Israel at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Israel at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Israel
FINA code	ISR
National federation	Israel Swimming Association
Website	isr.org.il (in Hebrew)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	43 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Israel is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	10	10
Open water swimming	3	2	5
Swimming	8	5	13
Water polo	0	15	15
Total	11	32	43

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee	Duet technical routine	248.7284	5 Q	182.7332	12
	Duet free routine	225.1625	4 Q	236.1334	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eden Blecher Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Catherine Kunin Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek Shani Sharaizin	Team acrobatic routine	198.4967	8 Q	199.9667	8
Eden Blecher Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Noy Gazala Catherine Kunin Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek	Team technical routine	247.1383	5 Q	248.4117	8
Shelly Bobritsky Maya Dorf Noy Gazala Catherine Kunin Aya Mazor Nikol Nahshonov Ariel Nassee Neta Rubichek	Team free routine	251.9394	6 Q	247.7290	5

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Israel entered 5 open water swimmers.^[1][2][3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yonatan Ahdot	Men's 10 km	1:57:05.2	35
Ziv Cohen	Men's 5 km	1:00:10.6	46
Matan Roditi	Men's 10 km	1:51:43.8	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eva Fabian	Women's 5 km	1:01:11.4	17
	Women's 10 km	2:05:05.0	25
Orin Gavlan	Women's 5 km	1:06:57.1	48

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yonatan Ahdot Eva Fabian Orin Gavlan Matan Roditi	Team relay	1:15:52.3	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Israel entered 14 swimmers.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Meiron Cheruti	50 metre freestyle	21.85	6 Q	22.04	14	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.40	18	Did not advance
Tomer Frankel	100 metre freestyle	48.78	28	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.48	22	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	51.76	15 Q	52.04	16	Did not advance
Gal Cohen Groumi	100 metre butterfly	51.61	13 Q	50.98 NR	5 Q	51.32	8
	200 metre individual medley	2:00.00	20	Did not advance
Michael Laitarovsky	50 metre backstroke	25.10	15	24.99	11	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	55.63	33	Did not advance
Denis Loktev	200 metre freestyle	1:47.08	21	Did not advance
Ron Polonsky	200 metre breaststroke	2:12.34	21	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	1:59.15	17	Did not advance
Bar Soloveychik	400 metre freestyle	3:49.21	18	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:59.65	26	—		Did not advance
Tomer Frankel Denis Loktev Ron Polonsky Gal Cohen Groumi	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.03 NR	8 Q	—		3:14.53	7
Denis Loktev Tomer Frankel Daniel Namir Gal Cohen Groumi	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.78	10	—		Did not advance
Michael Laitarovsky Ron Polonsky Gal Cohen Groumi Tomer Frankel	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.47	17	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aviv Barzelay	100 metre backstroke	1:01.66	28	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	Disqualified		Did not advance
Daria Golovaty	50 metre freestyle	26.11	44	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:59.77	27	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:14.33	27	—		Did not advance
Anastasia Gorbenko	200 metre freestyle	1:59.27	23	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke	Did not start
	50 metre breaststroke	31.41	25	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.66	29	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:10.88	10 Q	2:10.62	8 Q	2:10.08	5
	400 metre individual medley	4:49.64	26	—		Did not advance
Lea Polonsky	200 metre butterfly	2:12.62	22	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:14.05	21	Did not advance
Anastasia Gorbenko Daria Golovaty Ayla Spitz Lea Polonsky	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:59.02 NR	10	—		Did not advance
Aviv Barzelay Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky Daria Golovaty	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.57	19	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Loktev Meiron Cheruti Anastasia Gorbenko Daria Golovaty	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:28.78	14	Did not advance
Anastasia Gorbenko Ron Polonsky Tomer Frankel Daria Golovaty	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:47.76	15	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Israel	Women's tournament	Kazakhstan W 17–6	Spain L 5–22	Netherlands L 8–24	3 QP	Australia L 7–16	—	New Zealand W 15–12	France L 7–11	10

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Israeli roster.^[5]

Head coach: Dimitris Mavrotas

• 1 Maria Bogachenko GK
• 2 Yahav Farkash FP
• 3 Hila Futorian FP
• 4 Ronny Gazit FP
• 5 Michal Katz FP
• 6 Veronika Kordonskaia FP
• 7 Tahel Levi FP
• 8 Noga Levinshtein FP
• 9 Noa Markovsky FP
• 10 Dar Menakerman FP
• 11 Dina Namakshtansky FP
• 12 Ayelet Peres FP
• 13 Noa Sasover GK
• Shunit Strugo FP
• Alma Yaacobi FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	52	17	+35	6	Playoffs
3	Israel	3	1	0	0	2	30	52	−22	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	71	−58	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link‍]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 13:30	Report^[dead link‍]	Israel	17–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–1, 2–2, 4–0
		three players 4	Goals	Khritankova, Mirshina 2

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18 July 2023 10:30	Report^[dead link‍]	Spain	22–5	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 5–0, 7–2
		Camus, A. Ruiz 4	Goals	five players 1

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20 July 2023 20:30	Report^[dead link‍]	Israel	8–24	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–6, 2–5, 4–6
		Futorian 3	Goals	Joustra 5

Playoffs

22 July 2023 14:00	Report^[dead link‍]	Australia	16–7	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–3
		Armit 4	Goals	Kordonskaia 3

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 12:00	Report^[dead link‍]	Israel	15–12	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–2, 2–6
		Strugo 4	Goals	Houghton, Nicholson 3

Ninth place game

26 July 2023 10:30	Report^[dead link‍]	Israel	7–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–0
		Bogachenko 4	Goals	Millot 3

References

1. ""We are at the height of preparations for the World Championship"". Israel Swimming Association. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. "Israel Names 12 Pool Swimmers, 5 Open Water Swimmers to 2023 Worlds Roster". SwimSwam. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster ISR" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.