Shira Rishony
Personal information
Native nameשירה ראשוני‎
Born (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991
Holon, Israel[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class–48 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt[2]
Coached byShany Hershko[3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2017)
European Champ.Bronze (2022)
Highest world ranking6th[4][5]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍48 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paris ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Antalya ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Baku ‍–‍48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tashkent ‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Havana ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Antalya ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Almaty ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Almada ‍–‍48 kg
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Israel ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1427
JudoInside.com51705
Updated on 18 May 2023.

Shira Rishony (Hebrew: שירה ראשוני, born 21 February 1991) is an Israeli Olympic lightweight judoka.[6] She competed at U48 kg (under 106 pounds).[6] She competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics[7][8][9] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

Early and personal life

Rishony was born in Holon, Israel,[1] to a Jewish family.[11] At the age of five, she was sent by her mother to learn ballet, despite her desire to learn judo.[1] After two years, as she still insisted on learning judo, her mother finally gave in and allowed her to take part in the sport.[1] Her sisters are named Rotem and Maya. Their grandfather is named Muki.

She resides in Even Yehuda, Israel, near the Wingate Institute.[12]

Judo career

Rishony won the Israel U48 Women's Judo Championship in 2009[13] and 2012,[14] won the silver medal in the competition in 2014,[15] and won the bronze medal in 2007[16] and 2011.[17]

In 2009, Rishony won gold medals in the 2009 Maccabiah Games[18] and the Junior Tour U20 Izmir 'Cehat Sener'.[19]

In 2012, she won the gold medal in the IJF World Cup Tashkent,[20][21] and took the bronze medals in the World Cup Bucharest[22][23] and the World Cup Istanbul.[24][25] In 2013 Rishony won the gold medal at the Tashkent Grand Prix,[26][27] and the bronze medal at Almaty Grand Prix,[28][29] but was injured in a competition in Germany and lost six months of training and competition.[6][1][12]

In 2014, Rishony won the gold medal at the European Open in Tallinn, and bronze medals at the Jeju Grand Prix[30][31] and the Pan American Open San Salvador.[32][6] In 2015, she won the bronze medal at the Grand Slam of Paris.[33][34] In May 2015, she finished in 5th place at the World Masters in Rabat.[35][36][37]

In 2016, she won the silver medal at the Havana Grand Prix.[38][39]

Rishony, ranked 20th in the world, competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Women's Judo 48 kg, taking the additional place of Europe.[40] In her first bout she was deemed to have illegally touched her opponent's leg with her elbow in her match against Ukrainian Maryna Cherniak, and was disqualified for illegal use of her elbow at 2:10 of her first bout.[41][37][42] After the loss, she admitted "I still don't understand why I was disqualified."[43] In tears, Rishony said: "I'm still in shock, I felt I was ready and it hurts me that I couldn't give my all and that it all ended before it really began... I was surprised by the decision of the judge... It's hard to put in words how much you give and how much you sacrifice and how much you dream of this moment. You certainly don't imagine it ending like this."[37][44]

Rishony represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, competing at the women's 48 kg weight category.[45][46][47][48] In her first match, she beat Colombia's Luz Álvarez by ippon, advancing to the round of 16. There, she submitted Spaniard 2021 World Championships bronze medalist Julia Figueroa who was seeded 5th in the Olympics. In the Quarterfinals, Rishony lost to Mongolian former world champion Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg, moving her to compete for a chance to win bronze through the Repechage.[49][50] There, Rishont beat Taiwanese Lin Chen-hao, advancing to fight for the bronze medal. She lost the bronze medal match to Ukrainian former two-times world champion Daria Bilodid, finishing in fifth place.[10]

Titles

Source:[51]

YearTournamentPlaceRef.
2013 Grand Prix Almaty3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[28][29]
Grand Prix Tashkent1st place, gold medalist(s)[26][27]
2014 Grand Prix Jeju3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[30][31]
2015 Grand Slam Paris3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[33][34]
2016 Grand Prix Havana2nd place, silver medalist(s)[38][39]
2017 Grand Slam Baku3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[52][53]
Grand Prix Antalya2nd place, silver medalist(s)[54][55]
2018 Grand Prix Hohhot3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[56][57]
2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv1st place, gold medalist(s)[58][59]
Grand Prix Hohhot3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[60][61]
Grand Prix Montreal3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[62][63]
Grand Slam Brasilia3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[64][65]
2021 Grand Slam Antalya3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[66][67]
Grand Slam Baku3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[68][69][70]
2022 European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[71][72][73]
2023 Grand Prix Almada3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[74][75][76]
Grand Slam Antalya2nd place, silver medalist(s)[77][78][79]

    Israeli championships

    Partial list:

    1st place, gold medalist(s) 2009 [13]
    1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012 [14]
    1st place, gold medalist(s) 2016 [80][81][lower-alpha 1]
    1st place, gold medalist(s) 2017 [82][83]
    1st place, gold medalist(s) 2019 [84]
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2014 [15]
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2015 [85]
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2007 [16]
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2010 [86][lower-alpha 2]
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2011 [17]
    1. ↑ Held on January 2017
    2. ↑ Held on March 2011

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