Orit Bar-On (אורית בראון; born November 17, 1975) is an Israeli

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. Bar-On was born in

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, Israel.

Judo career

She was trained in judo by Israeli Olympic silver medalist Yael Arad. 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

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at the Swedish Open Göteborg (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

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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 {{israel-judo-bio-stub