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 ...

competed at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

in Pyeongchang,

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, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with ten competitors in four sports.

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of Israeli competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing

Israel qualified one male alpine skier.

Figure skating

2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Daniel Samohin IMG 8269

In the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in

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, Finland,

Oleksii 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 2 ...

finished in 10th place with 245.96 points, and earned two quota places for the Israeli delegation in the men’s event. Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko finished in 12th place with 162.67 points, and earned one quota place in the ice dancing event. In the

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, Germany,

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 represen ...

and Paige Conners finished in 8th place with 171.61 points and earned one quota place in the Pairs event. Bychenko and

Daniel Samohin Daniel Samohin ( he, דניאל סמוכין; born 12 March 1998) is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2016 World Junior champion, and has won two ISU Challenger Series medals, including a gold medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Sa ...

competed in the Men's singles event. Krasnopolski and Conners competed in the Pairs event. In Ice Dancing, Ronald Zilberberg and

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represented Israel after Tkachenko’s requests for

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was denied. Aimee Buchanan participated in the Team event in the Ladies contest, after Israel ranked among the top ten countries. ;Singles ;Team event

Short track speed skating

Israel won a quota after Vladislav Bykanov participated at 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Competitions. Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

Adam Edelman earned a spot for Israel through reallocation.

References

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