Boycotts of Israel in sports

Boycotts of Israel in sports refer to various diqualifications and denial of Israeli athletes. Due to the Arab–Israeli conflict, Israeli athletes and teams have been barred from some competitions. In many worldwide competitions, where Israel does take part, such as the Olympics, some Arab and Muslim competitors avoid competing against Israelis. Some countries even force their athletes not to compete against Israelis or in Israel.

Contemporary examples

Mushir Salem Jawher, a Kenyan-born marathoner, lost his Bahraini citizenship after competing in the Kinneret Marathon in Israel.

Despite the country's international political issues, a growing number of Arab athletes are joining domestic Israeli sports teams and the international teams, including the Israel national football team. These include Rifaat Turk, Najwan Ghrayib, Walid Badir, Salim Toama, Abbas Suan, amongst others. Another Arab-Israeli, Johar Abu Lashin, born in Nazareth, was an IBO Welterweight champion.

Individual sporting boycott

Since the 21st century, Israeli athletes competing in tournaments have faces boycotts by athletes from Muslim countries, speculated to be the result of political interferences.

Date Country origin Retired athlete's name Israeli athlete's name Sport type Event Official reason for retiring
17 February 2001[1]  Iran Hamed Malekmohammadi Yoel Razvozov judo 2001 World Judo Championships
26 July 2001[2]  Tunisia Sadok Khalki Arik Zeevi judo 2001 World Judo Championships
22 June 2003[3]  Iran Iran national five-a-side soccer team Israel national five-a-side soccer team soccer 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games
15 August 2004 [4]  Iran Arash Miresmaeili Ehud Vaks judo 2004 Summer Olympics
4 August 2005[5]  Iran Iran U-21 men national basketball team Israel U-21 men national basketball team basketball FIBA Under-21 World Championship Visa issues
6 July 2006[6]  Indonesia Indonesia Fed Cup team Israel Fed Cup team tennis 2006 Fed Cup
28 January 2007[7]  Iran Ahmad Ksanfandi (referee) Gal Yekutiel judo 2007 Tbilisi judo Open
19 July 2007 [8]  Kuwait Mohammed al Ghareeb Amir Weintraub tennis 2007 Togliatti challenger Stomach problems
18 September 2007 [9]  Iran Mehdi Mohammadi Ilia Shafran amateur wrestling 2007 World Wrestling Championships
10 August 2008 [10]  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Tom Be'eri swimming 2008 Summer Olympics Indigestion
15 August 2008 [11]  Syria Bayan Jumah Anya Gostomelsky swimming 2008 Summer Olympics
28 July 2009[12]  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Michael Malul swimming 2009 World Aquatics Championships
30 September 2009[13]  Iran Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi Tomer Or fencing 2009 World Fencing Championships
1 October 2009[13][14]  Iran Ali Fadja Slava Zingerman fencing 2009 World Fencing Championships Retired from entire competition
1 October 2009 [15]  Iran Mohammad Mohazzabnia Tomer Hodorov tennis 2009 Kenya Futures F1
7 February 2010 [16]  Kuwait Kuwait men's national pool team Israel men's national pool team pool 2010 Hanover world team A championship Food poison of 4 players
4 April 2010[17]  Iran Iran youth national volleyball team Israel youth national volleyball team volleyball 2010 International Volleyball Tournament Pordenone
10 April 2010[18]  Iran Meisam Bagheri Moty Lugassi taekwondo A-Class Belgian Open 2010
28 April 2010[19]  Iran Iran men's national table tennis team Israel men's national table tennis team table tennis 2011 Luxembourg Table Tennis championship
21 May 2010[20]  Iran Ali Shahhosseini Misha Zilberman badminton 2010 Spanish Open
15 August 2010[21]  Iran Mohammad Soleimani Gili Haimovitz taekwondo 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
4 November 2010[22]  Iran Hamed Sayyad Ghanbari Maor Hatoel fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
4 November 2010[22]  Iran Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi Kobi Hatoel fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2010[23]  Iran Hamed Sedaghati Ido Herpe fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2010[23]  Iran Sadegh Abedi Grigori Beskin fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 May 2011 [24]  Algeria Zakaria Chenouf Adam Sagir taekwondo 2011 World Taekwondo Championships
24 July 2011[25]  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Gal Nevo swimming 2011 World Aquatics Championships Tiredness
20 August 2011[26]  Iran Iran female's national volleyball team Israel female's national volleyball team volleyball 2011 Summer Universiade
11 September 2011 [27]  Iran Ghasem Rezaei Robert Avanesyan amateur wrestling 2011 World Wrestling Championships
18 September 2011 [28]  Iran Javad Mahjoub Or Sasson judo World Cup Tashkent 2011
1 October 2011 [29]  Algeria Meriem Moussa Shahar Levi judo World Cup Women Rome 2011
1 October 2011 [29]  Algeria Rahou Abdelmalek Artem Masliy boxing 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
10 October 2011 [30]  Iran Shervin Tolouei Oren Bassal fencing 2011 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2011 [31]  Iran Kaveh Mehrabi Misha Zilberman badminton 2011 Puerto Rico International Challenge
21 July 2015 [32]  Iran Saber Hoshmand/Abbas Pourasgari Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman beach volleyball 2015 FIVB Grand Slam Yokohama injury

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