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List of flag bearers for Israel at the Olympics

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Israel at the
Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympic.one.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
Medals
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
20
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Israel at the Olympics.[1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Opening flag bearer Sport Closing flag bearer Sport
1 1952 Summer Abraham Shneior[2] Basketball
2 1956 Summer Yoav Ra'anan[2] Diving
3 1960 Summer Gideon Ariel[2] Athletics
4 1964 Summer Gideon Ariel[2] Athletics
5 1968 Summer Gershon Shefa[2] Swimming
6 1972 Summer Henry Herscovici[2] Shooting
7 1976 Summer Esther Roth-Shahamorov[2] Athletics
8 1984 Summer Zehava Shmueli[2] Athletics
9 1988 Summer Itzhak Yonassi[2] Shooting
10 1992 Summer Eldad Amir[2] Sailing
11 1994 Winter Michael Shmerkin[2] Figure skating
12 1996 Summer Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman[2] Fencing
13 1998 Winter Michael Shmerkin[2] Figure skating
14 2000 Summer Rogel Nachum[2] Athletics
15 2002 Winter Galit Chait[2] Figure skating
16 2004 Summer Ariel Ze'evi[2] Judo Gal Fridman[3] Sailing
17 2006 Winter Galit Chait[2] Figure skating Galit Chait[4] Figure skating
18 2008 Summer Michael Kolganov[5] Canoeing Shahar Tzuberi[6] Sailing
19 2010 Winter Alexandra Zaretsky[2] Figure skating Mykhaylo Renzhyn[7] Alpine skiing
20 2012 Summer Shahar Tzuberi[2] Sailing Neta Rivkin[8] Gymnastics
21 2014 Winter Vladislav Bykanov[9] Short track speed skating Vladislav Bykanov[10] Short track speed skating
22 2016 Summer Neta Rivkin[11] Gymnastics Alona Koshevatskiy[12] Gymnastics
23 2018 Winter Oleksii Bychenko[13] Figure skating Itamar Biran Alpine skiing
24 2020 Summer Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Yakov Toumarkin
Athletics
Swimming
Linoy Ashram Gymnastics
25 2022 Winter Evgeni Krasnopolski
Noa Szollos[14]
Figure skating
Alpine skiing
26 2024 Summer Andrea Murez
Peter Paltchik
Swimming
Judo
Romi Paritzki
Tom Reuveny
Gymnastics
Sailing

References

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  1. ^ Israel. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Israel
  3. ^ 2004 Flag Bearers for the Closing Ceremony
  4. ^ 2006 Flag Bearers for the Closing Ceremony
  5. ^ Kolganov to carry Israel flag in Beijing[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Closing Ceremony Flag Bearers
  7. ^ The Flagbearers for the Vancouver 2010 Closing Ceremony
  8. ^ London 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics No Medals, but Israelis Still Find a Way to Shine
  9. ^ Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers
  10. ^ Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flag Bearers
  11. ^ "ריבקין תישא את הדגל בטקס הפתיחה בריו" [Rivkin will carry the flag at the opening ceremony in Rio]. Ynet. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  12. ^ Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony - Flag Bearers
  13. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  14. ^ "יבגני קרסנופולסקי ונועה סזולוש הם נושאי הדגל של ישראל בטקס הפתיחה של משחקי החורף, בייג'ינג 2022" [Evgeni Krasnopolski and Noa Szollos are Israel's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing 2022] (in Hebrew). Olympic Committee of Israel. 30 January 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.