Irina Risenzon is coached by Ira Vigdorchik, her highest placement at the 2009 World Championships held in Mie and competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics with but Israel never sent other athletes.
Israel sent 43 athletes to compete in Beijing, the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, with the previous record having been 40 in 2000, and was broken in 2016 with 47. 
