Judo

Nir Abelson, center, with this prize and the Israeli flag at the international judo contest in the Netherlands earlier this month.

April 18 2022, 11:00 am

Israeli boy wins gold at Special Needs Judo World Games

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei (in white) competes at the International Judo Federation’s Grand Slam in Tel Aviv. Photo by Sabau Gabriela/International Judo Federation

July 28 2021, 1:20 pm

Iranian judoka in Tokyo dedicates silver medal to Israel

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei (in white) competes at the International Judo Federation’s Grand Slam in Tel Aviv. Photo by Sabau Gabriela/International Judo Federation

February 23 2021, 9:00 am

In first, Iranian judoka lands in Tel Aviv and wins silver

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki reacting to winning his final match in the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo. Photo by Marina Mayorova

August 29 2019, 7:00 am

Israel’s Sagi Muki wins World Judo Championship gold medal

Israeli judokas Timna Nelson-Levy, Gefen Primo and Shira Rishony showing off their medals in Montreal. At left is the Israel Women’s Judo team coach, Shany Hershko. Photo courtesy of Israeli Judo Association

July 9 2019, 9:43 am

Israeli judokas win gold, bronze in Montreal Grand Prix

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki, left won a gold medal after his match against Ivaylo Ivanov of Bulgaria at the Baku Grand Slam 2019. Photo by Emanuele Di Feliciantonio/International Judo Federation

May 14 2019, 9:01 am

Israeli judokas and badminton player win major tourneys

Israeli judoka Shira Rishony, left, bested a Ukrainian opponent for the gold medal in the under-48 kilo women’s category of the IJF Grand Prix in Tel Aviv, January 24-26, 2019. Photo by Yahav Gamliel/Flash90

January 28 2019, 12:57 pm

Israel hosts, and wins, international judo grand prix

From left, President of UAE Judo & Wrestling Federation Mohamed Bin Tha'loob al Derai, Israeli Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev, 81kg winner Sagi Muki, and International Judo Federation President Marius Vizer. Photo courtesy of IJF

October 29 2018, 8:22 am

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki wins gold in United Arab Emirates

Israel’s Tal Flicker, in white, defeated Nijat Shikhalizada of Azerbaijan in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2017 under-66 kg weight class. Photo by Sabau Gabriela/IJF

October 30 2017, 9:35 am

Israeli judokas score 5 medals in Abu Dhabi

Ori Sasson, right, overtook Asian Championship bronze medalist Iurii Krakovetskii of Kyrgyzstan in the Tashkent Grand Prix 2017. Photo by Marina Mayorova /IJF

October 11 2017, 6:18 pm

3 gold medals, a silver and a bronze for Israeli judokas