Rotem Gafinovitz

Rotem Gafinovitz (; born 9 June 1992) is an Israeli road cyclist, who rides for Hess Cycling Team. She participated at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Through May 2024, she had won six UCI races in her career, and had won the Israeli national time trial championships in road cycling four times. Gafinovitz represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in cycling in the Women's individual road race.

Early and personal life

Gafinovitz was born in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel. She is 1.63 meters (5 ft 4 in) tall, and weighs 52 kilograms (115 lb).

Gafinovitz won the Tour of Arava in 2019.

2024 Summer Olympics Gafinovitz represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in cycling in the Women's individual 158 kilometer road race. She said: The Olympic Games have been my dream since I was 17, and this ticket to it is the proof for me that even if it takes time, one has to go on and not give up. This is true in sports, and it is doubly true in the current struggle for the return of the abducted in Gaza. Gafinovitz cycled ahead of the pack for much of the early part of the race, but she was later caught by the peloton and fell to 77th place out of 93 riders where she finished, with a time of 4:13:42.

Major results Source:

Road

2010 National Junior Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2011 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2012 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2013 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2015 National Road Championships

2nd Time trial 2016 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2017 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2018 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 2019 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 1st Tour of Arava 6th Overall Gracia–Orlová 9th Time trial, European Games 2021 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 2022 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race

Mountain biking

2014 2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships 2nd Salamina Mountain bike 3rd Ma'alot Mountain bike 3rd Malmédy Mountain bike 2015 National Mountain Bike Championships

3rd Marathon 1st Ein HaShofet Mountain bike 1st Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountain bike 1st Kiryat-Ata Mountain bike 2nd Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountain bike 2nd Haifa Mountain bike (a) 3rd Haifa Mountain bike (b)