The Israeli national jiu-jitsu team won a whopping 11 medals at the European Championship in Germany this week.
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On the first day of the competition, two athletes won golds − Vicky Dabush, who defeated her French opponent, and Meshi Rosenfeld, who beat her opponent from the Russian team. On the same day, two other fighters – Nimrod Ryder and Alon Jan – each pocketed a bronze medal.
On the second day of the competition, Roni Nissimian won a gold medal, and athletes Saar Shemesh and Shaked Nissimian pocketed silvers. Three fighters – Roy Dagan, Avi Ibragimov, and Noa Lifshitz – went home with bronze medals. Nadav Bar-Gil also won a bronze medal.
The Israeli athletes now have their eyes set on the World Championships, slated to be held in November in Abu Dhabi, where they will hopefully qualify for the World Games scheduled to take place in July 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama.
Altogether the Israeli team won three gold, two silver and six bronze medals.
Arik Kaplan, president of AYELET (the Federation Of Non-Olympic Sport In Israel) congratulated the athletes on their achievements.
"These are outstanding accomplishments, especially considering how challenging the past year was for all of us. I wish the athletes success at the upcoming World Games," he said.
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