Sport | |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Judo |
Event | Team \ Mixed-team |
Coached by | Oren Smadja (Men) Shany Hershko (Women) |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | ![]() |
World finals | ![]() |
Regional finals | ![]() |
Highest world ranking | 4th [1] (Seniors) 16th [2] (Juniors) |
The Israel national judo team consists of the men's team coached by Olympic medalist Oren Smadja [3] and the women's team coached by Shany Hershko (he). [4] It is assambled by the Israel Judo Association.
The team won a bronze medal at the mixed team event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Previously, the men's team won a gold medal at the 2005 European Team Championships. [10]
The following are medals won in individual Olympic competitions, World and European Championships as well as World Tour tournaments, by active members of the Israel national judo team, as of 12 May 2024, after the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Astana.
Weight Class (Current) | Judoka | Summer Olympics | World Championships | World Masters | Grand Slam | European Championships | Grand Prix | Total | Ref. | |||||||||||||||
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Name | Age | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
M-60 | Yam Wolczak | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | [11] |
M-66 | Baruch Shmailov | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | [12] |
Tal Flicker | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | [13] | |
M-73 | Tohar Butbul | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | [14] |
M-81 | Sagi Muki | 32 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 9 | [15] |
M-90 | Li Kochman | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | [16] |
M-100 | Peter Paltchik | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | [17] |
W-48 | Shira Rishony | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | [18] |
Tamar Malca | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | [19] | |
W-52 | Gefen Primo | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 15 | [20] |
W-57 | Timna Nelson-Levy | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | [21] |
W-63 | Gili Sharir | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | [22] |
Inbal Shemesh | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | [23] | |
W-70 | Maya Goshen | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | [24] |
W-78 | Inbar Lanir | 24 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | [25] |
W+78 | Raz Hershko | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 5 | 9 | [26] |
Total | Men | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 23 | 54 | ||
Women | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 70 | |||
Total | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 64 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 52 | 44 | 124 |
As of 13 October 2022
Men's head coach: Oren Smadja
Other men's coaches: Guy Fogel, Gil Ofer, Golan Pollack & Artur Katayev. [3] [27]
Women's head coach: Shany Hershko
Other women's coaches: Charles Chibana, Miki Tanaka & Amélie Rosseneu. [4] [28]
Year | Competition | Gender | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | European Championships | Men | ![]() | [10] |
2006 | World Championships | Men | 9 | [107] [108] |
European Championships | Men | 5 | [109] | |
2014 | European Championships | Men | R16 | [110] [111] |
2018 | European Championships | Mixed | R16 | [112] [113] |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Mixed | ![]() | [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
European Championships | Mixed | 7 | [114] [115] [116] | |
2022 | World Championships | Mixed | ![]() | [117] [118] [119] |
2023 | European Games | Mixed | R16 | [120] [121] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –60 | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men –90 | Men –100 | Men +100 | |
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Semi-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Final | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
References | [122] | [123] | [124] | [125] | [126] | [127] | [128] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –60 | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men –90 | Men –100 | Men +100 | |
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Repechage | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||||
References | [129] | [130] | [131] | [132] | [133] | [134] | [135] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Ref. | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [110] [111] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Ref. | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [112] [113] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Golden score | Ref. | ||
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First round | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [137] | ||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [138] | ||
Repechage | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | [139] | ||
Bronze medal | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | — | [140] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Ref. | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [141] | ||
Repechage 1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [142] | ||
Repechage 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | [143] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Golden score | Ref. | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | [144] [145] | ||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [146] [147] | ||
Semi-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | — | [148] [149] | ||
Bronze medal | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | [150] [151] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | Ref. | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | [120] [121] |
Year | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ref. |
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2009 | Alice Schlesinger | [152] [153] | ||
2011 | Omri Kenyon | [154] | ||
2013 | Gili Cohen | Noa Minsker | [155] [156] | |
2014 | Baruch Shmailov | Li Kochman, Yacov Mamistvalov | [157] [158] | |
2015 | Noa Minsker | [159] [160] | ||
2016 | Tohar Butbul, Adi Grossman | Alexander Raskopine | [161] [162] [163] [164] | |
2017 | Raz Hershko | Gili Sharir | [165] [166] [167] [168] | |
2018 | Betina Temelkova | Yarin Menaged, Tamar Malca, Inbal Shemesh, Raz Hershko | [169] [170] [171] [172] | |
2019 | Inbar Lanir | [173] [174] [175] [176] | ||
2020 | Inbar Lanir | Maya Goshen | Yehonatan Elbaz | [177] [178] [179] [180] |
2022 | Guy Gurevitch, Serafim Kompaniez | [181] [182] |
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Year | Competition | Gender | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | World Championships | Women | 7 | [250] |
2017 | European Championships | Men | R16 | [251] [252] |
2021 | European Championships | Mixed | R16 | [253] [254] [255] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men –90 | Men +90 | |
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
References | [251] [252] | [256] | [257] | [258] | [259] | [260] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Women –57 | Women –70 | Women +70 | Men –73 | Men –90 | Men +90 | |
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
References | [253] [254] [255] |
Updated to 27 June 2024, after the first day of the 2024 European Cadet Judo Championships.
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Year | Competition | Gender | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | European Championships | Men | 5 | [318] |
2017 | European Championships | Men | 1R | [319] [320] |
2022 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Mixed | ![]() | [321] [322] [323] |
2023 | European Championships | Mixed | 9 | [324] |
European Youth Olympic Festival | Mixed | R16 | [325] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –60 | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men +81 | |
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Second round | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Repechage 1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Repechage 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
Bronze | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
References | [318] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –60 | Men –66 | Men –73 | Men –81 | Men +81 | |
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First round | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
References | [319] [320] | [326] | [327] | [328] | [329] | [330] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –66 | Men –81 | Men +81 | Women –52 | Women –63 | Women +63 | Golden score | Ref. | |||
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Second round | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | [331] | |||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | — | [332] | |||
Repechage | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [333] | |||
Bronze medal | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | — | [334] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –66 | Men –81 | Men +81 | Women –52 | Women –63 | Women +63 | Golden score | ||
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First round | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | — | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Repechage 1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
References | [335] [324] |
Stage | Opponent | Result | Men –66 | Men –81 | Men +81 | Women –52 | Women –63 | Women +63 | Golden score | ||
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Round of 16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
References | [325] | [336] | [337] | [338] | [339] | [340] | [341] | [338] |
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