Israel competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. Israeli athletes participated in ten sports, winning seven gold, three silver and four bronze medals, and attaining eleventh place overall at the Games, in its best showing to date.
Medalists
Israeli athletes won seven gold medals and placed eleventh overall in number of gold medals. Israeli athletes also won three silvers and four bronze medals. Israel finished in eleventh place overall in the Games, in its best showing to date.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Daria Atamanov Rhythmic gymnastics Ball Daria Atamanov Rhythmic gymnastics Ribbon Or Moshe Kickboxing Men's 75 kg Nimrod Ryeder Ju-jitsu Men's ne-waza 77 kg Shir Cohen Kickboxing Women's 52 kg Meshy Rosenfeld Ju-jitsu Women's ne-waza 57 kg Meshy Rosenfeld Ju-jitsu Women's ne-waza open Daria Atamanov Rhythmic gymnastics Clubs Rony Nisimian Ju-jitsu Women's ne-waza 63 kg Nili Block Muaythai Women's 60 kg Viki Dabush Ju-jitsu Men's ne-waza 69 kg Saar Shemesh Ju-jitsu Men's ne-waza 85 kg Meron WeissmanAdi Horwitz Acrobatic gymnastics Mixed pair Saar Shemesh Ju-jitsu Men's ne-waza open
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalAcrobatic gymnastics 5 4 9Dancesport 1 1 2Ju-jitsu 3 2 5Kickboxing 2 2 4Lacrosse 12 12 24Muaythai 1 1 2Rhythmic gymnastics 1 1Sport climbing 1 1 2Water skiing 1 0 1Wushu 0 1 1 Total 26 25 51
Acrobatic gymnastics
Israel competed in acrobatic gymnastics; Meron Weissman and Adi Horwitz won the bronze medal for Mixed Pair.
Dancesport
Israel competed in dancesport.
Ju-jitsu
Israel won seven medals in ju-jitsu; Meshy Rosenfeld winning two gold medals in the Women's ne-waza 57 kg and Women's ne-waza open categories. and Nimrod Ryeder winning gold for Men's ne-waza 77 kg. Rony Nisimian won the silver medal in the Women's ne-waza 63 kg category. Saar Shemesh won two bronze medals, in the Men's ne-waza 85 kg and the Men's ne-waza open categories, while Viki Dabush won a bronze medal in the Men's ne-waza 69 kg category.
Kickboxing
Israel won two gold medals in kickboxing; Or Moshe winning in the Men's 75 kg and Shir Cohen in the Women's 52 kg categories.
Lacrosse
Israel competed in both the men's and women's lacrosse tournaments.
Muaythai
Israel competed in Muaythai; Nili Block won the silver medal in the Women's 60 kg category.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Israel competed in rhythmic gymnastics; Daria Atamanov winning two gold medals, in the Balls and Ribbon categories, and the silver medal in Clubs.
Sport climbing
Israel competed in sport climbing.
Water skiing
Israel competed in water skiing.
Wushu
Israel competed in wushu.
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