Israel at the World Athletics Championships

Israel at the World Athletics Championships
IOC code	ISR
Website	www.iaa.co.il
Medals Ranked 80th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 5
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1976 1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025

This is a record of Israel at the World Athletics Championships . Israel has won five medals at the World Athletics Championships.

Israeli Aleksandr Averbukh, won the bronze in 1999, ^{[1] [2]} and the silver in 2001. ^{[3] [4]}

Israel's third medal came in 2015 when former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko improved on her national record with a 14.78 m jump. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman. ^[5]

On 18 July 2022, Kenyan-born Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter won the bronze medal in the women's marathon to give Israel its fourth medal. ^{[6] [7]}

On 27 August 2023, Ethiopian-born Israeli runner Maru Teferi won the silver medal in the men's marathon, marking Israel's fifth medal. ^[8]

Medal tables

Medals by year

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1999	0	0	1	1
2001	0	1	0	1
2015	0	1	0	1
2022	0	0	1	1
2023	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)	0	3	2	5

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Marathons	0	1	1	2
Pole vault	0	1	1	2
Triple jump	0	1	0	1
Totals (3 entries)	0	3	2	5

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Event
Bronze	Aleksandr Averbukh	1999	Pole vault
Silver	Aleksandr Averbukh	2001	Pole vault
Silver	Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko	2015	Triple jump
Bronze	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter	2022	Marathon
Silver	Maru Teferi	2023	Marathon

References

1. 1999 Pole Vault ^{[ dead link ]}
2. 1999 results Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
3. 2001 Men Pole Vault Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. 2001 results Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
5. "REPORT: WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
6. Rakovsky, Ido (18 July 2022). "In Israeli First, Marathon Runner Chemtai Salpeter Snags World Championship Bronze" . Haaretz . Retrieved 21 July 2022.
7. "Israeli marathoner Lonah Chemtain Salpeter captures World bronze". The Jerusalem Post. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
8. "Israel's Marhu Teferi wins silver in men's marathon at World Athletics Championships". The Times of Israel. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2024.