List of flag bearers for Israel at the Olympics

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Israel at the
Olympics
Flag of Israel.svg
IOC code ISR
NOC Olympic Committee of Israel
Website www.olympic.one.co.il  (in Hebrew and English)
Medals
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
20
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Israel at the Olympics. [1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

#Event yearSeasonOpening flag bearerSportClosing flag bearerSport
1 1952 Summer Abraham Shneior [2] Basketball
2 1956 Summer Yoav Ra'anan [2] Diving
3 1960 Summer Gideon Ariel [2] Athletics
4 1964 Summer Gideon Ariel [2] Athletics
5 1968 Summer Gershon Shefa [2] Swimming
6 1972 Summer Henry Herscovici [2] Shooting
7 1976 Summer Esther Roth-Shahamorov [2] Athletics
8 1984 Summer Zehava Shmueli [2] Athletics
9 1988 Summer Itzhak Yonassi [2] Shooting
10 1992 Summer Eldad Amir [2] Sailing
11 1994 Winter Michael Shmerkin [2] Figure skating
12 1996 Summer Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman [2] Fencing
13 1998 Winter Michael Shmerkin [2] Figure skating
14 2000 Summer Rogel Nachum [2] Athletics
15 2002 Winter Galit Chait [2] Figure skating
16 2004 Summer Ariel Ze'evi [2] Judo Gal Fridman [3] Sailing
17 2006 Winter Galit Chait [2] Figure skating Galit Chait [4] Figure skating
18 2008 Summer Michael Kolganov [5] Canoeing Shahar Tzuberi [6] Sailing
19 2010 Winter Alexandra Zaretsky [2] Figure skating Mykhaylo Renzhyn [7] Alpine skiing
20 2012 Summer Shahar Tzuberi [2] Sailing Neta Rivkin [8] Gymnastics
21 2014 Winter Vladislav Bykanov [9] Short track speed skating Vladislav Bykanov [10] Short track speed skating
22 2016 Summer Neta Rivkin [11] Gymnastics Alona Koshevatskiy [12] Gymnastics
23 2018 Winter Oleksii Bychenko [13] Figure skating Itamar Biran Alpine skiing
24 2020 Summer Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Yakov Toumarkin
Athletics
Swimming
Linoy Ashram Gymnastics
25 2022 Winter Evgeni Krasnopolski
Noa Szollos [14]
Figure skating
Alpine skiing
26 2024 Summer Andrea Murez
Peter Paltchik
Swimming
Judo
Romi Paritzki
Tom Reuveny
Gymnastics
Sailing

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