At 11, Lipaz is already European, Israeli karate champ
Lipaz Ashate bags top spots in national and international contests, having trained in the martial arts since the tender age of six.
Lipaz Ashate bags top spots in national and international contests, having trained in the martial arts since the tender age of six.
Athletes competing in ice skating and alpine skiing will attempt to win Israel’s first Winter Games medal.
Sheina Vaspi, 20, is making history for Israel, first at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Lillehammer and in March at Paralympics in Beijing.
After training for only 3 months, Evgeni Krasnopolski and Hailey Kops won one of 19 slots allotted to figure-skating pairs at the Winter Olympics.
Having dealt with many personal tragedies, Ethiopian-Israeli Avi Solomon isn’t about to let anything stop him, or the children at risk whom he helps, achieve what they desire.
Anastasiya Gorbenko, 18, won Israel’s first two gold medals in FINA World Swimming Short Course Championships, doing the women’s 50m breaststroke in 29.34, and in the medley.
Asaf Yasur is Israel’s first para taekwondo gold medalist, besting five other contestants in the under-58 kg category.
Final tally for the Tokyo Games is six gold medals, two silvers and a bronze – eight in swimming and one in rowing.
Thus far, Israel’s Paralympic squad has garnered four gold medals, two silvers and a bronze – six in swimming and one in rowing.
The second Israeli to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, Mark Malyar was born with cerebral palsy as was his twin, also a Paralympic swimmer.
The first Arab Israeli to win a Paralympic or Olympic medal, Shalabi is both deaf and paraplegic.
The Paralympics is about world-class athletes competing in a world-class event, says Israel’s Paralympic sponsor Andrew Danos.
22-year-old athlete is the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Israel’s second in the Tokyo Games.
This is the country’s second gold medal and its first in gymnastics. Israel now has 12 Olympic medals in the history of its participation.
She’s only been running for five years, but Ultra-Orthodox marathoner and mother of five Beatie Deutsch is breaking records and stereotypes.