The 93-person delegation was made up of Masters Over-35s, 45s, 55s Football, Tennis and Padel Tennis, with Sam Cohen, assistant Head of Delegation, winning a gold in the doubles, together with was Sharoni Rosenberg of Chile, and silver in the Singles in the Masters Tennis tournament.
They shared a unique Maccabi Friday night with athletes from all over the world which is repeated at all Maccabiot and regional international Games. There was no greater example of this than just before one of the football matches Maccabi GB were involved in, when both teams spontaneously burst into traditional Jewish song and dance, just before kick off!
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Cohen, assistant Head of Delegation, expressed pride following her double medal haul. “Twenty years on from my first Maccabi GB experience as a Junior athlete in Stirling, Scotland, I am proud to bring home gold and silver in my first masters tennis competition," she said.
