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Judo Israel celebrated the two Olympic bronze medals achieved by Yarden Gerbi and Or Sasson in Rio 2016. Yael Arad and Shay-Oren Smadja in 1992 and Ariel Zeevi in 2004 also won Olympic judo medals. Yarden Gerbi was the first and only judo World champion of Israel in 2013. Israel won 8 World Championships medals. Yael Arad won a European title in 1993, Ariel Zeevi won four judo titles for Israel. Sagi Muki was the last in 2018. In 2016 the European U23 Championships are held in Tel Aviv. Women’s headcoach Shani Hersko heads the women’s team, Shay-Oren Smadja is the men’s headcoach. Israel successfully organised the inaugural Grand Prix in Tel Aviv in 2019.

Judo legends

Judoka

Ariel Zeevi

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
28/04/2012	1	European Championships Chelyabinsk	U100
24/04/2010	3	European Championships Vienna	U100
13/04/2008	3	European Championships Lisbon	U100
08/04/2007	3	European Championships Belgrade	U100
22/05/2005	2	European Championships Rotterdam	U100
19/08/2004	3	Olympic Games Athens	U100
16/05/2004	1	European Championships Bucharest	U100
18/05/2003	1	European Championships Düsseldorf	U100
29/07/2001	2	World Championships Munich	OpenM
18/05/2001	1	European Championships Paris	U100
22/05/1999	3	European Championships Bratislava	U100

Yarden Gerbi

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
09/08/2016	3	Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro	U63
26/06/2015	3	European Games Baku	U63
28/08/2014	2	World Championships Chelyabinsk	U63
29/08/2013	1	World Championships Rio de Janeiro	U63
26/04/2013	3	European Championships Budapest	U63
27/04/2012	2	European Championships Chelyabinsk	U63

Yael Arad

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
01/10/1993	2	World Championships Hamilton	U61
02/05/1993	1	European Championships Athens	U61
30/07/1992	2	Olympic Games Barcelona	U61
26/07/1991	3	World Championships Barcelona	U61
19/05/1991	3	European Championships Prague	U61
13/05/1989	3	European Championships Helsinki	U61

Sagi Muki

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
31/07/2021	3	Olympic Games Tokyo Mixed team	U90
17/04/2021	3	European Championships Lisbon	U81
28/08/2019	1	World Championships Tokyo	U81
27/04/2018	1	European Championships Tel Aviv	U81
26/06/2015	1	European Games Baku	U73

Raz Hershko

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
02/08/2024	2	Olympic Games Paris	O78
27/04/2024	1	European Championships Zagreb	O78
05/11/2023	2	European Championships Montpellier	O78
13/05/2023	3	World Championships Doha	O78
01/05/2022	2	European Championships Sofia	O78

Judoka Ariel Zeevi

European Championships Chelyabinsk
28/04/2012	U100	Result 1

European Championships Vienna
24/04/2010	U100	Result 3

European Championships Lisbon
13/04/2008	U100	Result 3

European Championships Belgrade
08/04/2007	U100	Result 3

European Championships Rotterdam
22/05/2005	U100	Result 2

Olympic Games Athens
19/08/2004	U100	Result 3

European Championships Bucharest
16/05/2004	U100	Result 1

European Championships Düsseldorf
18/05/2003	U100	Result 1

World Championships Munich
29/07/2001	OpenM	Result 2

European Championships Paris
18/05/2001	U100	Result 1

European Championships Bratislava
22/05/1999	U100	Result 3

Judoka Yarden Gerbi

Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro
09/08/2016	U63	Result 3

European Games Baku
26/06/2015	U63	Result 3

World Championships Chelyabinsk
28/08/2014	U63	Result 2

World Championships Rio de Janeiro
29/08/2013	U63	Result 1

European Championships Budapest
26/04/2013	U63	Result 3

European Championships Chelyabinsk
27/04/2012	U63	Result 2

Judoka Yael Arad

World Championships Hamilton
01/10/1993	U61	Result 2

European Championships Athens
02/05/1993	U61	Result 1

Olympic Games Barcelona
30/07/1992	U61	Result 2

World Championships Barcelona
26/07/1991	U61	Result 3

European Championships Prague
19/05/1991	U61	Result 3

European Championships Helsinki
13/05/1989	U61	Result 3

Judoka Sagi Muki

Olympic Games Tokyo Mixed team
31/07/2021	U90	Result 3

European Championships Lisbon
17/04/2021	U81	Result 3

World Championships Tokyo
28/08/2019	U81	Result 1

European Championships Tel Aviv
27/04/2018	U81	Result 1

European Games Baku
26/06/2015	U73	Result 1

Judoka Raz Hershko

Olympic Games Paris
02/08/2024	O78	Result 2

European Championships Zagreb
27/04/2024	O78	Result 1

European Championships Montpellier
05/11/2023	O78	Result 2

World Championships Doha
13/05/2023	O78	Result 3

European Championships Sofia
01/05/2022	O78	Result 2

Last 365 days of judo

Judoka

Raz Hershko

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
02/02/2025	3	Grand Slam Paris	O78
02/08/2024	2	Olympic Games Paris	O78
27/04/2024	1	European Championships Zagreb	O78

Iosif Simin

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
23/02/2025	2	European Open Warsaw	U100
15/09/2024	3	Grand Prix Zagreb	U100
09/06/2024	1	European Open Madrid	U100

Gefen Primo

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
21/03/2025	2	Grand Slam Tbilisi	U52
10/05/2024	1	Grand Slam Qazaqstan Barysy	U52

Roie Rosen

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
09/11/2024	3	European Open Rome	U60
28/09/2024	1	European Open Prague	U60
08/06/2024	3	European Open Madrid	U60

Yehonatan Veksler

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
08/02/2025	1	European Open Ljubljana	U60

Judoka Raz Hershko

Grand Slam Paris
02/02/2025	O78	Result 3

Olympic Games Paris
02/08/2024	O78	Result 2

European Championships Zagreb
27/04/2024	O78	Result 1

Judoka Iosif Simin

European Open Warsaw
23/02/2025	U100	Result 2

Grand Prix Zagreb
15/09/2024	U100	Result 3

European Open Madrid
09/06/2024	U100	Result 1

Judoka Gefen Primo

Grand Slam Tbilisi
21/03/2025	U52	Result 2

Grand Slam Qazaqstan Barysy
10/05/2024	U52	Result 1

Judoka Roie Rosen

European Open Rome
09/11/2024	U60	Result 3

European Open Prague
28/09/2024	U60	Result 1

European Open Madrid
08/06/2024	U60	Result 3

Judoka Yehonatan Veksler

European Open Ljubljana
08/02/2025	U60	Result 1

Last results

	Judo event	Type	Place	Date

1	Israeli U21 Championships Ra'anana	NJun	Ra'anana	7 Feb 2025
2	Israeli Championships Ra'anana	NC	Ra'anana	9 Jan 2025
3	Israeli U21 Championships Ra'anana	NJun	Ra'anana	2 Feb 2024
4	Israeli U18 Championships Ra'anana	NCadet	Ra'anana	12 Jan 2024
5	Israeli U23 Championships Ra'anana	N23	Ra'anana	29 Dec 2023

1.
Judo event	Israeli U21 Championships Ra'anana
Type	NJun
Place	Ra'anana
Date	7 Feb 2025

2.
Judo event	Israeli Championships Ra'anana
Type	NC
Place	Ra'anana
Date	9 Jan 2025

3.
Judo event	Israeli U21 Championships Ra'anana
Type	NJun
Place	Ra'anana
Date	2 Feb 2024

4.
Judo event	Israeli U18 Championships Ra'anana
Type	NCadet
Place	Ra'anana
Date	12 Jan 2024

5.
Judo event	Israeli U23 Championships Ra'anana
Type	N23
Place	Ra'anana
Date	29 Dec 2023

Birthdays

	Name	Birthdate	Age

1	Lee Cohen	4 Apr 1999	26 years
2	Hagai Zentner	4 Apr 1994	31 years
3	Roman Linkov	4 Apr 1991	34 years
4	Alexandr Zhuravlyov	4 Apr 1977	48 years
5	Eliran Hay Vitorio Bettan	7 Apr 2006	19 years

1.
Name	Lee Cohen
Birthdate	4 Apr 1999
Age	26

2.
Name	Hagai Zentner
Birthdate	4 Apr 1994
Age	31

3.
Name	Roman Linkov
Birthdate	4 Apr 1991
Age	34

4.
Name	Alexandr Zhuravlyov
Birthdate	4 Apr 1977
Age	48

5.
Name	Eliran Hay Vitorio Bettan
Birthdate	7 Apr 2006
Age	19

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