Dov Sternberg
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| Residence | Woodmere, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dov Sternberg is an American karateka.
Early life
Sternberg is from Woodmere, New York.[1] His father, Dr. Alex Sternberg, founded the American Maccabiah Games karate team in 1977.[2]
Karate career
Sternberg began training in karate at age five.[3] He won a gold medal in the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[3] In 1998, he won the gold medal in Men's Advanced Kumite −60 in the USA National Karate-do Federation national championships.[4][5] He won a silver medal in the 1999 Pan American Games in the Men's Kumite Individual −60kg.[1][6][7][8]
At the World Traditional Karate Organization (WTKO) 2003 North American Karate Championship, he took second place in both Men's Black Belt Individual Kumite and Men's Individual Kata.[9] At the 2009 Maccabiah Games Sternberg won a bronze medal in the Kumite Up To 60k, as part of the Team USA Karate Team.[10][11] He won a gold medal as part of Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Team Kata.
References
- 1 2 "Pan Am Games; Hawaii's Kotaka wins karate gold; His win adds to the U.S. total at the Pan Am Games". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. July 27, 1999.
- ↑ "Israeli radio in US to air Maccabiah special; Founder of US' karate team for Maccabiah talks about history, significance of this Jewish sport event". Ynet. July 7, 2009.
- 1 2 Open Your Heart with Martial Arts: Mastering Life Through Love of the Challenge. 2008.
- ↑ "1998 USA-NKF National Championship Results - USA National Karate".
- ↑ "1998 USA-NKF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS", kolvir.com
- ↑ Steven Olderr (2003). Juegos Panamericanos. McFarland & Company.
- ↑ Debbie Darrah - U.S. Olympic Committee. "press release - U.S. Karate Team Captures Gold in Men's Kumite".
- ↑ ".". The Kokomo Tribune (from Kokomo, Indiana). p. 13.
- ↑ "WTKO 2003 North American Karate Championship Results". wtko.org.
- ↑ "Maccabiah Games Results, 13/11/2009, Open Karate"
- ↑ "Fighting sickness with kindness". The Jerusalem Post. July 13, 2009.