1981 Maccabiah Games

The 1981 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 30 nations. The 30-sports menu included rugby union, sailing and softball for the first time. New facilities for squash, wrestling, karate, and judo were introduced. Mitch Gaylord, gymnastics, won 6 gold medals; he later went on to win Olympic gold. Also, tennis players Brad Gilbert and Andrea Leand earned gold medals, and Shlomo Glickstein won the men's singles in tennis, the first Israeli to win a Maccabiah tennis championship.

1981 Maccabiah Games

The 1981 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 30 nations. The 30-sports menu included rugby union, sailing and softball for the first time. New facilities for squash, wrestling, karate, and judo were introduced. Mitch Gaylord, gymnastics, won 6 gold medals; he later went on to win Olympic gold. Also, tennis players Brad Gilbert and Andrea Leand earned gold medals, and Shlomo Glickstein won the men's singles in tennis, the first Israeli to win a Maccabiah tennis championship.