Avishag Semberg

Biography

Avishag Semberg is an Israeli taekwondo athlete who began training in first grade and progressed through Israel’s youth system before reaching the Olympic stage. She placed fifth at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, won bronze at the 2019 European Under-21 Championships and gold at the 2020 European Championships. At Tokyo 2020 she won bronze in the women’s −49 kg event, becoming Israel’s first Olympic medalist in taekwondo and, at 19, the country’s youngest Olympic medalist at the time. She later won silver at the 2022 European Championships and returned to the Olympics at Paris 2024. Israeli taekwondo athlete and Olympic bronze medalist. In Jewish World Records, Avishag Semberg is connected to the record “First Jewish Olympic Medalist in Taekwondo,” based on the stored achievement of Bronze — Women's −49 kg, Tokyo 2020.