Tamara Metal (-Shumacher; also "Matal"; תמר מיטל-שומכר; 26 December 1933 – 15 July 2022)[1] was an Israeli former Olympic high jumper and long jumper, and former captain of the Israel women's national basketball team.

[2][3][4] Metal was born in Poland to a Jewish family who immigrated to Israel (then Palestine) in 1935, when she was two years old.

[5] She married "Shumi" Shumacher, who organized the third through seventh Maccabiah Games.

[5] Metal competed for Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 18.

[5] After she stopped competing herself, she coached women's basketball.