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competed at the

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. The team consisted of five athletes.

Vladislav Bykanov Vladislav Bykanov ( he, ולדיסלב ביקנוב, uk, Владислав Биканов) (born 19 November 1989) is an Israeli Olympic short track speed skater. He won the gold medal in the 3,000m at the 2015 and 2018 European Championships. ...

was the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating.

Competitors

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Israel had qualified two athletes, however only one athlete was selected to compete. Virgile Vandeput missed both races he was entered in, as he was injured during training.

Figure skating

Three skaters qualified to represent Israel.

Alexei Bychenko Alexei Bychenko ( he, אלכסיי ביצ'נקו; uk, Олексій Юрійович Биченко; born 5 February 1988) is a retired Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater. He represented Ukraine through 2009 and Israel after that. He is the ...

finished the men's singles competition in 21st out of 30 competitors.

Andrea Davidovich Andrea "Anya" Davidovich (born March 24, 1997) is a former competitive pair skater. She and Evgeni Krasnopolski were the first pair representing Israel to qualify for an Olympics. They finished 15th in Sochi. Anya is currently a student at New Yor ...

and

Evgeni Krasnopolski Evgeni Krasnopolski ( he, יבגני קרסנופולסקי ukr, Євгеній Краснопольський; born 4 October 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli retired pair skater. Krasnopolski and Andrea Davidovich were the first pair represent ...

finished the pairs skating competition in 15th place out of 20 pairs.

Short track speed skating

Israel achieved the following quota place:

failed to advance out of the opening heats in all three of his events. ;Men

Non-qualified athletes

Bradley Chalupski attempted to qualify in skeleton but had difficulty convincing the Israeli Olympic Committee to allow him to do so. A group of female alpine skiers also competed and qualified, but Israel decided not to use its quota it earned.

References

External links

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