Wingate Institute
Wingate Institute, officially Orde Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports, is a sports training institute located south of Netanya, Israel.
History
Wingate Institute was established in 1957. It was named after Orde Wingate. It serves as the host facility for several Israeli national sports teams and as a base for IDF fitness training. Among its numerous athletic fields is the rugby pitch that serves as the home pitch of the Israel national rugby union team. Additionally, numerous fields are used as venues during the Maccabiah Games.In 1989, the institute was awarded the Israel Prize, for sport.
Schools
- Nat Holman School for Coaches and Trainers
- Ribstein Centre for Research, Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Turner Pedagogical Centre
- Cultivation of Young Talent in the Sport-Gifted Centre
- Centre for the Development of Sports Achievement
- Headquarters for the Israeli Diving Federation
Notable alumni
- Girmaw Amare, Olympic runner
- Gideon Ariel, Olympic competitor in the shot put and discus throw
- Mohamed Abu Arisha, basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national basketball team
- Daria Atamanov, Olympic rhythmic gymnast
- Aviv Barzelay, Olympic swimmer
- Shani Bloch, Olympic racing cyclist
- Maya Calé-Benzoor, Olympic runner and long jumper
- Jon Dalzell, American-Israeli basketball player
- Artem Dolgopyat, Olympic champion and world champion gymnast
- Adam Edelman, American-born four-time Israeli National Champion in skeleton event, and Israeli Olympian
- Jonathan Erlich, tennis player, ranked # 5 in world in doubles
- Yuval Freilich, épée fencer, 2019 European Epee Champion
- Julia Glushko, tennis player
- Anastasia Gorbenko, Olympic swimmer, won the gold medal in the girls' 200 m individual medley at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
- Raz Hershko, European champion and Olympic judoka
- Gilad Hesseg, singer-songwriter
- Hussniya Jabara, politician
- Maya Kalle-Bentzur, Olympic runner and long jumper
- Inbar Lanir, world champion and Olympic judoka
- Denis Loktev, Olympic swimmer
- Adam Maraana, swimmer
- Mikaella Moshe, Olympic archer
- Nili Natkho, basketball player
- Tomer Or, Olympic fencer and junior world champion
- Orna Ostfeld, basketball player and coach
- Nina Pekerman, triathlete
- Andy Ram, tennis player, ranked # 5 in world in doubles
- Ran Sagiv, Olympic triathlete
- Shachar Sagiv, Olympic triathlete
- Idit Silman, Knesset member
- Ofir Shaham, Israeli team world champion rhythmic gymnast
- Derrick Sharp, basketball player
- Baruch Shmailov, Olympic judoka
- Miriam Siderenski, Olympic sprinter
- John Whitman, author and Krav Maga instructor
- Eyal Yanilov, Krav Maga instructor