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.
The team is currently represented in bobsleigh by teams piloted by Dave Nicholls, Olympian AJ Edelman, and to-be-announced female teams and in skeleton by Georgina Cohen, Joel Seligstein, and Jared Firestone.
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 have represented Israel in the FIBT World Bobsleigh Championships on three occasions.
SeasonBobsleigh Team MembersWorld 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
    2011/12
  • Omri Geva
  • DNQ
    2018/2019
  • Dave Nicholls
  • AJ Edelman
  • Whistler, BC
    2019/20
  • Dave Nicholls
  • DNQ
    2020/21
  • Dave Nicholls
  • AJ Edelman
  • TBA Female Team
  • 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 (Olympic Winter Games)
    2014/2015Adam (AJ) EdelmanNo RepresentativeWinterberg, Germany
    2015/2016
    Adam (AJ) EdelmanIgls, Austria
    2016/2017
  • Adam (AJ) Edelman
  • Brad Chalupski
  • Joel Seligstein
  • Larry Sidney
  • Adam (AJ) EdelmanKoenigssee, Germany
    2017/2018
  • Adam (AJ) Edelman
  • Brad Chalupski
  • Joel Seligstein
  • Larry Sidney
  • Adam (AJ) EdelmanPyeongchang, Korea (Olympic Winter Games)
    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 (AJ) Edelman.

    Organizational structure

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