Israeli First medal in the Athens Olympics

Israeli First medal in the Athens Olympics.
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I allready know about this Israeli judoka (judo athlete). This Israeli athlete called Ariel Zeevi came fourth in the 2000 olympics, this was very dissapointing for him and Israel.

In this article i learnt how much pressure Ariel Zeevi had on him. He represented the country and after last Olympic's lose he won.

It is now Israel's 5th medal in the Olympic history.

Ariel Zeevi

Israeli dedicates first gold to Munich victims

The first Israeli ever to win an Olympic gold medal dedicated his victory on Wednesday to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972.

Israel, founded in 1948, first competed at the 1952 Games in Helsinki but waited 40 years before winning their first medals and more than half a century for Fridman's gold.

"It's a dream come true," he said. "It's unbelievable that I've become the first Israeli to win a gold medal. All the people of Israel are happy now. I've lots of support from back home and I feel like all the country wanted the gold so I won this for Israel. I knew the whole country was watching me so I had to do my best. It was more support than pressure. I felt like the whole country was pumping for me and you cannot explain that".

This is Israel's 6th medal in the Olympics.

this article was found at: http://smh.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/26/1093246633906.html




Gal Fridman