Israel Wins Another Medal At Rio Olympics

 August 14, 2016 | Ori Sasson claimed the bronze medal in the judo men’s over- 100 kilogram competition on Friday, giving Israel two medals in a single Olympics for the first time in 12 years after fellow judoka Yarden Gerbi had ended the drought three days earlier. Israel had gone without an Olympic medal since windsurfer Shahar Zubari won a bronze eight years ago. Sasson took Israel’s total medal total to nine since it began participating in the Summer Games in 1952. He joined judokas Yael Arad (Silver – Barcelona 1992) and Oren Smadja (Bronze – Barcelona 1992), windsurfer Gal Fridman (bronze – Atlanta 1996, gold – Athens 2004), canoer Michael Kolganov (bronze – Sydney 2000), judoka Arik Ze’evi (bronze – Athens 2004), Zubari (bronze – Beijing 2008) and Gerbi on arguably the most prestigious list in Israeli sports.