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Ofir Shaham

Ofir Shaham is a retired Israeli rhythmic gymnast who won world gold with the Israeli group in 2023 and Olympic silver in 2024.

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Ofir Shaham
Born
23 November 2004, Zichron Yaakov
Occupation
rhythmic gymnast

Ofir Shaham was born in 2004 in Zichron Yaakov

Ofir Shaham was born on 23 November 2004 and grew up in Zikhron Ya'akov. She studied at the Moshav High School in the town.

She started rhythmic gymnastics at age 9 at Hapoel Zikhron Ya'akov, coached by Ilana Brenner. She later moved to the Ironi Netanya club.

In 2022 she joined the new Israeli national group, which trained at the Wingate Institute under Ayelet Zussman. That year the group won All-Around gold at the European Championships in Tel Aviv. It also won All-Around silver at the World Championships in Sofia, which secured a place at the Paris Olympics.

At the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, the group won gold in the All-Around and in the ribbons and balls routine. It was Israel's first group gold at a rhythmic gymnastics World Championships. At the 2024 Paris Olympics the group won silver in the team all-around.

After the Olympics she served in the IDF with athlete status. She then retired from competition and became a coach at her first club in Zikhron Ya'akov.

Milestones in Ofir Shaham's life

  1. 2004

    Born on 23 November.

  2. 2022

    Won group All-Around gold at the European Championships in Tel Aviv.

  3. 2022

    Won group All-Around silver at the World Championships in Sofia.

  4. 2023

    Won group All-Around silver at the European Championships in Baku.

  5. 2023

    Won 2 gold medals at the World Championships in Valencia.

  6. 2024

    Won team all-around silver at the Paris Olympics.

Ofir Shaham served in the military

After the 2024 Olympics she served in the IDF with athlete status.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Ofir Shaham and Hebrew Wikipedia, אופיר שחם, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Liron Dorfman, CC BY 4.0

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