Israel at the Athens Olympics

(August 2004)


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At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, 36 Israeli athletes competed in 13 different sports and the country won its first ever gold medal.

Gal Friedman - Competing in the Men's Mistral Sailing competition, placed first in the discipline that included eleven different races. During the final race of the competition, on August 25, Friedman exploited a poor performance by Brazilian leader Ricardo Santos and a tactical mistake by Greek windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis in order to burst forward and finish the final race second, thus earning the gold medal overall. This was the first ever gold medal earned in any Olympics game by an Israeli athlete.

Ariel Ze'evi -  Competing in Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg) Judo, took home a bronze medal for his efforts at the games.

Israel's two total medals - one gold, one bronze - placed it as the 52nd ranked country at the games.

Israeli Delegation & Results

Men

 

Women

Pole Vault: Aleksander Averbukh (8th place)

Marathon: Haile Satayin (20th place); Asaf Bimro (59th place)

K1 500m Canoeing: Michael Kolganov (8th place)

K1 1000m Canoeing: Roei Yellin (9th place)

All-Around Artistic Gymnastics: Pavel Gofman (19th place)

60kg Judo: Gal Yekutiel (Round of 32)

66kg Judo: Ehud Vaks (Round of 16)

73kg Judo: Yoel Razvozov (Quarterfinal)

100kg Judo: Ariel Ze'evi (Bronze Medal)

Mistral Sailing: Gal Friedman (Gold Medal)

470 Sailing: Gideon Kliger & Udi Gal (15th place)

50m Pistol Shooting: Alexander Donilov (15th place)

50m Rifle Prone Shooting: Guy Starik (16th place)

10m Air Pistol Shooting: Alexander Donilov (20th place)

Doubles Tennis: Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram (Quarterfinal)

84kg Greco-Roman Wrestling: Gotsha Tzitziashvily (14th place)

74kg Greco-Roman Wrestling: Yasha Manesherov (19th place)

120kg Greco-Roman Wrestling: Yuri Yevseychyk (19th place)

100m Hurdles: Irina Lenskiy (7th place)

Marathon: Nili Abramski (42nd place)

K1 500m Canoeing: Larissa Peisakhovitch (6th place)

Individual Foil (Fencing): Ayelet Ohayon (Round of 32)

Individual Rhythmic Gymnastics: Katerina Pisetsky (16th place)

52kg Judo: Michal Feinblat (Round of 16)

Mistral Sailing: Lee Korzitz (13th place)

470 Sailing: Nike Kornecki & Vered Buskila (18th place)

200m Individual Medley Swimming: Vered Borochovski (24th place)

100m Butterfly Swimming: Vered Borochovski (26th place)

100m Backstroke Swimming: Anna Gostomelsky (28th place)

100m Freestyle Swimming: Anna Gostomelsky (32nd place)

50m Freestyle Swimming: Anna Gostomelsky (35th place)

Synchronized Swimming Duet: Anastasia Gloushlov & Inna Yoffe (17th)

Singles Table Tennis: Marina Kravchenko (3rd Round)

49kg Taekwando: Maya Arusi (Round of 16)

Singles Tennis: Anna Smashnova (1st Round)


Source: Olympic Committee of Israel; Wikipedia

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