Lilach Parisky (born 21 July 1972) is an Israeli Olympic fencer.Parisky, Lilach: Jews In Sports
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Fencing career

Parisky came in 17th in foil at the 1993 World Fencing Championships. She competed in the women's individual and team

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events for

Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at these games. Medalists ...

in Atlanta, at 19 years of age. In the individual women's foil event, Parisky won in the first round, defeating

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of Argentina, but lost in the second round. In the first round of the team foil event, against China she went 1-1-1 (defeating Liang Jun and tying with

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). In the second round against the United States she went 1-2 (defeating

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), as Israel came in 9th. Parisky came in 20th in foil at the 1998 World Fencing Championships. She then came in 41st in foil at the

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References

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* 1972 births Living people Israeli female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Israel Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Israeli women {{Israel-fencing-bio-stub