Yehuda Wiener-Gafni Explained

Yehuda Wiener-Gafni יהודה וינר
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	8.4
Birth Date:	1930 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Katowice, Poland

Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (also "Ernst";יהודה וינר; born 7 January 1930) is an Israeli former Olympic basketball player.^[1] ^[2]

Basketball career

Wiener-Gafni was a member of the sports club Maccabi Tel Aviv, located in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[1] ^[3] He was a guard, and was 1.75 meters tall. He competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, at the age of 22, in Men's Basketball. The Israeli team came in tied for 20th, after losing 57-47 to the Philippines, and 54-52 to Greece.^[1] ^[4] Wiener-Gafni was also on the Israel national basketball team in the 1954 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men, in which Israel came in 8th out of 12 teams.^[5]

Web site: Yehuda Gafni Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/yehuda-gafni-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. sports-reference.com.
Web site: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. Sulo Kolkka. 1955.
http://www.maccabi.co.il/Player.asp?PlayerID=243&cYear=1954 מועדון כדורסל מכבי תל אביב | שחקני עבר | יהודה וינר
Web site: Canada, Greece, Olympic Cage Victors. 13. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York. July 15, 1952.
Web site: Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men. FIBA.COM.