Nili Block is a professional Muay Thai and kickboxing fighter.
11 Facts About Nili Block
1.
2.
Nili Block is a four-time Muay Thai and two-time kickboxing world champion representing Israel.
3.
Nili Block describes herself as a "traditional" or "observant" Jew who keeps kosher and the Jewish Sabbath, bringing kosher food with her when she travels to competitions and observing the Jewish shabbat.
4.
When Nili Block was two years old her family made aliyah to Israel from Maryland.
5.
At age 11, Nili Block began representing Israel in international competitions as a member of the Israeli Women's American Flag Football National Team.
6.
Nili Block gave up the sport in 2012 in order to focus more fully on a single sport: Muay Thai.
7.
In 2013, in 12th grade, as a student at "Amit Noga" ulpana in Beit Shemesh, a high school for Orthodox girls, Nili Block beat hundreds of other girls in the 10K run of the 2013 Jerusalem Marathon.
8.
When she was 10 years old, Nili Block's mother suggested she learn kickboxing, as a manner of self-defense.
9.
Nili Block trained at a kickboxing academy at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.
10.
Nili Block is designated as an "outstanding athlete" by the Israel Defense Forces, which allows her to be in a special program that permits her to compete in international kickboxing competitions.
11.
In May 2015, when she was in 12th grade, Nili Block won a gold medal in her age category in the XIX KickBox World Cup in the 52- to 56-kilo category in Hungary.