Moshe Ponte

Moshe Ponte (also "Ponti"; Hebrew: משה פונטה‎; born August 29, 1956) is an Israeli former Olympic judoka.[1] He is the President of the Israel Judo Association.

Moshe Ponte
Personal information
Native nameמשה פונטה
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1956-08-29) August 29, 1956
Israel
Height5-10.5 (180 cm)
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)under 78 kg
Coached byMorris Smadga
Medal record
Judo
Representing  Israel
Belgian Open Championships Visé
1986 Belgium–86 kg

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

Judo career

His coach was Morris Smadga.[3]

Ponte competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in judo.[1] In the Men's Half-Middleweight (U78) he came in tied for 20th, after losing to Michel Nowak of France, who won the bronze medal at the Olympics.[1][2] When he competed in the Olympics he was 5-10.5 (180 cm) tall, and weighed 172 lbs (78 kg).[1]

He won a silver medal at the Belgian Open Championships Visé in 1986 in the U86 category.[4][5]

He coached Israeli Olympic bronze medalist Oren Smadja.[3]

Ponte is the President of the Israel Judo Association.[6]

References
  1. "Moshe Ponte Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "Ponte, Moshe"
  3. Kornheiser, Tony (3 August 1992). "Israel Celebrates Greatest Olympic Triumphs by Remembering Lasting Tragedy". The Washington Post.
  4. "Moshe Ponte, Judoka, JudoInside". judoinside.com.
  5. "Olympic fever". Times of Israel.
  6. "Israel Judo Association - Memberstate of the European Judo Union". eju.net.
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