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| Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ISR |
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
| Competitors | 90 (55 men and 35 women) in 15 sports and 66 events |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Yakov Toumarkin Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Linoy Ashram |
| Medals Ranked 39th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Israel competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with its largest contingent to date − a delegation of 90 athletes, 55 men and 35 women, who competed in 15 different sports. This was almost double the previous number of 47 athletes who represented Israel at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.[1][2] The Games were also Israel's most successful to date, winning four medals, including two gold.[1] At Tokyo, Israel marked its Olympic debuts in surfing (new to the 2020 Games), baseball (returning to the Games), archery, equestrian and marathon swimming.
Israel returned home from Tokyo with two gold and two bronze medals, a record number of medals won by Israel in one Olympics. Artistic gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise and rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram won the gold medal at the women's rhythmic individual all-around event. Taekwondo practitioner Avishag Semberg won the bronze medal in the Women's 49 kg category and the national judo team won another bronze medal in the mixed team event. Several Israeli athletes advanced to the finals of their respective sporting events, but narrowly missed out on standing on the winner's podium.[1]
Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic until 23 July to 8 August 2021.[3] Since Israel's debut in 1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, other than the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend because of the nation's support for the US-led boycott. This was Israel's 17th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Backstroke swimmer Yakov Toumarkin and triple jumper Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko were chosen as the nation's flag bearers at the opening ceremony and Linoy Ashram was chosen as the nation's flag bearer at the closing ceremony.[1]
Also, for the first time since 11 Israeli athletes and a West German police officer were murdered during the Munich Olympics in 1972 by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, a moment of silence was held during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.[4][5]
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Artem Dolgopyat | Gymnastics | Men's floor | 1 August |
| Gold |
Linoy Ashram | Gymnastics | Rhythmic individual all-around | 7 August |
 Bronze |
Avishag Semberg | Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg | 24 July |
| Bronze |
Israel national judo team | Judo | Mixed team | 31 July |
Competitors
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The Israeli delegation includes 90 athletes, competing in 15 sports.[6]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Baseball | 24 | — | 24 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Judo | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Sailing | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Surfing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 55 | 35 | 90 |
This was Alexander Shatilov's fourth appearance at the Olympics, and Sergey Richter's, Yakov Toumarkin's, and Misha Zilberman's third appearance. Nine members of the delegation participated in the games for the second time: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Gili Cohen, Shlomi Haimy, Sagi Muki, Andrea Murez, Shira Rishony, Or Sasson, Marhu Teferi, and Maor Tiyouri.
This was Alberto Michán's third appearance at the Olympics, but was the first time he represented Israel. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko also appeared for the third time at the Olympics, but only for the second time as part of the Israeli delegation.
Seven athletes from the delegation have previously participated in the Youth Olympic Games: Linoy Ashram, Gal Cohen Groumi, Artem Dolgopyat, Anastasia Gorbenko, Denis Loktev, Avishag Semberg, and Yakov Toumarkin.
Schedule
This schedule shows all the events in which Israeli athletes have participated or may participate.[7]
- All times and dates use Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event competitions | 1 | Medal events | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
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