Moshe_Ponte

Moshe Ponte

Moshe Ponte

Israeli judoka

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.

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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. [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. [2]
    "Moshe Ponte Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Ponte, Moshe"
  4. [4]
    Kornheiser, Tony (3 August 1992). "Israel Celebrates Greatest Olympic Triumphs by Remembering Lasting Tragedy". The Washington Post.
  5. [5]
    "Moshe Ponte, Judoka, JudoInside". judoinside.com.
  6. [6]
    "Olympic fever". Times of Israel.
  7. [7]
    "Israel Judo Association - Memberstate of the European Judo Union". eju.net.


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