David Wolf at the 2016 JCC Maccabi Games in Hartford, Connecticut. (Courtesy/Kim Wolf) Sports Bay Area Maccabiah athletes win gold in swimming and basketball in Israel Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By Rob Gloster | July 17, 2017 Two basketball players with Bay Area connections won gold medals as the Maccabiah Games drew to a close yesterday in Israel. Sam Singer, who spent the past four years as a point guard for UC Berkeley, scored 12 points in the U.S. team’s 75-67 win in the July 16 final against France. Earlier in the day, Albany High School guard David Wolf scored two points as a team of American juniors won their championship game 53-33 against Argentina. Dozens of Bay Area residents competed in the two-week sporting event, which is held every four years and attracts the third-largest number of athletes of any competition — trailing only the Olympics and the Pan American Games. This year’s edition drew a record 10,000 Jewish athletes from around the world. Also bringing home gold were a pair of swimmers with Bay Area connections. Burlingame’s Leah Goldman, who will be a senior this year at Duke University, claimed gold as a member of the women’s 800-meter freestyle and 400-meter medley relay teams and a silver medal with the 400-meter freestyle relay squad. Goldman, a banner bearer at the Maccabiah Games opening ceremony on July 6, also won two silver and two bronze medals in individual events – adding to the five medals she won at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. Anthony Ervin, a four-time Olympic medalist, collected a pair of individual golds at the Maccabiah Games, winning the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races. Ervin, a UC Berkeley alum, won the 50 free by nearly a full second, with a personal season-best time of 22.05 seconds. Rob Gloster Rob Gloster z"l was J.'s senior writer from 2016-2019. Also On J. Sports Bay Area athletes go for gold at Maccabiah Games Sports Let the games begin: Bay Area well represented on U.S. roster for 19th Maccabiah Sports Maccabiah Games get underway with huge opening ceremony Sports ‘Jewish Olympics’ draws record number of athletes Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up