Athlete and sports journalist Yehuda Gabay passed away on Saturday at the age of 93. Gabay was a short-distance Israeli champion in the 1940s, before becoming a journalist and a senior official on the sports betting council. He is survived by three children: Orly, Boaz and Roni.
Gabay was born in Tel Aviv in 1926, and in 1944 was exiled by the British to Eritrea and Sudan. He held Israel's record for 60-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter races. In 1948, he was to represent Israel at the London Olympics, but due to the War of Independence, he served in the IDF during that time in the 31st Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade. In 1950 he participated in the third Maccabiah Games, the first in Israel, and was honored to read the athlete's oath.
