Israeli success at world kickboxing championships as Yulia Sachkov takes gold

In addition, female kickboxers Shir Cohen and Daniella Pashayev, 19 and 18 respectively, won silver medals in their weight divisions for KL and LK kickboxing styles. Or Moshe, a male Israeli kickboxer aged 19, also won a silver in his weight class for K-1 style kickboxing.

Speaking to Israeli media, Hani Sachs, head of the Israeli Kickboxing Federation, described the young athletes achievements as “historic successes.”

She praised the “unified team, with excellent coaches”, for the wins, talking about how the Israelis were “working correctly...which can be seen in the results.”

This is not the first time that a young Israeli has triumphed in the competition. In 2015, Nili Block, then 20, won gold in the under-60kg class at the championships, held that year in Serbia.