
Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportswoman of the Year
Leora Yates Weightlifting
Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportswoman of the Year
Leora Yates Weightlifting
National Level: • Australian Nationals in Brisbane won bronze,
• Australian, Oceania and Open Masters Weightlifting
Championships
International Level: • World Masters Weightlifting Champion
Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportsman of the Year
Josh Goldstat Athletics
(Triathlon)
Maccabi Outstanding Masters Sportsman of the Year
Josh Goldstat Athletics
(Triathlon)
State Level: • Won 3 and placed 2nd in 4 races in Victoria's 2XU
Sprint Distance Triathlon series
National Level: • Winner of 2018 Tasmanian Sprint Distance Triathlon
Championship.
International Level: • Sept 2018 - Winner of the 40-44 age group division
at the International Triathlon Union Sprint World
Championships, Gold Coast Australia
Maccabi Outstanding All Abilities Athlete of the Year
Barak Mizrachi Table Tennis
Maccabi Outstanding All Abilities Athlete of the Year
Barak Mizrachi Table Tennis
National Level:
• National Para Championships,
• National Veterans Championships,
• National Order of Merit, Oceania #1,
• World #38 ranking
• International Level:
• 5th Place Paralympic Table Tennis Singles at
the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast
Lenny Bogatin Award for Outstanding Service to Maccabi Victoria & Jewish Sport
Jason Wrobel
AJAX Junior Football Club
Maccabi Victoria President’s Award
Kevin Milstein Maccabi FC Caulfield
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Mazal Tov to all of our 2018
Outstanding Sports and Administration Awards Nominees
& Winners
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