Artiom "Tommy" Arshansky ( he, ארטיום "טומי" ארשנסקי; born 26 September 1991) is an Israeli

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. He competes in the extra lightweight (under 60 kg) weight category. He represented

Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Israel sent 37 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 18 women, to comp ...

and won a bronze medal at the

2013 European Judo Championships The 2013 European Judo Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 28 April 2013. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 kg –90 kg –100 kg +100 kg ...

. Arshansky was born in Moscow and after his family made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

lived in

Tirat Carmel Tirat Carmel ( he, טִירַת כַּרְמֶל), or ''Tirat HaCarmel'', is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. In it had a population of . Throughout the ages, the site of the modern city was controlled by many people, including the Roma ...

, Haifa and Kiryat Yam.

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* * * * 1991 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli male judoka Russian Jews Russian male judoka Russian emigrants to Israel Olympic judoka for Israel Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Israel {{Israel-judo-bio-stub