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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

2016 Rio Olympics

Moran Samuel smiles after winning the silver medal in the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, on October 1, 2017. (Screen capture/Daniel Rowing Center)
April 11, 2021, 2:47 pm
Israeli Paralympic rower wins silver medal at European championships
38-year-old Moran Samuel finishes 2,000 meter race in 10:17:46 following close battle with rival and friend, Norwegian rower Birgit Skarstein
By ToI Staff
Israel's Linoy Ashram performs during the individual all-around final at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships at Arena Armeec in Sofia on September 14, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Dimitar DILKOFF)
September 14, 2018, 9:33 pm
In landmark achievement, Israeli gymnast comes in 2nd at World Championships
Linoy Ashram wins silver medal in individual all-around final, the latest in a string of impressive accomplishments for the 19-year-old athlete
By ToI Staff
Israel's Linoy Ashram performs during an individual hoop final at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships at Arena Armeec in Sofia on September 11, 2018. (AFP/ Dimitar DILKOFF)
September 12, 2018, 12:53 am
Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram rings up silver medal at World Championships
Fresh off record-setting clubs routine last month, Ashram continues to turn heads ahead of Tokyo Olympics
By ToI Staff
This file photo taken on July 31, 2016, shows Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, attending the welcome ceremony for Brazil's Olympic team at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele)
October 8, 2017, 5:10 pm
President of Rio 2016 Olympics arrested for corruption
Carlos Arthur Nuzman, who is Jewish, suspected of channeling money to International Olympic Committee member in exchange for supporting city’s bid
By JTA
Israel's Yarden Gerbi points to the Israeli flag, after defeating Japan's Miku Tashiro to win the bronze medal in the women's under-63kg judo contest, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 9, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
October 2, 2017, 12:46 pm
Israeli Olympic judo medalist retires, says she’s ‘fulfilled’
Yarden Gerbi, 28, who took home a silver in 2016 Rio games, says she’s no longer able to ‘give her all’ to the sport
By ToI Staff
Israel's Yarden Gerbi points to the Israeli flag, after defeating Japan's Miku Tashiro to win the bronze medal in the women's under-63kg judo contest, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 9, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
October 1, 2017, 10:46 pm
Israeli judoka Olympic medalist to retire
Yarden Gerbi to announce Monday, after achieving what friends described as a sense of fulfillment
By ToI Staff
Moran Samuel smiles after winning the silver medal in the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, on October 1, 2017. (Screen capture/Daniel Rowing Center)
October 1, 2017, 9:57 pm
Israeli Paralympic rower wins silver at world championships
35-year-old Moran Samuel sets an Israeli record, finishing the 2,000 meter race in 11:20.81
By ToI Staff
Silver medalist Aly Raisman celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Women's Floor on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images via JTA)
June 6, 2017, 12:36 am
Aly Raisman only Jewish athlete in ESPN’s top 100 list
Squeezing in at 99, US gymnast who won 6 Olympic medals, 3 golds, is one of only 8 women on roll of top sports stars
By Ben Sales
Bronze medal winner Alexander Shatilov of Israel performs during men floor apparatus final for the European Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Cluj Napoca, Romania April 22, 2017. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
April 22, 2017, 9:30 pm
Israeli gymnast wins bronze at European Championships
Uzbek-born Axelander Shatilov returns to the mat after disappointing show at Rio Olympics, says he’s not ready to retire
By ToI Staff
Anthony Ervin of the USA reacts after winning the Men's 50m Freestyle Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
December 26, 2016, 5:19 am
Athletes elected to International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Three Americans honored are Anthony Ervin, Thelma ‘Tybie’ Thall-Sommers, and Albert Von Tilzer
By JTA
Ori Sasson, left, at the Shalva dinner with the organization’s vice chairman, Avi Samuels, right. (Courtesy of Shalva via JTA)
December 20, 2016, 6:07 am
Israeli Olympian donates Rio jacket for disabled children
Heavyweight judo bronze medalist Ori Sasson to head new Jerusalem judo program for kids with disabilities
By JTA
Radio producers of the 'Israel Story' podcast (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 5, 2016, 12:35 pm
Top 7 Jewish podcasts
From the funny and lighthearted to the eye-opening and serious, here is a list of the best Jewy audio shows
By Josefin Dolsten
First Lady Michelle Obama jokingly rests her arm on US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles alongside President Barack Obama (R) at a ceremony honoring US Olympians in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, September 29, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
October 1, 2016, 10:26 am
Obama hosts families of black athletes snubbed at Nazis’ 1936 Olympics
President says it was African-American athletes ‘under gaze of Hitler’ who ‘put lie to notions of racial superiority’
By STEPHEN WHYNO
Israel's Yarden Gerbi points to the Israeli flag after defeating Japan's Miku Tashiro to win the bronze medal in the women's -63kg judo contest at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 9, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/Jack GUEZ)
September 29, 2016, 11:16 pm
5 feel-good stories from Israel in 5776
There’s plenty to celebrate as the Jewish state welcomes 5777, from achievements foreign to domestic
By Andrew Tobin
Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad (CC BY Tasnim/Wikimedia Commons)
September 18, 2016, 11:35 am
Iranian cyclist dies after crash in Paralympics race
Death of 48-year-old is first at the Games since they were founded in 1948
By AP
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