Maya Goshen
Maya Goshen is an Israeli judoka who competes for the Israel national judo team. She won a silver medal at the 2020 European U23 championship and a bronze at the 2022 [World Judo Championships – Mixed team|mixed team event] of the 2022 World Championships. Goshen represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the Judo at the [2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|women's 70 kg], and in the Judo at the 2024 [Summer Olympics – Mixed team|mixed team event], at which Team Israel came in ninth.
Early and personal life
Goshen, who is Jewish, lives in the town of Even Yehuda, Israel, with her parents, Tzachi and Hilit, and her two younger sisters. As six years of age, Goshen practiced floor gymnastics before transitioning to judo.Judo career
2015–20; European U23 championship silver medal
At the 2015 Asian Cup U18 Macau, Goshen won a gold medal, and at the 2015 Asian Cup U18 Taipei in Taiwan she won a bronze medal.Goshen won gold medals at the 2017 European Cup Cadets Fuengirola and at the 2017 European Cup Cadets in Coimbra, Portugal.
At the 2018 Junior European Cup in Paks, Hungary, Goshen won a silver medal. She won a silver medal at the 2018 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv, as well as at the Israeli U21 Championships in Haifa.
Goshen won a bronze medal at the 2019 European Cup Dubrovnik in Croatia. She won gold medals at the 2019 European Cup U21 Athens and the 2019 European Cup U21 Sarajevo, and a bronze medal at the 2019 European Cup U21 Coimbra. She won silver medals at the 2019 New York Open Team Championships, and at the 2019 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv, as well as at the 2019 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana.
She won a silver medal at the 2020 European U23 Championships in Poreč, Croatia. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana.
2021–present; World junior championship mixed team bronze medal
At the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Goshen won the final match for the Israel national judo team, winning them the bronze medal. Her win and subsequent reaction to the injury sustained by her Dutch opponent Sanne Vermeer, was applauded in media.Goshen won bronze medals at the 2023 [Judo Grand Slam Antalya|2023 Antalya Grand Slam] and the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. She won the 2023 Israeli Championships.