Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Israel at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Israel.svg
IOC code ISR
NOC Olympic Committee of Israel
Website www.olympicsil.co.il  (in Hebrew and English)
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors6 (4 men and 2 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Evgeni Krasnopolski
Noa Szollos
Flag bearer (closing) Volunteer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Israel competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2]

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Figure skater Evgeni Krasnopolski and alpine ski racer Noa Szőllős were chosen as the nation's flag bearers at the opening ceremony. [3] A volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [4]

The Israeli delegation did not win any medals at these games. Barnabás Szőllős' sixth-place finish in the men's combined downhill was the best result attained so far by an Israeli athlete at the Winter Olympics. [5]

Competitors

The Israeli delegation included 6 athletes, competing in 3 disciplines. [6] [7]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Figure skating 213
Short track speed skating 101
Total426

Alpine skiing

Noa Szollos, Alpine skier 2020-01-10 Women's Super G (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank-814.jpg
Noa Szollos, Alpine skier

Israel qualified two male and one female athletes for alpine skiing, but declined one male quota. [8] Noa Szőllős and her brother Barnabás Szőllős were selected by the Olympic Committee of Israel to compete for the country. [6]

Barnabas Szőllős’ sixth-place finish overall in the combined Alpine skiing event was Israel's best Olympic skiing result to date. [5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Barnabas Szollos Men's downhill 1:46.8830
Men's super-G 1:24.2830
Men's combined 1:45.041148.1422:33.186
Men's giant slalom 1:07.89281:10.04212:17.9322
Men's slalom 56.832851.88231:48.7123
Noa Szollos Women's super-G 1:17.9434
Women's giant slalom 1:04.9042DNF
Women's slalom 58.214559.13411:57.3441

Figure skating

Hailey Kops, Figure skater Kops, Tsoglin - 2019 Junior Worlds - 1.jpg
Hailey Kops, Figure skater

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Oleksii Bychenko finished in 24th place with 190.45 points, and earned one quota place for the Israeli delegation in the men's event. [9] In the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolski finished in 5th place with 167.08 points, and earned one quota place for the Israeli delegation in the pairs event. [10] [11]

Bychenko, Kops, and Krasnopolski were chosen by the Olympic Committee of Israel to represent Israel at the games. This was Bychenko and Krasnopolski's third appearance at the Olympic Games. [12]

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Alexei Bychenko Men's singles 68.0126Did not advance
Hailey Kops
Evgeni Krasnopolski
Pair skating 55.991597.8315153.8215

Short track speed skating

Israel won a quota place after Vladislav Bykanov participated in the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Competitions according to the Special Olympic Qualification Classification. [13] The Olympic Committee of Israel chose Bykanov to represent Israel at the games. This was Bykanov's third appearance at the Olympic Games. [12]

Bykanov advanced to the semi-finals of the 1500m. It was the first time in eight attempts at the Winter Olympics that he advanced past the first stage.

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vladislav Bykanov 500 m 40.9002 Q41.1573Did not advance12
1000 m 1:24.8754Did not advance24
1500 m 2:09.9324 q2:13.4916Did not advance17
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