Arik Zeevi
Photo: Oren Aharoni
Meet the Olympic team: Arik Zeevi
Introducing: Judokan Arik Zeevi an Olympic bronze medal finalist with several European championship medal under his belt
Ynetnews and Israel21C
offer a quick introduction of the young men and women who hope to win Israel
the Olympic gold at the London 2012 Games.
Meet Arik Zeevi, 35: Widely recognized as the country's most prominent judoka, Ze'evi, a dan 5 black belt in Judo, has had a long and successful career competing in half-heavyweight Judo competitions. He was an Olympic bronze medal finalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics Judo 100 kg class in Athens. He is the 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2012 European champion and the 2005 silver medalist. Ze'evi also won the silver medal in the open category in the 2001 World Championships.
