Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a sport club in

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( , "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who were ...

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. The professional teams associated with it include: *

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball) Maccabi Rishon LeZion () is a basketball club based in Rishon LeZion, Israel. The club plays in the Liga Leumit (basketball), Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli basketball. The greatest achievement of the club has been winning the 2016 Israe ...

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball) Maccabi Rishon LeZion () is a professional handball club from the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. They compete in the Israeli Handball League, within the Israeli first division. History Maccabi Rishon Lezion was founded in 1950 by Danny Reingo ...

* Maccabi Rishon LeZion (badminton) There was also a football section,

Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C. Maccabi Rishon LeZion () was an Israeli football club based in Rishon LeZion. The club spent six seasons in the top division, before and after the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was part of the wider Maccabi Rishon LeZion sports club whi ...

, which is now defunct.

Notable members

Diana Vaisman Diana Vaisman (or Weissman, ; , born 23 July 1998) is a Belarusian-born Israeli track and field athlete and sprinter. She holds the Israeli national record in the 100 metre sprint. Early and personal life Vaisman was born in Minsk, Belarus, ...

(born 1998), Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter, national record holder in the 100 metre sprint *

Irina Lenskiy Irina Lenskiy (; born 12 June 1971) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. Personal life She is of Jewish background, and was a Ukrainian citizen, known as Irina Lenskaya, until 1999 when she emigrated to ...

, Olympic runner who specializes in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

{{disambiguation Multi-sport clubs in Israel Sport in Rishon LeZion