Mikaella Moshe (

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: מיכאלה משה; also spelled Michaela Moshe; born 4 December 2003) is an Israeli Olympic

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...

."Mikaella Moshe,"
''EuroSport''. Formerly an elite

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, she started practising archery in 2022. She represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women's individual archery event, where she came in 33rd, and in the Mixed team with Roy Dror, where they came in 18th.

Early life

Moshe was born in

Ramat Gan, Israel Ramat Gan (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exchanges), ...

. She lives in

Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon (, ) is an affluent city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon, Israel, Sharon region, bordering the cities of Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon, Hod-HaSharon to the east, and Herzliya and kibbutz ...

in Israel.

Rhythmic gymnastics career

Introduced to the sport at four years of age, Moshe trained for 15 years as an elite

, and was an alternate on Israel's European Championship rhythmic gymnastics team.Amy Spiro (25 July 2024)
"Israeli archer Mikaella Moshe finishes Olympic ranking round in 18th position,"
''The Times of Israel''. She came in 14th in the 2021

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Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup, on 23 May 2021, competing for Maccabi

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, and that same year she came in fifth in the 2021 Israeli Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships."From gymnast to archer: Michaela Moshe is aiming for the Olympics,"
''Davar''.

Archery career

Moshe started practicing

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

in late 2022, less than two years prior to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Her world ranking in June 2023 was 597. In February 2024, Moshe came in 8th in the 2024 European Indoor Archery Championships in

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, Croatia. In May 2024, she came in 9th in the 2024

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, Germany. As of July 2024, Moshe was ranked 38th in the world; her highest world rank was 34th, in May 2024."MIKAELLA MOSHE,"
World Archery. She is coached by Richard Priestman, a British former Olympic medalist archer and current archery coach.George Priestman (25 July 2024)
"Olympics 2024: How a man from Maghull became coach of the Israeli national team,"
''Liverpool World''. She trains in Israel for eight hours a day, six days a week, in temperatures during the summer months of between , and trains at the

Wingate Institute Wingate Institute (), officially Orde Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports (), is a sports training institute located south of Netanya, Israel. History Wingate Institute was established in 1957. It was named after Orde Wingate. ...

. She competes for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

.Stan Ifergan (2 July 2024)
"The artistic gymnast who became the first Israeli archer in the Olympics,"
''Ynet''.

2024 Paris Olympics

Moshe represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's individual archery event in the gardens of

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, and at 20 years of age is the first female Israeli Olympic archer in Israel's history.Shiryn Ghermezian (25 July 2024)
"Israeli Archer Sets New National Record at Paris Olympic Games,"
''Algemeiner''. On 25 July 2024, competing in the ranking round in the women's individual recurve archery competition at the

2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

, she scored 660 points and came in 18th place out of 64 competitors, shooting 72 arrows from a distance of 70 meters (230 feet). With that score, she set a new Israeli record, breaking the previous Israeli record of 642, which she had set in March 2024. She competed with torn ligaments in her shoulder, which she plans to have surgery on after the Paris Olympics. She competed in the individual competition in the first knockout round and lost to Mădălina Amăistroaie of Romania, coming in 33rd. Moshe competed in the Mixed team with Roy Dror, where they came in 18th with a score of 1345, two points shy of advancing to the competition round, and directly behind the Dutch team of

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and

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who had won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years prior.""Olympic Archery Results
''IMT Online''.

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