Israel at the World Athletics Championships | |
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IOC code | ISR |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 80th |
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World Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
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]