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Doron Jamchi

Doron Jamchi is an Israeli former basketball player who scored more points than any other player in the history of the Israeli Premier League and the Israeli national team.

born 1961Israeli Premier League all-time scoring recordIsraeli national team scoring recordScoring title at 1985 EuroBasket11 league titles with Maccabi

Born: 1 July 1961, Ramat Gan
Occupation: basketball player

Doron Jamchi was born in 1961 in Ramat Gan

Doron Jamchi was born on July 1, 1961, in Ramat Gan, to parents born in Iraq. He went to Blich High School. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of Maccabi Ramat Gan.

He played for Ironi Ramat Gan from 1978 to 1985 and led the league in scoring in 1982, 1984 and 1985. He then joined Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he played from 1985 to 1996 and reached 4 EuroLeague finals. He played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion from 1996 to 1999 and returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv for one last season.

In all he won 11 league titles and 7 State Cups. With the national team he played 6 EuroBasket tournaments and the 1986 World Championship, and he scored more points than anyone else at the 1985 EuroBasket. He left the national team in 1997 and stopped playing on August 24, 2000.

After retiring he founded an insurance agency and worked in the management of Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2011 he briefly served as spokesman for Eli Tabib, owner of Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2012 he took part in the reality show Survivor VIP and became a vice president for marketing at Maccabi Tel Aviv. He is married and has 3 daughters.