Orit Bar-On (אורית בראון; born November 17, 1975) is an Israeli
judoka
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.
Bar-On was born in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, Israel.
Judo career
She was trained in judo by Israeli Olympic silver medalist
Yael Arad
Yael Arad ( he, יעל ארד; born May 1, 1967) is an Israeli judoka. She was the first Israeli to win an Olympic Games, Olympic medal. She is widely recognized as one of Israel's most successful athletes and is credited with bringing judo into ...
.
Bar-On won the national Israeli judo championships in 1990-2002, in weight classes ranging from U56 to U63.
In 1997 Bar-On won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the Swedish Open
Göteborg
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(U56).
In 1998, she won the Moscow International Tournament (U57), and finished in seventh place at both the Judo European and World Championships.
In 1999 she finished in seventh place at the World Championship.
In 2001, Bar-On won the gold medal at the German Open.
Bar-On competed for
Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney, Australia
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, in Women's Lightweight Judo (
57-kg division).
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1975 births
Living people
People from Netanya
Israeli female judoka
Olympic judoka of Israel
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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