Israel at the World Athletics Championships

Israel at the
World Athletics Championships
IOC codeISR
Websitewww.iaa.co.il
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
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]

  1. ^ 1999 Pole Vault
  2. ^ 1999 results Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 2001 Men Pole Vault Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 2001 results Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ^ Rakovsky, Ido (18 July 2022). "In Israeli First, Marathon Runner Chemtai Salpeter Snags World Championship Bronze". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Israeli marathoner Lonah Chemtain Salpeter captures World bronze". The Jerusalem Post. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Israel's Marhu Teferi wins silver in men's marathon at World Athletics Championships". The Times of Israel. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2024.