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Israel's competition at the World Championships of Athletics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a record of Israel at the World Athletics Championships. Israel has won five medals at the World Athletics Championships.
Israeli Aleksandr Averbukh, won the bronze in 1999,[1][2] and the silver in 2001.[3][4]
Israel's third medal came in 2015 when former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko improved on her national record with a 14.78 m jump. 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]
On 27 August 2023, Ethiopian-born Israeli runner Maru Teferi won the silver medal in the men's marathon, marking Israel's fifth medal.[8]
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marathons | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pole vault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Triple jump | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Medal | Name | Games | Event |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Silver | Maru Teferi | 2023 | Marathon |
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