Linoy Ashram

Linoy Ashram was born in 1999 in Rishon LeZion

Ashram was born on 13 May 1999 in Rishon LeZion. Her Israeli-born parents are of Yemeni Jewish and Greek Jewish descent. Her father Oren serves in the standing army, and her mother Hedva is a kindergarten teacher assistant.

She began competing internationally in 2011, coached by Ayelet Zussman. In 2014 she won bronze medals in clubs and ribbon at the European Junior Championships. That year she competed at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing and carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Ashram joined the IDF in November 2017 and was discharged in December 2019. In 2019 she began studying education and society at Ono Academic College, and she completed her studies in 2022.

At the 2017 World Championships she won all-around bronze, the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast to reach an all-around podium there. She took all-around silver at the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 European Games. In 2020 she became European all-around champion and won Olympic gold, the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

Ashram announced her retirement at a press conference in Tel Aviv on 4 April 2022. As of mid-2022 she is part of the training staff of Israel's national rhythmic gymnastics team.