History
Israel won its first Olympic medal only in its tenth Olympic appearance, in 1992. Judoka Yael Arad was credited with the first medal in Israel's history, a silver. She was followed a day later by another judoka, Oren Smadja, who won bronze. Since then, Israel won at least one medal in five successive Summer Olympics until the streak ended in 2012. In 2004, Gal Fridman became Israel's first and only gold medallist in men's windsurfing. This was his second medal, following his bronze in 1996, and he is the only multi-medallist.
Israel has been more successful at the Paralympic Games than at the Olympics.
Read more about this topic: Israel At The Olympics
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