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Jews in Sports: Israel at the 2020 Olympics

(July 23 - August 8, 2021)

The 2020 Games were held in Tokyo in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Artistic Gymnastics
Alexander Shatilov
Artem Dolgopyat
[Gold Medal Winner]
Lihie Raz

Rhythmic Gymnastics
Linoy Ashram
[Gold Medal Winner]
Nicol Zelikman
Yuliana Telegin
Yana Kramarenko
Ofir Dayan
Karin Vexman
Natalie Reitz

Taekwondo
Avishag Semberg
[Bronze Medal Winner]

Judo
Shira Rishony
Gili Cohen
Baruch Shmailov
Timna Nelson-Levy
Tohar Butbul
Gili Sharir
Sagi Muki
Li Kochman
Inbar Lanir
Peter Paltchik
Raz Hershko
[Team Bronze Medal Winner]

Badminton
Misha Zilberman
Ksenia Polikarpova

Swimming
Anastasia Gorbenko
Ron Polonsky
Denis Loktev
Yaakov Toumarkin
Michael Leitrovsky
Andi Murez
Meiron Cheruti
Gal Cohen Groumi
Tomer Frankel
Daniel Namir
Aviv Barzelay
Itay Goldfaden

Archery
Itay Shanny

Marathon Swimming
Matan Roditi

Surfing
Anat Lelior

Windsurfing
Yoav Cohen
Shai Kakon
Katy Spychakov
Noya Bar Am
Shahar Tibi

Shooting
Sergey Richter

Road Cycling
Omer Shapira

Triathlon
Ran Sagiv
Shachar Sagiv

Mountain Biking
Shlomi Haimy

Athletics
Diana Vaisman
Selamawit Teferi
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Adva Cohen
Maor Tiyouri
Marhu Teferi
Girmaw Amare
Haimro Alame

Artistic Swimming
Eden Blecher
Shelly Bobritsky

Equestrian
Ashlee Bond
Danielle Goldstein Waldman
Alberto Michan
Teddy Vlock

Weightlifting
David Litvinov

Baseball
Jeremy Bleich
Scott Burcham
Jonathan deMarte
Tal Erel
Jacob Fishman
Blake Gailen
Mitch Glasser
Alex Katz
Ty Kelly
Ian Kinsler
Ryan Lavarnway
Alon Leichman
Shlomo Lipetz
Assaf Lowengart
Jonathan Moscot
Robert Paller
Zachary Penprase
Nicholas Rickles
David Sharabi
Joseph Wagman
Benjamin Wanger
Zachary Weiss
Daniel Valencia
Joshua Zeid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the first day of the Games, Avishag Semberg won Israel’s 10th medal, taking the bronze in Taekwondo. Artem Dolgopyat later won Israel’s second Olympic gold medal, 11th overall, in floor exercise in artistic gymnastics. A third medal, a bronze, was captured by Timna Nelson-Levy, Ori Sasson, Li Kochman, Gili Sharir, Tohar Butbul, Peter Paltchik, Sagi Muki, and Raz Hershko in the mixed Judo team competition.


Source: The Olympic Committee of Israel.