Boaz Janay

Boaz Janay (בועז ינאי; also Yanay or Yanai; born November 9, 1952) is an Israeli former basketball player. He scored a total of 6,985 career points in the Israeli Premier League, which is the 4th-most points scored all-time in the league's history. He also represented the Israeli national team.

Boaz Janay
בועז ינאי
Personal information
Born (1952-11-09) November 9, 1952
Nahalal, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Listed height6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)
Career information
Playing career1971–1989
PositionCenter
Career history
1971–1979Hapoel Gvat/Yagur
1979–1980Hapoel Tel Aviv
1980–1985Hapoel Afula
1986–1989Hapoel Gvat
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Israel
Men’s Basketball
FIBA EuroBasket
1979 Italy
Asian Games
1974 Iran
Maccabiah Games
1977 Tel Aviv

Club career

During his club career, Janay, who is 1.99 m (6'6 1⁄2") tall, [1] played at the center position.[1] Janay played a total of 16 seasons of club basketball in Israel. He played with the Israeli clubs Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Hapoel Gilboa/Afula, between 1971 and 1989.[2][3] During his Israeli club career, Janay scored 6,985 points, which is the 4th-most points scored in the history of the Israeli Premier League.[1] His career scoring average in the Israeli Premier League was 20.2 points per game.

National team career

Janay was a member of the senior men's Israeli national team. At the 1977 Maccabiah Games, he won a silver medal with Team Israel.[4] He also won a gold medal with Israel at the 1974 Asian Games.

Janay also played with Israel at the following tournaments: 1971 FIBA European Championship, the 1972 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1973 FIBA European Championship, the 1975 FIBA European Championship, the 1976 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1977 FIBA European Championship, the 1979 FIBA European Championship, the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the 1981 FIBA European Championship.[5]

See also

References
  1. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 1986-87 Season | Hapoel Gvat | Boaz Janay". basket.co.il.
  2. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | History | All-Time Player Points | Boaz Janay". basket.co.il.
  3. "Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No. 41 Boaz Yanai; If there is one Israeli hoops star who truly proved you do not need to play for the perrenial champs in order to be one of the best, it is Boaz Yanai". The Jerusalem Post. March 23, 2008.
  4. "U.S. Quintet Captures Gold at Maccabiahs". The New York Times. 21 July 1977.
  5. "Boaz YANAY (ISR)". archive.fiba.com.
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