{{Short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Julian Krinsky | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{RSA|1928}} | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 13–13 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1970) | Wimbledonresult = 1R (1969) | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}} {{MedalSilver|1969 Tel Aviv|Men's tennis doubles}} {{MedalBronze|1969 Tel Aviv|Men's tennis singles}} {{MedalBronze|1973 Tel Aviv|Men's tennis doubles}} {{MedalSilver|1981 Tel Aviv|Men's squash singles}} }} '''Julian Krinsky''' is an American, former South African, professional tennis and squash player. He won medals in tennis at the 1969 Maccabiah Games and the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and competed at the French Open and Wimbledon. He won a silver medal for the United States in squash in the 1981 Maccabiah Games.
==Biography== Originally from Johannesburg, Krinsky immigrated to the United States in 1977 and is a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref name="auto"/> Krinsky was active on tour in the 1960s and 1970s.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
A Jewish athlete, Krinsky won two medals for South Africa in tennis at the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, including a bronze for singles, where he lost to American Allen Fox in the semi-finals, and a silver medal in doubles.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://phillyjewishsports.org/2014/03/julian-krinsky/|title=Philly Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Julian Krinsky|website=phillyjewishsports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/08/03/89361149.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=FOX GAINS FINAL AT TEL AVIV NET; Pam Richmond Also Victor in Maccabiah Games|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Discrimination Charged To Jews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/331295506 |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=6 August 1969}}</ref> He featured in the singles main draws of the 1969 Wimbledon Championships and 1970 French Open.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wing |first1=Jennifer |title=Local duo now top men in the tennis racket |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178033567 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=28 December 1994}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1973 Maccabiah Games.<ref name="auto"/>
He won a silver medal for the United States in squash in the 1981 Maccabiah Games.<ref name="auto"/>
He previously ran the Julian Krinsky Camps and Programs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Don |title=Mogul of summer camps |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/200928659 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=20 July 2003}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
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