Israel national bobsleigh team

The Israeli Bobsled and Skeleton Team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל במזחלות קרח‎) is the official bobsleigh and skeleton team of Israel. The team is the competitive wing of Bobsled/Skeleton Israel (BSI, formerly Israeli Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF)), which Aaron Zeff, John Frank and David Greaves founded in 2002.

Bobsled alumni include Zeff, Frank and Greaves as well as, Moshe Horowitz.

BSI added Skeleton to its program in 2009. The skeleton team has 4 athletes competing in the 2015/16 season: AJ Edelman, Joel Seligstein, Larry Sidney, and Brad Chalupski. Israel has competed in the Skeleton World Championships in 2011, 2012, and 2016.^[1] Skeleton alumni include Omri Geva and Aliyah Snyder.

On December 2, 2011, Chalupski earned Israel's first ever medal in Skeleton, finishing in fifth place at the Americas Cup race in Lake Placid, NY. Chalupski is also the first skeleton athlete to represent Israel in the World Cup.

The Federation President is David Greaves, and the Secretary General is Dov 'Dubi' Shlenger.

References

↑ http://www.ibsf.org/races-results/results/rankings.html?rankname=5

External links

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