Israel national bobsleigh team


The Israeli Bobsled and Skeleton Team is the official bobsleigh and skeleton team of Israel. The team is the competitive wing of Bobsled/Skeleton Israel, which Aaron Zeff, former National Football League player John Frank, and David Greaves founded in 2002.
Bobsled and Skeleton are run under the same international federation, the IBSF. Therefore, BSI ministers both the bobsled and skeleton teams.
The team qualified for the 2018 Olympic Games, in the sport of skeleton and were represented by AJ Edelman.

Bobsled Team

The Israeli National Bobsleigh Team was incorporated in 2002 and twice represented Israel in the FIBT World Bobsleigh Championships.
SeasonIBSF World Championships RepresentativesWorld Championships Location
2003/2004
  • Aaron Zeff
  • David Greaves
  • John Frank
  • Moshe Horowitz
Koenigssee, Germany
2004/2005
  • Aaron Zeff
  • David Greaves
  • John Frank
  • Moshe Horowitz
    		• Calgary, Canada
    2018/2019Dave NicholsWhistler, BC
    Bobsled alumni include Zeff, Frank. and Greaves as well as Moshe Horowitz.

    Skeleton Team

    BSI added Skeleton to its program in 2009.
    In the 2015/16 season Israel fielded its largest team to date and held its first National Championships. All four athletes competed through the remainder of the PyeongChang Olympic cycle.
    SeasonAthletesIBSF World Championships/Olympics RepresentativeWorld Championships/Olympics Location
    2010/2011Brad ChalupskiBrad ChalupskiKoenigssee, Germany
    2011/2012Brad ChalupskiBrad ChalupskiLake Placid, USA
    2012/2013Brad ChalupskiNo RepresentativeSt. Moritz, Switzerland
    2013/2014Brad ChalupskiDid not qualifySochi, Russia '
    2014/2015Adam EdelmanNo RepresentativeWinterberg, Germany
    2015/2016
    • Adam Edelman
    • Brad Chalupski
    • Joel Seligstein
    • Larry Sidney
    		Adam EdelmanIgls, Austria
    2016/2017
  • Adam Edelman
  • Brad Chalupski
  • Joel Seligstein
  • Larry Sidney
    		• Adam EdelmanKoenigssee, Germany
    2017/2018
  • Adam Edelman
  • Brad Chalupski
  • Joel Seligstein
  • Larry Sidney
    		• Adam EdelmanPyeongchang, Korea '
    2018/2019Joel SeligsteinGeorgie CohenJoel Seligstein
    Georgie Cohen    		Whistler, BC

    Israel has competed in the Skeleton World Championships in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
    Skeleton alumni include Omri Geva and Aliyah Snyder.
    On December 2, 2011, Chalupski earned Israel's first ever medal in Skeleton, finishing in fifth place at the Americas Cup race in Lake Placid, NY. Chalupski is also the first skeleton athlete to represent Israel in the World Cup.
    In the 2017/2018 season Israel won 3 sliding medals. Joel Seligstein took a 5th place medal at the North Americas cup race in Calgary, Canada, and Adam Edelman took home 2 fifth place medals at the two North Americas Cup races in Lake Placid, NY to secure an Olympic berth.

    Olympic Games

    Israel qualified for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Korea, and was represented by national champion Adam Edelman.

    Organizational Structure

    The Federation President is David Greaves, and the Secretary General is Dov 'Dubi' Shlenger.