Meet the Team Israel athletes competing in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

While the United States have summoned an impressive 2, 800 athletes, and Team Canada is predicted to win a whopping record-high 33 medals, they say that good things come in small packages. Every single one of Team Israel's determined athletes will be giving it their all at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics this February.

 

Born: March 3, 1998

Place of birth: London, UK

Sport & event(s): Alpine skiing - Men's giant slalom, Men's slalom

Achievements: Qualified for the final race in giant slalom at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA

Born: February 5, 1988

Place of birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Men's singles

Achievements:  2016 European silver medalist (first ever Israeli skater to medal at the European Championships); 2016 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist

Born: March 12, 1998

Place of birth: Tel Aviv, Israel

Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Men's singles

Achievements: 2016 World Junior champion; 2015 US International Classic gold medalist

Born: April 9, 2000 / October 4, 1988

Place of birth: Pittsford, New York, USA / Kiev, Ukraine

Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Pairs

 

Born: May 22, 2000 / April 4, 1996

Place of birth: Dnipro, Ukraine / Kiriyat Shmona, Israel

Sport & event(s): Ice dancing - Pairs

 

Born: November 19, 1989

Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine

Sport & event(s): Short track speed skating - 500 m, 1, 000 m, 1, 500 m

Achievements: Bronze medalist in the Men’s 1,500-meters final at the 2018 ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dresden, Germany

 

Born: March 14, 1991

Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Sport & event(s): Men's skeleton

Achievements: Israel’s first ever competitor in skeleton; 4-time national title holder