Baruch Shmailov competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place in the men's 66 kg event and winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event.
24 Facts About Baruch Shmailov
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Baruch Shmailov has reached a high world ranking of third in 2019,2022, and 2024.
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Baruch Shmailov represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 66 kg event, and in the mixed team event in which Team Israel came in ninth.
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Baruch Shmailov was raised by his mother Elza, a solderer in an electronics company.
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Baruch Shmailov recognized Shmailov's potential and recommended that he transfer to train at the famous Wingate Institute under better conditions, which he did the following year.
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Baruch Shmailov's coaches are Israeli former Olympic bronze medalist Oren Smadja, Artur Kataev, and Eran Vardi.
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On 19 September, at the age of 20, Baruch Shmailov took part in the 2014 European Junior Championships which was held in Bucharest, Romania, and won the gold medal after winning every match by ippon.
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Baruch Shmailov won his first medal in a senior competition when he won a silver medal at the 2015 Tbilisi Grand Prix on 20 March in Georgia.
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Baruch Shmailov defeated former world champion Georgii Zantaraia in the semi-final and lost to Mongolia's Davaadorjiin Tomorkhuleg in the final.
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In September 2016, Baruch Shmailov won the silver medal in the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia.
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On 16 December, Baruch Shmailov took part in the prestigious 2017 World Masters which was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and won a bronze medal after he defeated Brazil's Charles Chibana in the medal match.
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On 23 February, Baruch Shmailov won a bronze medal at the 2018 Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany after defeating Russia's Yakub Shamilov in golden score of the medal match when he managed to get a pinning hold on his opponent.
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Baruch Shmailov competed in the 2018 World Masters tournament in Guangzhou, China, and won the silver medal.
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In 2019 Baruch Shmailov won bronze medals in the 2019 Paris Grand Slam in France and the 2019 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam in Russia.
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Baruch Shmailov lost the bronze medal match to Brazilian two-time Pan American champion Daniel Cargnin, finishing in fifth place in the individual competition, as he won a bronze medal in the mixed team.
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Baruch Shmailov won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.
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Baruch Shmailov won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel.
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Baruch Shmailov won the gold medal in the 2022 World Masters that was held in Jerusalem, Israel in December.
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Baruch Shmailov won silver medals in the 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan and the 2024 Linz Grand Prix in Austria.
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Baruch Shmailov represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 66 kg event.
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Baruch Shmailov beat Morocco's Abderrahmane Boushita in his first match, lost to Tajikistan's Nurali Emomali by waza-ari in his round of 16 match, finishing the indivitual competition in the 9th place.
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Baruch Shmailov competed in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.
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Baruch Shmailov gave a special thanks to team coach Oren Smadja, "who made the really difficult decision to come here" just a few weeks after his son Omer was killed while fighting with the IDF in Gaza.
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Baruch Shmailov is married to Bulgarian-born judoka Betina "Beti" Temelkova, who competed for Israel beginning in 2017.