Ahuva Kraus
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| Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1932 Rehovot | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Israel | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Ahuva Kraus-Kravitzky (1932–2009) was an Israeli female track and field athlete and basketball player. She won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1954 Asian Games.[1][2][3][4] She won with an Asian record mark of 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in).[5]
Born in Rehovot, she joined the local Hapoel sports club. She rose to the forefront of the national scene with an Israeli high jump record of 1.48 m (4 ft 10+1⁄4 in) in 1950. She won gold medals in that event at the Maccabiah Games in 1950 and 1953, as well as the title at the 1956 Hapoel Games. She led her club's basketball section to a national championship and cup double in 1961.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Maccabi World Review. Maccabi World Union. 1966. p. 32. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Israel (1957). Government Yearbook. p. 464. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ The Israel Yearbook. Israel Yearbook Publications. 1954. p. 242. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Sport: Yishuv to the Present. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ מדליית זהב היסטורית במשחקי אסיה 54' הקופצת לגובה, אהובה קריביצקי קראוז, הלכה לעולמה Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. SportWeb. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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