Ilana Karaszyk

Ilana Karaszyk was born in 1938 in Poland

Ilana Karaszyk was born on July 1, 1938. She is Jewish, and after the Holocaust her family lived in Poland. She immigrated to Israel in 1956.

She trained with Maccabi Tel Aviv. In May 1957 she set a new Israeli record in the 200 metres with 26.6 seconds. In 1958 she ran for the Central Command team at the IDF athletics championship.

In 1959 she won a special cup at a meet between Israel and Cyprus, after 3 wins in the 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump. At the 1960 Israeli championship she won gold in the 200 metres, the 4x100 metres relay and the long jump, and silver in the 100 metres.

Weeks later she set a national long jump record of 5.39 metres and joined the Olympic team. At the Rome Olympics she placed 28th in the long jump with 5.08 metres and ran the 200 metres in 26.5 seconds. Geula Gadishevitz broke her long jump record with 5.48 metres.