World champion at Jiu-Jitsu

Israel’s Amit Burstein, 17, won the Jiu-Jitsu World Cadet Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In 2019, Israel’s 21-year-old Nimrod Ryder won the gold medal in the Under 77kg adult category (see here previously). An application has recently been made to make Jiu-Jitsu into an Olympic sport.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/kazakh-jiu-jitsu-competitor-squats-during-hatikvah-after-losing-to-israeli/

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