Jews in the News: Olympic Jews

The Olympics are coming up, so, just like four years ago, we will be doing Olympic Week, where we profile five Olympic Jews. The five in 2008 were:

Dara Torres, USA, swimming

Jason Lezak, USA, swimming

David Zalcberg, Australia, table tennis

Nicolas Massu, Chile, Tennis

Alexander Averbukh, Israel, pole vault

So who will the five chosen athletes in 2012 be? We already profiled Lezak, who is returning, as well as Sue Bird, USA, basketball, but here are some options:

Jo Aleh, New Zealand, sailing

David Banks, USA, rowing

Josh Binstock, Canada, beach volleyball

Anthony Ervin, USA, swimming

Jessica Fox, Australia, canoe

Steve Gluckstein, USA, trampoline (¼ Jewish)

Vasyl Fedoryshyn, Ukraine, wrestling

Mark Mendelblatt, USA, sailing

Tim Morehouse, USA, fencing (¼ Jewish)

Merrill Moses, USA, water polo

Sarah Poewe, Germany, swimming

Alexandra Raisman, USA, gymnastics

Steve Solomon, Australia, track

Rebecca Soni, USA, swimming (¼ Jewish)

Soren Thompson, USA, fencing

Julie Zetlin, USA, rythmic gymnastics

As well as obviously pretty much the entire Israeli team. Three of the five have already been selected... Who knows, we might even do more!