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Menachem Chen

Menachem Chen is an Israeli shot putter, discus thrower and bobsledder who represented Israel in bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Born: 1 November 2000
Occupation: hammer thrower, discus thrower, shot putter, bobsledder

Menachem Chen was born in 2000

Menachem Mendel Chen was born on 1 November 2000. He lives in Rishon LeZion, Israel.

Chen began his sporting career in track and field, focusing on shot put and discus. He won a silver medal in shot put at the 2022 Maccabiah Games. He became Israeli champion in shot put in 2023 and 2025 and in discus in 2024 and 2025.

In 2023 he moved to the United States and joined the track and field team at Arkansas State University. In 2025 he won the discus at the Sun Belt Conference outdoor championships. In 2026 he set an Israeli shot put record of 19.41 meters in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Chen first competed in bobsleigh in 2021 as a pusher. In 2025 Adam Edelman recruited him back to the sport, and the team qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics as the first Israeli bobsleigh team at the Games. The team placed 26th in two-man, and in four-man it was withdrawn by the Israeli Olympic Committee after two runs because another team member lied about medical status.

Milestones in Menachem Chen's life

2021
Made his bobsleigh debut as a pusher.
2022
Won silver in shot put at the Maccabiah Games.
2023
Won the Israeli shot put title and joined Arkansas State University.
2024
Won the Israeli discus title.
2025
Won the Sun Belt Conference outdoor discus title.
2026
Competed in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics and set an Israeli shot put record.