Irina "Ira" Risenzon-Nahmany ( Risenzon, he, אירה ריסנזון; born 14 January 1988) is a retired Hungarian-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

. She is the 2008 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist.

Early and personal life

Irina Risenzon was born in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

, then her parents along with her older brother Yuri and she moved to

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, and then they immigrated to

when she was 9 year olds. They resided in

Hadera Hadera ( he, חֲדֵרָה ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5&nb ...

, Israel.https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/638657 In 2011 she went through a

conversion to Judaism Conversion to Judaism ( he, גיור, ''giyur'') is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion and become members of the Jewish ethnoreligious community. It thus resembles both conversion to other religions and naturalization. ...

. She married Dave Nahmany on 18 July 2011, and they have 2 daughters, and reside in

Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon ( he, הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן, lit. "Splendor of the Sharon plain") is a city in the Central District of Israel. The city is located approximately east of the Mediterranean coastline, south of Kfar Saba, southeast of Raanana, ...

, Israel.

Career

Risenzon is coached by Ira Vigdorchik of Maccabi Holon. Risenzon had her highest placement at the 2009 World Championships held in Mie, Japan finishing 6th in All-around and at the 2008 European Championships in

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, Italy finishing 8th in All-around. She competed on behalf of

Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This was Israel's fourteenth participation in the Summer Olympics. Israel sent 43 athletes to compete in Beijing, the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, with the previous ...

in Beijing, China, placing 9th in the individual all-around competition. She won the All-around bronze medal at the 2008 Grand Prix Final in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2009, Risenzon won silver medals in the individual hoop event at the

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. She has also won a pair of bronze medals at the individual apparatus events in ribbon, rope, ball, hoop and clubs at the

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World Cup and Grand Prix Series. Risenzon ended her career in 2010.

Achievements

* first Israeli to advance to the Olympics Final finishing 9th in All-around * first Israeli to medal at the Grand Prix Final

Detailed Olympic results

References

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