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Dov Sternberg is an American karateka.
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Dov Sternberg is an American karateka.
Sternberg is from Woodmere, New York. [1] His father, Dr. Alex Sternberg, founded the American Maccabiah Games karate team in 1977. [2]
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. [12]
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