- Israel at the Olympics
Israel has competed at theOlympic Games as a nation since 1952. ItsNational Olympic Committee was formed in 1933 during theBritish Mandate of Palestine . As the team represented theJew ish community, it boycotted the 1936 Games inGermany in protest of theNazi Party 's anti-Semitic policies. Israel has sent a team to eachSummer Olympic Games since 1952 (except when they participated in theAmerican-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics ) and to eachWinter Olympic Games since 1994. In 1972, 11 members of the Israeli delegation were murdered by Black September terrorists.Israel has been more successful at the
Paralympic Games than at the Olympics. At the2004 Summer Paralympics inAthens , Israelis won a total of thirteen medals, of which four were gold.Izhak Mamistvalov won three medals (of which two gold) in swimming, whileKeren Leibowitz won four medals, of which one gold, also in swimming. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Israels+disabled+athletes+win+medals+in+Athens+Sept+2004.htm "Israel's disabled athletes win medals in Athens"] , Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 26, 2004] Israel, which has never hosted the Olympic Games, was the host of the1968 Summer Paralympics , and finished third on the medal chart with 62 medals, of which 18 gold. Possibly the most successful Israeli Paralympian wasUri Bergman , who, between 1976 and 1988, won thirteen medals at the Paralympic Games, of which twelve gold. In total, Israel has won 113 gold medals at the Summer Paralympic Games, contrasted with just 1 at the Summer Olympic Games.List of medalists
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