Inbar Lanir

Inbar Lanir (; born 3 April 2000) is an Israeli Olympic silver medalist judoka and 2023 world champion. She competes in the under 78 kg weight category. She also won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2020 Olympic Games. In addition to winning the 2023 world championship, she won gold medals at the 2023 World Masters and the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. Lanir competed for Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal in the women's 78 kg, while she also represented Israel in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth. As of November 2024, Lanir is the top ranked Israeli judoka.

Early and personal life Lanir was born in Yokneam Illit in northern Israel and later moved with her family to Yehud, Israel, and is Jewish. Her mother Michal is an architect and former judoka, while her father Ronen is a project manager. In her early years, Lanir practiced ballet and floor artistic gymnastics prior to her judo training. She won the gold medal in the 2019 Israeli Championship in Tel Aviv. She won the gold medal in the 2020 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana. That same year Lanir won a silver medal at the 2021 Baku Grand Slam, and bronze medals in the 2021 Paris Grand Slam, the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, the 2021 Tashkent Grand Slam, and the 2021 Tbilisi Grand Slam. She won a bronze medal in the Olympic mixed team event.

2022–present; World Champion In 2022, Lanir won silver medals at each of the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia, 2022 Budapest Grand Slam, and 2022 Zagreb Grand Prix. She also won a bronze medal in her event at the 2022 Almada Grand Prix in Portugal.

Lanir won the 2023 World Championship in Doha, Qatar. Following that, Lanir was chosen by the European Judo Union as that year's European Athlete of the Year. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, France, a silver medal at the 2023 Tokyo Grand Slam, and a bronze medal at the 2023 Tbilisi Grand Slam. She also represented Israel in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.

2025 Lanir won a silver medal at the 2025 Paris Grand Slam. She lost in the final match to Patrícia Sampaio from Portugal.

Honors Lanir and Paralympic taekwondo champion Asaf Yasur jointly shared the honor of lighting the 2026 Maccabiah Games flame as the final torchbearers, officially opening the event.

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