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Maya Calé-Benzoor

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Maya Calé-Benzoor
Personal information
Birth nameמיה קלה-בנצור
Nationality Israel
Born (1958-09-05) September 5, 1958 (age 66)
Sport
SportTrack & field
Event(s)100 metre dash; long jump; triple jump
College teamNorthern Arizona University
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 metre dash: 12.19 (1977)
  • long jump: 6.27 (1984)
Medal record
Track and field
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1981 Israel Women's long jump
European Masters’ Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Women's triple jump

Maya Calé-Benzoor (also "Kalle-Bentzur"; מיה קלה-בנצור; born September 5, 1958) is an Israeli former Olympic runner and long jumper.[1][2]

Calé-Benzoor set the Israeli indoor long jump record (6.13 metres). She was a medalist at the 1973 Maccabiah Games, and at the 1981 Maccabiah Games she won the gold medal in the long jump. She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the European Masters’ Championships in 2001.

She was born in Israel, and is Jewish.[2]

Education

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Calé-Benzoor has a B.Ed. in Physical Education from Northern Arizona University (1984), where she set the school outdoor long jump record at 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m), NAU records in both the women's indoor and outdoor long (20' 6".00) and triple jumps (41' 3".75), and 40' 5".00 in the indoor triple jump.[3] She placed third in the triple jump at the 1984 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships meet.[3] Calé-Benzoor was an NCAA All American in 1984.[2][4] In 1989 she was inducted into the NAU Athletic Hall of Fame.[3]

She also has a Diploma in Physiotherapy Studies from Wingate Institute in Israel (1981), a master's degree in Sport Injury Rehabilitation from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia (1990), and a PhD in Welfare and Health Studies from Haifa University.[4]

Running and long jump career

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Her personal bests were 12.19 in the 100 metre dash (in 1977), and 6.27 metres in the long jump (in 1984).[1] She set the Israeli indoor long jump record (6.13 metres).[2]

Calé-Benzoor was a medalist at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.[4] At the 1981 Maccabiah Games she won the gold medal in the long jump.[5]

Calé-Benzoor competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California at the age of 25.[1] In the Women's 100 metres she came in 6th in Heat 5 with a time of 12.30 (missing qualifying for the next round by .04 seconds), and in the Women's Long Jump she came in 16th with a jump of 6.07 metres (missing qualifying for the next round by 0.12 metres).[1][2][6]

She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the European Masters’ Championships in 2001.[4]

Career after the Olympics

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Calé-Benzoor worked as a physiotherapist and clinic manager in Phoenix, Arizona, and Atlanta, Georgia, and became the First Head of the Women's Sports Committee at the Maccabi Israel Center.[4] She was the Deputy Manager of the Physiotherapy Department at Wingate Institute, and is now the Director of Sports Injury Rehabilitation at Wingate Institute and a lecturer in the Physiotherapy Program at Haifa University.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Maya Kalle-Bentzur Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Benzoor, Maya"
  3. ^ a b c "1989 NAU Athletic Hall of Fame Class; Maya Cale-Benzoor (Track & Field, 1982-84) - Northern Arizona". nauathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Dr. Maya Kalle-Ben Tzur – אתנה". athenawomen.org.il.
  5. ^ "Track and Field Results Maccabiah Games at Tel Aviv, July 13". UPI. July 13, 1981. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "At the Olympic Games: the Israeli Teams Tried Harder". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 14 August 1984.