Inbal Shemesh

Inbal Shemesh (Hebrew: ענבל שמש; born 14 December 1996) is an Israeli judoka.^[4]

Inbal Shemesh

Personal information
Native name	ענבל שמש‎
Born	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍63 kg
Rank	Black belt
Club	Maccabi Haifa[1]
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	R16 (2023)
European Champ.	7th (2025)
Highest world ranking	9th[2][3]
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Israel IJF Grand Slam 2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg 2022 Baku ‍–‍63 kg 2023 Antalya ‍–‍63 kg 2025 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg IJF Grand Prix 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍63 kg 2018 Agadir ‍–‍63 kg 2019 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg 2024 Odivelas ‍–‍63 kg European U23 Championships 2018 Győr ‍–‍63 kg European Junior Championships 2016 Málaga ‍–‍63 kg European Cadet Championships 2013 Tallinn ‍–‍52 kg Maccabiah Games 2017 Israel ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	13716
JudoInside.com	86912
Updated on 24 April 2025

Shemesh competes in the under 63 kg weight category, and won a silver medal in the 2019 Tel Aviv Grand Prix.^[5][6]

Earlier in her career, Shemesh won bronze medals at the 2013 European Cadet Championships,^[7][8] the 2016 European Junior Championships^{[9][10][11][12]} and the 2018 European U23 Championships.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Shemesh won a gold medal at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.^[17]

Throughout 2022, Shemesh has won two gold medals at IJF Grand Slams. Her first was in June at the 2022 Tbilisi Grand Slam with a finals win over 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Ketleyn Quadros of Brazil.^[18][19][20] Her second was in November at the 2022 Baku Grand Slam with an ippon in golden score against Geke van den Berg of the Netherlands.^[21][22][23]

Titles

Source:^[24][4]

Year	Tournament	Place	Ref.
2018	Grand Prix Agadir		[25][26]
2019	Grand Prix Tel Aviv		[5][6]
	Grand Prix Tashkent		[27][28]
2022	Grand Slam Tbilisi		[18][19][20]
	Grand Slam Baku		[21][22][23]
2023	Grand Slam Antalya		[29][30][31]
2024	Grand Prix Odivelas		[32][33][34]
2025	Grand Slam Tashkent		[35]