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 ...
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rhythmic gymnast
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. 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
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 ...
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
![Irina Rizenson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Irina_Rizenson.jpg)
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
Torino
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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
Summer Universiade
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The Universiade is referred ...
. She has also won a pair of bronze medals at the individual apparatus events in
ribbon, rope, ball, hoop and clubs at the
FIG
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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
See also
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Sports in Israel
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References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Israel
People from Budapest
People from Hadera
Israeli rhythmic gymnasts
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
Universiade silver medalists for Israel
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Hungarian emigrants to Israel
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
Israeli people of Hungarian descent
Israeli people of Ukrainian descent
Converts to Judaism
Israeli Jews
Jewish gymnasts
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