Taekwondo

Israeli athlete wins world para-taekwondo championship

Asaf Yasur, who lost both his hands after a terrible, life-threatening electrocution accident before his 13th birthday, won the gold and title of champion for the Men’s under-58 kilogram.

|ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
Assaf Yasur celebrates after winning the Para Taekwondo World Championship, December 11, 2021
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Taekwondo - Women's Flyweight - 49kg - Medal Ceremony - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - July 24, 2021. Avishag Samberg of Israel celebrates winning bronze

These Jewish athletes have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

Dozens of Jewish athletes are competing in the Games this year.

|ByEMILY BURACK/JTA
THE ISRAEL NATIONAL TEAM is one of just six that will compete in the baseball competition at the Tokyo Olympics this month.

For Israel, Olympics always carry extra emotional baggage - editorial

The Munich massacre was a ghastly reminder of the worst side of mixing sports and politics. The Black September movement hijacked the games to put the Palestinian cause on the world map.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AVISHAG SEMBERG, who won a Taekwondo bronze medal in Tokyo on Saturday, speaks to the Israeli media on a Zoom conference Sunday morning.

A perfect podium surprise for Israel’s Avishag Semberg - comment

With the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the Olympics for a year, Semberg’s chances of punching her ticket to Tokyo were helped as she was able to put another year of experience under her belt.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

Iran's only female Olympic medalist to compete as refugee in Tokyo

She said she had left her homeland because she was fed up with being used as a propaganda tool.

MARCH 2, 2021ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Taekwondo - Women's -57kg Bronze Medal Finals - Carioca Arena 3 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin (IRI) of Iran celebrates

14-year-old girl from Efrat makes taekwondo history

Emunah Samuels has worked her way up to European taekwondo championships, with her sights set on the 2028 Olympics.

DECEMBER 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Samuels on the floor competition for taekwondo, December 13, 2020.

Avi Kadouri: Israel’s top Taekwondo instructor

'He is among the best Taekwondoists worldwide. Thousands of people come to his club'

FEBRUARY 11, 2020ByRUBENS ZADEL
Encouraged by her coach Avi Kadouri, Amit receives her black belt