Israel at the World Championships in Athletics | |
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Medals Ranked 77th |
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World Championships in Athletics appearances ( overview) | |
This is a record of Israel at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Israel has won three medals at the World Championships of Athletics.
Israeli Aleksandr Averbukh, won the bronze in 1999, [1] [2] and the silver in 2001. [3] [4]
Their third medal came in 2015. Former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko made a big improvement to her own National Record of her new country Israel with a 14.78. Her lead lasted through two jumpers before Ibargüen took the lead with her second round 14.80. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman. [5]
On 18 July 2022, Kenyan-born Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter won the bronze medal in the women's marathon to give Israel its fourth medal. [6] [7]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Pole vault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Triple jump | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Marathons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Medal | Name | Games | Event |
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Bronze | Aleksandr Averbukh | 1999 | Pole vault |
Silver | Aleksandr Averbukh | 2001 | Pole vault |
Silver | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | 2015 | Triple jump |
Bronze | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | 2022 | Marathon |