Inbal Shemesh

Inbal Shemesh
Personal information
Native nameענבל שמש
Born (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Rank     Black belt
ClubMaccabi Haifa[1]
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R16 (2023)
European Champ.7th (2025)
Highest world ranking9th[2][3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Israel
IJF Grand Slam
2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
2022 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
2023 Antalya ‍–‍63 kg
2025 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍63 kg
2018 Agadir ‍–‍63 kg
2019 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg
2024 Odivelas ‍–‍63 kg
European U23 Championships
2018 Győr ‍–‍63 kg
European Junior Championships
2016 Málaga ‍–‍63 kg
European Cadet Championships
2013 Tallinn ‍–‍52 kg
Maccabiah Games
2017 Israel ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13716
JudoInside.com86912
Updated on 24 April 2025

Inbal Shemesh (Hebrew: ענבל שמש; born 14 December 1996) is an Israeli judoka.[4]

Shemesh competes in the under 63 kg weight category, and won a silver medal in the 2019 Tel Aviv Grand Prix.[5][6]

Earlier in her career, Shemesh won bronze medals at the 2013 European Cadet Championships,[7][8] the 2016 European Junior Championships[9][10][11][12] and the 2018 European U23 Championships.[13][14][15][16]

Shemesh won a gold medal at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[17]

Throughout 2022, Shemesh has won two gold medals at IJF Grand Slams. Her first was in June at the 2022 Tbilisi Grand Slam with a finals win over 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Ketleyn Quadros of Brazil.[18][19][20] Her second was in November at the 2022 Baku Grand Slam with an ippon in golden score against Geke van den Berg of the Netherlands.[21][22][23]

Titles

Source:[24][4]

Year Tournament Place Ref.
2018 Grand Prix Agadir [25][26]
2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv [5][6]
Grand Prix Tashkent [27][28]
2022 Grand Slam Tbilisi [18][19][20]
Grand Slam Baku [21][22][23]
2023 Grand Slam Antalya [29][30][31]
2024 Grand Prix Odivelas [32][33][34]
2025 Grand Slam Tashkent [35]

References

  1. ^ "Gold medal for Inbal Shemesh at Grand Slam Baku". Carmelist.co.il (in Hebrew). 5 November 2022. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 3 April 2023. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ "World Ranking List, Women –63 kg". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Inbal Shemesh". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ "2013 European Cadet Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2013 European Cadet Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ "2016 European Junior Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2016 European Junior Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  11. ^ "2016 European Junior Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. ^ "2016 European Junior Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  13. ^ "2018 European U23 Championships" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  14. ^ "2018 European U23 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  15. ^ "2018 European U23 Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  16. ^ "2018 European U23 Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  17. ^ "2017 Maccabiah: Ervin won the 100 meters, Games record for Toumarkin". Maariv (in Hebrew). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Tbilisi". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  19. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Tbilisi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  20. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Tbilisi". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  21. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Baku". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  22. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Baku". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  23. ^ a b "2022 Grand Slam Baku". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Inbal Shemesh — Tournament results". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  25. ^ "2018 Grand Prix Agadir". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  26. ^ "2018 Grand Prix Agadir". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  27. ^ "2019 Grand Prix Tashkent". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  28. ^ "2019 Grand Prix Tashkent". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  29. ^ "2023 Grand Slam Antalya". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  30. ^ "2023 Grand Slam Antalya". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  31. ^ "2023 Grand Slam Antalya". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  32. ^ "2024 Grand Prix Odivelas". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  33. ^ "2024 Grand Prix Odivelas". JudoTV.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  34. ^ "2024 Grand Prix Odivelas". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  35. ^ Ifargan, Stav (1 March 2025). "Second medal for Israel at the Tashkent Grand Slam: Inbal Shemesh won silver". Ynet sport (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.