[ Jared’s Story ]

Jared Firestone OLY, Esq., is a 2026 Olympian who represented Team Israel in Skeleton at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, serving as Israel’s flag bearer in the Cortina Opening Ceremony. Born and raised in South Florida, Jared was a Broward County district champion sprinter and competed in track and field at Tulane University before earning his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He is a licensed attorney in Florida and New York.

After surviving a mini-stroke during law school, Jared rebuilt his life around an unlikely goal: to compete for Israel on the world stage. He discovered Skeleton in 2016 at the age of 26 and made Aliyah in 2019 to represent Israel internationally.

Nicknamed “The Jewish Jet,” Jared went on to win eight medals on Olympic qualifying circuits, including Israel’s first international gold medal in Skeleton. He became Israel’s first finalist at a Skeleton World Championship in 2025 and earned Team Israel’s best placement in the sport at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

But the journey ultimately became about something bigger than results.

Today, Jared uses the lessons and platform from his ten-year Olympic journey to help others pursue ambitious goals, perform under pressure, develop stronger identities, and take pride in who they are. He speaks to audiences around the country about Jewish pride, resilience, elite performance, leadership, and turning adversity into opportunity.

He is also the creator of The Maccabee Mindset: A Jewish Olympian’s Blueprint to Success, an interactive personal development program designed to build purpose, confidence, resilience, and Jewish identity, as part of a larger mission of building a generation of strong, proud Jews.

Jared is also the co-founder of Advancing Jewish Athletics, a nonprofit supporting Jewish and Israeli athletes and preserving and expanding the reach of important stories in Jewish sports, while continuing to practice law.