Inbar Lanir

Inbar Lanir was born in 2000 in Yehud

Inbar Lanir was born on 3 April 2000 and grew up in Yehud. Her mother Michal is an architect who practiced judo, and her father Ronen is a project manager. As a child she did ballet and floor gymnastics, and she started judo at age 6 at the Hapoel Judo Yehud club.

She graduated from Yehud comprehensive high school. In the IDF she held special athlete status and served as an HR NCO. She studies business administration at Ono Academic College.

She first competed in the under 70 kg category. In 2017 she injured a knee ligament, and during about 10 months of recovery she moved up to the under 78 kg category. She won the European under 23 title in 2020.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she won a bronze medal with Israel in the mixed team event. In 2023 she won the world title in Doha, along with the World Masters and the Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. At the 2024 Paris Olympics she won silver in the women's 78 kg, losing the final to Alice Bellandi.