Edge Rewrite
Jump to content

// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Issy Bloomberg? Bloomberg's icy sister, Issy.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Issy Bloomberg
Bloomberg training in 1950
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born(1930-02-10)10 February 1930
Died1 December 2000(2000-12-01) (aged 70)
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  South Africa
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place1950 Auckland-82.5kg

Isadore Louis Bloomberg (10 February 1930 1 December 2000) was a South African weightlifter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2] His Olympic career was cut short when, after the 1952 Olympics, he lost his amateur status by opening a gym when he returned to South Africa, which the Olympic authorities considered sufficient to make him a professional.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Issy Bloomberg Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. Olympedia.org: Issy Bloomberg
  3. JewsinSport.org: Bloomberg, Issy

Further reading

[edit]
  • Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver: Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1965, p. 511
  • New York Times, July 21–August 2, 1952