Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Champion Linoy Ashram was named Israel’s Athlete of the Year

Tokyo 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Champion Linoy Ashram was named Israel’s Athlete of the Year in a poll by the local Olympic Committee. Her personal trainer Ayelet Zussman won the recognition for No 1 among the coaches. Linoy Ashram wins this award for the fourth time in a row.

Linoy Ashram missed the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan, but she won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Linoy Ashram is an Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time (2017, 2019) World All-around bronze medalist, the 2020 European All-around champion, and the 2019 European Games All-around silver medalist. She is the third Israeli athlete and first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, and the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She became the first rhythmic gymnast from outside a post-Soviet republic to win a gold medal at an Olympics where former Soviet states participated.