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Tomer Steinhauer

Tomer Steinhauer is an Israeli basketball coach and former center who played for the Israel national team from 1986 to 2001.

born 1966Center for Israel's national team1997 Israeli league MVP1996 championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv

Born: 3 October 1966, Tel Aviv
Occupation: basketball player, basketball coach
Party: Meretz
Education: University of South Florida

Tomer Steinhauer was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv

Tomer Moshe Steinhauer was born on October 3, 1966. He grew up in the youth department of Maccabi Haifa, and in 1984 he won the national youth championship and cup with its youth team.

He joined the Haifa senior team and played there until 1991, with one season at the University of South Florida. He then played for Hapoel Tel Aviv, winning the Israeli Cup in 1993, and later for Hapoel Holon.

With Maccabi Tel Aviv he won the Israeli championship in 1996, and he then moved to Maccabi Ra'anana. He was the league MVP in 1997. Later he played for Maccabi Givat Shmuel, Ironi Nahariya, and lower-league teams in the north.

With the national team he played in 4 European championships. At the 1997 EuroBasket he averaged 17.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

He settled in Kiryat Tiv'on and coached youth teams there. In 2009 he ran for the Knesset with Meretz and was not elected. In 2016 he became assistant coach of Maccabi Haifa.