Jewish and Israeli athletes enjoyed historic success at the most recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024, with a combined 36 athletes taking home 31 total medals between the two competitions. Israel’s seven Olympic medals were the country’s most in a single tournament.

A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games, unlikely ambassadors of their diplomatically isolated nation.

"Every Israeli flag raised at the Olympic Games and at world championships is a small victory over terror, a victory of life over death,” said the Culture and Sports Minister. The 53rd memorial ceremony for the 11 members of the Israeli delegation ...

In Milano Cortina, Israel’s winter athletes will aim to leave a lasting impression – one run, skate, and slide at a time with nine Olympians and one Paralympian competing.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintains that both Israel and Palestine should have equal opportunity to compete at the Games