Adam Edelman
Adam Jeremy "A. J." Edelman OLY (Hebrew: אדם ג'רמי אדלמן; born March 14, 1991) is an American-born Israeli sliding sports athlete. He is an eight-time Israeli National Champion in sliding sport (skeleton and Bobsleigh) who competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Edelman is the first Orthodox Jew to compete in the Winter Olympics, and the first Orthodox Jewish man to compete in either Olympic iteration. In 2023, Edelman became the first ever Israeli to take a podium in a sanctioned Bobsled race and in March, 2024 became the first Israeli to secure the overall podium on the North American Cup. Edelman is training for the 2026 Beijing Olympic Games.
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| Native name | אדם אדלמן |
| Full name | Adam Jeremy Edelman |
| Nickname(s) | A. J. The Hebrew Hammer |
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| Born | March 14, 1991 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Yale School of Management (MBA '23) |
| Years active | 2014–2018 (skeleton) 2019–present (bobsled) |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Website | israelbobsled.team |
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| Country | Israel |
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| Coached by | Self-coached |
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