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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

taekwondo

Israel's Asaf Yasur celebrates after winning a gold medal in taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on August 29, 2024. (Lilach Weiss-Rosenberg)
August 30, 2024, 12:52 am
Israeli taekwondo champ Asaf Yasur grabs gold on first day of Paris Paralympics
Backed by large contingent of well-wishers, athlete dedicates Israel’s first medal at Games and first-ever Paralympic gold in taekwondo to ‘my beloved country’
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Mikhail Yakovlev competes in a men's track cycling sprint qualifying round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome, August 7, 2024. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 10:55 pm
Israeli cyclist wows in opening race, taekwondo fighter ousted in 1st Paris match
Mikhail Yakovlev sets brief Olympic record before being knocked out in 1/8 finals of men’s sprint; sobbing Avishag Semberg says she had dreamed of dedicating medal to hostages
By Amy Spiro
From left: Dr. Sefefe Aitchek, Dr. Irene-Rina Fremont, Leonardo Oros Duek, President Isaac Herzog, Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, prize committee head Yossi Alfi, Vladimir Cohen and Kira Radinsky pose for a photograph at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 1, 2022, 10:38 pm
Young AI analytics pioneer among five awarded government honor for immigrants
Immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, France, Ethiopia and Argentina recognized for work advancing health care, sports and culture at President’s Residence ceremony
By ToI Staff
Israeli taekwondo fighter Dana Azran after winning the silver medal at the World Taekwondo Championships, on November 18, 2022 (Israeli Taekwondo Federation)
November 18, 2022, 9:15 am
Israeli Dana Azran wins silver at World Taekwondo Championships
Medal is country’s 2nd-ever in the contest; Azran lost the final round of the championship to Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Osipova
By ToI Staff
In this pool photo taken on Thursday, February 14, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a training session with the Russian national judo team at the Yug-Sport Training Center in Sochi, Russia. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 1, 2022, 11:54 am
World Taekwondo revokes Putin’s honorary black belt over Ukraine
Move by international governing body is latest sports-related rebuke of Russian leader’s invasion, after soccer and Olympic federations took steps to exclude country’s athletes
By AFP
Assaf Yasur at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, December 11, 2021. (Israel Taekwondo Federation)
December 12, 2021, 8:45 am
Israeli who lost both hands aged 13 takes gold at World Para Taekwondo Championships
Assaf Yasur, whose arms were amputated at the elbow when he was a teen, kicks his way to victory 6 years later, defeating the European champion along the way
By Stuart Winer
Olympic bronze medalist Avishag Semberg is greeted by the press, family and friends as she arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, on July 27, 2021. (Flash90)
July 27, 2021, 10:16 pm
New Olympic medalist Semberg gets hero’s welcome upon return to Israel
19-year-old who won taekwondo bronze in Tokyo sets sights on gold in Paris in 2024; at event in her hometown of Gedera, she tells children ‘anything is possible’ if they dream big
By ToI Staff
Israel's Abishag Semberg celebrates wining the taekwondo women's -49kg bronze medal A bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo, on July 24, 2021. (Javier Soriano/AFP)
July 24, 2021, 11:25 pm
Bennett, Herzog cheer taekwondo medalist Semberg: ‘You brought national pride’
PM, president congratulate Olympic bronze winner on Israel’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics, and country’s first in the sport; she says she hopes to get gold next time
By ToI Staff
Iranian Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh speaks to the media at a press conference in Luenen, Germany, January 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
January 25, 2020, 12:26 am
After defecting, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist seeks new life in Germany
Kimia Alizadeh hopes to compete for German national team in taekwondo after leaving home country due to sexism from Iranian officials
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
File: Kimia Alizadeh of Iran celebrates after winning the bronze medal in a women's Taekwondo 57-kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
January 14, 2020, 12:27 am
Iran’s only Olympic medalist training in Dutch city after defecting, coach says
Taekwondo player Kimia Alizadeh criticizes Iranian political system for ‘hypocrisy,’ ‘lying,’ in Instagram post; hasn’t decided which country she’ll compete for in upcoming games
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Kimia Alizadeh of Iran celebrates after winning the bronze medal in a women's Taekwondo 57-kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
January 12, 2020, 12:33 am
Iranian Olympic medalist confirms she has defected from ‘oppressive’ regime
Taekwondo player Kimia Alizadeh, Tehran’s sole female medalist, slams ‘hypocrisy’ of leadership, which she claims humiliates athletes while using them for political messaging
By AFP
Children play football in the streets of Ettadhamen city on April 30, 2018, an impoverished area of Greater Tunis. (AFP/ FETHI BELAID)
May 4, 2018, 2:47 am
Tunisia bid for 2022 Youth Olympics frozen over ban on Israeli athletes
IOC head says political boycotts are against Games’ values, citing case in which four Israelis were blocked from taekwondo championship last month
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ron Atias of Israel, and Venilton Teixeira of Brazil compete in the men's Taekwondo event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 6, 2018, 10:46 am
Israeli athletes banned from taekwondo championship in Tunisia
Tunis court rules 4 Israelis will not be allowed to participate in world junior championships starting Friday, following petition from group opposed to ties with Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Olympic beach volleyball contender Doaa Elghobashy smiles for a photo as a woman wearing an Israel flag poses behind, August 2016, Courtesy Facebook
August 25, 2016, 12:54 am
Israeli photobomb angers Egyptian Olympian
‘There will never be peace between me and these people in my life,’ says volleyball player Doaa Elghobashy after Israeli-flag-clad woman invades selfie
By Sue Surkes
Ahmad Abughaush, of Jordan, left, battles Alexey Denisenko of Russia, in men's 68-kg taekwondo gold medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 18, 2016. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)
August 19, 2016, 1:42 pm
Israeli town celebrates as golden son grabs Jordan’s first-ever medal
Taekwondo fighter Ahmad Abughaush, reportedly born in town of Abu Ghosh outside Jerusalem, makes unexpected run to win Olympic gold
By AP and ToI Staff
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