Mikaella Moshe

Mikaella Moshe (Hebrew: מיכאלה משה; also spelled Michaela Moshe; born 4 December 2003) is an Israeli Olympic archer. Formerly an elite rhythmic gymnast, she started practising archery in 2022. She represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women's individual archery event, where she came in 33rd, and in the Mixed team with Roy Dror, where they came in 18th.

Early life

Moshe was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. She lives in Ramat HaSharon in Israel. She came in 14th in the 2021 Irina Deleanu Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup, on 23 May 2021, competing for Maccabi Petach Tikva, and that same year she came in fifth in the 2021 Israeli Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.

Archery career Moshe started practicing archery in late 2022, less than two years prior to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

In February 2024, Moshe came in 8th in the 2024 European Indoor Archery Championships in Varaždin, Croatia. She is coached by Richard Priestman, a British former Olympic medalist archer and current archery coach. She trains in Israel for eight hours a day, six days a week, in temperatures during the summer months of between , and trains at the Wingate Institute. She competes for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

2024 Paris Olympics Moshe represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's individual archery event in the gardens of Les Invalides, and at 20 years of age is the first female Israeli Olympic archer in Israel's history. With that score, she set a new Israeli record, breaking the previous Israeli record of 642, which she had set in March 2024.

She competed in the individual competition in the first knockout round and lost to Mădălina Amăistroaie of Romania, coming in 33rd. Moshe competed in the Mixed team with Roy Dror, where they came in 18th with a score of 1345, two points shy of advancing to the competition round, and directly behind the Dutch team of Steve Wijler and Gabriela Schloesser who had won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years prior.