Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz (; born April 3, 1954) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. Schwartz played in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Biography

Schwartz was born in

Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Motzkin () is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, north of the city center of Haifa. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, in it had a population of . However, as of September 2024, the unofficial population count is 55 ...

, Israel. He is 1.95 m tall. He competed in basketball for Israel at the 1973 World University Student Games in Moscow. Schwartz then played in the

for

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1962–63, 1965–66 and 1973–74, 2 ...

(1973–75),

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

(1975-81), and Beitar Tel Aviv (1981–83). He was part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Israeli team that in the

1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Pionir Hall, in Belgrade, Yugo ...

(EuroLeague) semifinals defeated

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— the

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team—in a dramatic upset, on its way to winning its first European Championship. Schwartz recalled four decades later: "The one great thing about our team was teamwork. In every organization it’s a matter of building the right team, and you need to know how to play together. Each player on the team was a winner, but when it comes to playing together, that was our secret. Most of us were friends both on and off of the court and even today we meet and see each other. We are really friends. That was our secret. He also played for the

Israeli national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team () represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 39th in the FIBA World Ranking. Israel has qualifi ...

. Schwartz competed in the 1971 FIBA European Championship for Cadets, the

1974 Asian Games The 7th Asian Games (), also known as Tehran 1974 (), were held from 1 to 16 September 1974 in Tehran, Iran. The Aryamehr Sports Complex was built for the Games. This marked the first time the Asian Games were hosted in the Middle East. Tehran, t ...

(at which Israel won a

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), the 1975 FIBA European Championship for Men, the 1977 FIBA European Championship for Men, and the 1979 FIBA European Championship for Men (at which Israel won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

). Schwartz later pursued a career in business, and married and had three children. He acquired the home furniture design company Tollman's in 2005, and is its CEO."TOLLMAN'S (ISRAEL) LTD,"
Dun & Bradstreet Business Directory.

References

External links

"Observe - Create - Initiate , Tollman's Talk , Shuki Schwartz, Liron Schwartz,"
video, July 19, 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Shuki 1954 births Living people People from Kiryat Motzkin Sportspeople from Haifa District Israeli men's basketball players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Israeli sportsmen