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Template:Infobox Olympics Israel Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952. Its National Olympic Committee was formed in 1933 during the British Mandate of Palestine. As the team represented the Jewish community, it boycotted the 1936 Games in Germany in protest of the Nazi Party's anti-Semitic policies. Israel has sent a team to each Summer Olympic Games since 1952 (except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics) and to each Winter Olympic Games since 1994. In 1972, 11 members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists.

Israel has been more successful at the Paralympic Games than at the Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Israelis won a total of thirteen medals, of which four were gold. Izhak Mamistvalov won three medals (of which two gold) in swimming, while Keren Leibowitz won four medals, of which one gold, also in swimming. Israel, which has never hosted the Olympic Games, was the host of the 1968 Summer Paralympics, and finished third on the medal chart with 62 medals, of which 18 gold. Possibly the most successful Israeli Paralympian was Uri Bergman, who, between 1976 and 1988, won thirteen medals at the Paralympic Games, of which twelve gold. In total, Israel has won 113 gold medals at the Summer Paralympic Games, contrasted with just 1 at the Summer Olympic Games.


List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Yael Arad 1992 Barcelona Judo Women's half middleweight
 Bronze Oren Smadja 1992 Barcelona Judo Men's lightweight
 Bronze Gal Fridman 1996 Atlanta Sailing Men's sailboard
 Bronze Michael Kolganov 2000 Sydney Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres
 Gold Gal Fridman 2004 Athens Sailing Men's sailboard
 Bronze Ariel Zeevi 2004 Athens Judo Men's half heavyweight
 Bronze Shahar Zubari 2008 Beijing Sailing Men's sailboard

Medal tables

Medals by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
1992 Barcelona 0 1 1 2
1996 Atlanta 0 0 1 1
2000 Sydney 0 0 1 1
2004 Athens 1 0 1 2
2008 Beijing - - 1 1
Total 1 1 5 7

Medals by sport

Sailing 1 0 1 3
Judo 0 1 2 3
Canoeing 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 5 7

References

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  1. "Israel's disabled athletes win medals in Athens", Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 26, 2004
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