Israel competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
The Israeli delegation included 5 athletes. 2 pairs of ice dancers: Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski, who were ranked in 6th place, and Natalia Gudina and Alexei Beletski, who were 19th. Olga Danilova competed in short track speed skating.
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“The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“It was a green world,
Unchanging holly with the curled
Points, cypress and conifers,
All that through the winter bears
Coarsened fertility against the frost.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)