"I would rather be there," said Yuri, who won three Israeli national championships as an amateur.

She practiced with boys, and won the Israeli age-group championship at 10.

He won his first Israeli championship in 1992, and would win four national titles in total; one of them in the 400 metres.

In 1990, he again won the Israeli championship.

In 1959, he took 2nd in the Israeli championship.

Rodshtein shared 1st in the 2008 Israeli championship, but didn't retain the title due to inferior tie-break.

Since he became chairman in 1969 Maccabi has won the Israeli championship in all but three years (1992/93, 2007/08 and 2009/10 seasons).

He won the Israeli championship in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

They won the 1966 Israeli 420-class national championship.

In the 2010/2011 season became the top assister of the Israeli championship, giving 13 assists during the season.