Avishag Semberg

Avishag Semberg
אבישג סמברג
Semberg in 2020
Personal information
Birth nameAvishag Semberg
NationalityIsraeli
Born (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 23)
Gedera, Israel
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryIsrael Israel
SportTaekwondo
Weight class49 kg (108 lb)/ 53 kg (117 lb)[2]
ClubSharabi Martial Arts
Coached byYechiam Sharabi
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsBronze (2021)
World finals5th (2022)
Regional finalsSilver (2022)
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 49 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester 49 kg
European Championships OWC
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sarajevo 49 kg
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Burnaby 46 kg
European U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Helsingborg 49 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Larnaca 46 kg
Semberg (left) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Semberg in 2018

Avishag Semberg (or Abishag Samberg,[3][4] Hebrew: אבישג סמברג; born (2001-09-16)16 September 2001) is an Israeli Olympic taekwondo athlete.[5] She is an Olympic bronze medalist for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 49 kg competition. She won Israel's all-time tenth Olympic medal, and is the youngest Israeli to receive an Olympic medal, at the age of 19. Semberg represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women's taekwondo -49 kg category. Saudi athlete Dunya Abutaleb defeated Semberg in the first round.

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  2. ^ "השנה הבועטת שלי: אבישג סמברג לוחמת על ;". ישראל היום. 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo SEMBERG Abishag". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ Ganor, Tomer (7 April 2018). "Israelis barred entrance to Tunisian taekwondo World Junior Championships". Ynetnews. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "LA LUCHADORA DE TAEKWONDO ISRAELÍ AVISHAG SAMBERG GANÓ LA MEDALLA DE ORO EN EL CAMPEONATO DE EUROPA". itongadol.com. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.