Lihie Raz
Raz at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2003-09-14) 14 September 2003
New York City, United States
HometownRamat HaSharon, Israel
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubMigvanim Ramat HaSharon
Head coach(es)Moran Klefner
Assistant coach(es)Shir Solomon, Ilan Gazit
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Women's artistic gymnastics
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 MersinFloor exercise

Lihie Raz (Hebrew: ליהיא רז; born 14 September 2003)[1] is an American-born Israeli artistic gymnast. She won the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2020 European Championships which is Israel's first medal at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is also the 2019 and 2021 Israeli all-around champion. She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished fifty-ninth in the all-around during qualifications, but did not advance to any finals.

Early life

Raz was born in New York City to Israeli parents Tami and Nitzan Raz, and she immigrated with them to Israel in 2003 when she was three months old. She grew up in Ramat HaSharon and is Jewish.[2] She began gymnastics when she was six years old under coach Moran Klefner, who is still coaching her today.[3]

Career

2017–2018

At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Raz made her international debut and won the gold medal on the floor exercise with a score of 11.775.[4] She placed fifth in the all-around at the 2018 Junior Israeli Championships.[5] She was selected to compete at the 2018 Junior European Championships where the Israeli team finished twenty-third.[6] Then at the 2018 Voronin Cup, she placed tenth in the all-around, fourth on vault, eight on the uneven bars and balance beam, and sixth on the floor exercise.[7]

2019

Raz made her senior international debut at the Austrian Team Open where she placed eighth in the all-around and fourth with the Israeli team.[8] Then at the Stella Zakharova Cup, she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Angelina Radivilova and Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, and she placed fourth on the vault.[9] She placed sixth in the vault final at the 2019 Osijek World Cup.[10] At the Israeli Championships, she won her first national all-around title with a total score of 46.350.[11] Then at the World Championships, she finished eighty-second in the all-around which qualified her for the 2020 Olympics.[12][13]

2020–2021

At the 2020 European Championships, Raz won the bronze medal in the floor exercise event final with a score of 12.750 behind Turkey's Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı and Romania's Larisa Iordache.[14] This made her Israel's first ever medalist at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[3][15] Additionally, she was the third reserve for the vault final after finishing eleventh in the qualification round.[16]

In February, Raz won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2021 Israeli Winter Cup.[17] She then qualified for the all-around final at the 2021 European Championships and finished twenty-second with a total score of 47.499.[18] She won her second national all-around title at the 2021 Israeli Championships.[19] She then represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished fifty-ninth in the all-around during the qualification round with a total score of 50.399.[20]

Awards

Raz was selected for Forbes Israel's 30 Under 30 list for 2021.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ליהיא רז" [Lihie Raz]. Olympic Committee of Israel. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Merrill, Mia (9 July 2021). "Meet the Jewish Gymnasts at the Tokyo Olympics". Alma. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 Crumlish, John (28 January 2021). "Israel's Lihie Raz: 'I Did My Best To Channel The Pressure'". International Gymnast Online. International Gymnast Media. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (10 July 2017). "2017 Maccabiah Games Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (5 July 2018). "2018 Israeli Championships Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Junior QC For AF, TF & AA Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 3 August 2018. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (15 December 2018). "2018 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (5 March 2019). "2019 Austrian Team Open Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (2 April 2019). "2019 Stella Zakharova Cup Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (27 May 2019). "2019 Osijek Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (19 August 2019). "2019 Israeli Championships Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October – 13 October 2019 Women's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 October 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lihi Raz wins first Israeli medal at 2020 European Women's Gymnastics". The Jerusalem Post. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  15. ↑ Ghermezian, Shiryn (21 December 2021). "Gymnast Lihie Raz Wins First Israeli Medal in European Gymnastics Championship, Securing Olympics Spot". Algemeiner Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "33rd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 17 December 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (14 February 2021). "2021 Israeli Winter Cup Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "9th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 23 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  19. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (24 June 2021). "2021 Israeli Championships Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  20. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Women Qualification" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  21. ↑ "Lihie Raz". Forbes Israel. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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