1. Delila Hatuel represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was ranked ninth in the world.
13 Facts About Delila Hatuel
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Delila Hatuel's brother Maor is a fencer, as is her aunt Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann and her uncle Yitzhak Hatuel.
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Delila Hatuel finished ninth in the team foil 1997 World Fencing Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, and eighth in the team foil 1998 European Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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In July 2007, Delila Hatuel finished sixth in individual foil at the European Fencing Championships, in Ghent, Belgium.
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Delila Hatuel finished seventh in individual foil in the tournament.
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Delila Hatuel's injury included a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which had to be surgically repaired.
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Delila Hatuel underwent treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin, Israel, so that she would be well enough to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Delila Hatuel, then ranked 11th in the world, represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in foil fencing, at 27 years of age.
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Delila Hatuel tied the match with less than a minute remaining, and was defeated in overtime.
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Delila Hatuel said she would be undergoing further surgery and hoped to participate at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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In 2009, Delila Hatuel won the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in women's foil.
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Delila Hatuel took 24th at the 2015 European Senior Women Foil Championships in Montreux, Switzerland, and 31st at the 2016 European Senior Women Foil Championships in Torun, Poland.
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Delila Hatuel was ranked 9th in the world in 2016, and qualified to fence in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in Women's foil by virtue of her performance at the Championnats De Qualification Europeans on April 16,2016, in Prague, Czech Republic.