Maya Goshen

{{Short description|Israeli judoka (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox judoka | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Goshen with the Israel national judo team at the 2022 World Judo Championships – Mixed team event  | native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|מאיה גושן}} | native_name_lang = Hebrew | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|25 June 2000|df=y}}  | country = {{ISR}} | weight_class = {{nbnd}}70 kg | rank = | rank_ref = <ref name="rank">{{cite web |title=Association board meeting protocol 31/12/2024 |url=https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/42507ImageFile3.pdf |website=Israel Judo Association |access-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504093236/https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/42507ImageFile3.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2025 |date=4 May 2025 |language=he}}</ref> | dan = 3  | olympics_rank = R16 | olympics_year = 2024 | olympics_weight = Women's 70 kg | worlds_rank = R16 | worlds_year = 2022 | worlds_weight = Women's 70 kg | regionals_type = EU | regionals_rank = 7 | regionals_year = 2023 | regionals_weight = Women's 70 kg | nationals = | highestranking = 16<sup>th<ref>{{cite web |title=World Ranking List, Women –70 kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=12&view=expanded |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626085113/https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=12&view=expanded |archive-date=26 June 2023}}</ref></sup>  | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{ISR}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Tashkent | Mixed team }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Antalya | {{nbnd}}70 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}70 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }} {{Medal|S| 2020 Poreč | {{nbnd}}70 kg }} | updated = 4 May 2025 }}

'''Maya Goshen''' ({{langx|he|מאיה גושן}}; born 25 June 2000) is an Israeli judoka who competes for the Israel national judo team.<ref name="IJF">{{cite web |title=Maya Goshen |url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/26366 |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=2 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="JI">{{cite web |title=Maya Goshen |url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/99027 |website=JudoInside.com |access-date=2 February 2022}}</ref> She won a silver medal at the 2020 European U23 championship and a bronze at the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships. Goshen represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 70 kg, and in the 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.<ref>[https://www-one-co-il.translate.goog/Article/465498.html?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Due to disqualification of an opponent: Maya Goshen will be in Paris,"] ''One''.</ref><ref name=mak>[https://www-makorrishon-co-il.translate.goog/news/538291/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Maya Goshen is the great promise of Israeli judo,"] ''Makor Rishon''.</ref> As six years of age, Goshen practiced floor gymnastics before transitioning to judo.<ref name=mak/><ref name="IH"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rakovsky |first1=Ido |title=She hopes to use the year she missed to her advantage at the World Championships |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/other/2022-10-08/ty-article-magazine/.premium/00000183-b663-d5eb-a3af-f6f7e7d80000 |access-date=23 October 2022 |work=Haaretz |date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008113805/https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/other/2022-10-08/ty-article-magazine/.premium/00000183-b663-d5eb-a3af-f6f7e7d80000 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |language=he}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="JI"/>

Goshen won gold medals at the 2017 European Cup Cadets Fuengirola and at the 2017 European Cup Cadets in Coimbra, Portugal.<ref name="JI"/>

At the 2018 Junior European Cup in Paks, Hungary, Goshen won a silver medal.<ref name="JI"/> She won a silver medal at the 2018 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv, as well as at the Israeli U21 Championships in Haifa.<ref name="JI"/>

Goshen won a bronze medal at the 2019 European Cup Dubrovnik in Croatia.<ref name="JI"/> 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.<ref name="JI"/> 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.<ref name="JI"/>

She won a silver medal at the 2020 European U23 Championships in Poreč, Croatia.<ref name="JI"/> She won the gold medal at the 2020 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana.<ref name="JI"/>

===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.<ref name="IH">{{cite news |last1=Aharoni |first1=Oren |title=Falling and Rising: Maya Goshen's tuff year |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/other-sports/article/13174653 |access-date=23 October 2022 |work=Israel Hayom |date=16 October 2022 |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zenziper |first1=Nadav |title=Impressive: bronze medal for the Israeli team at the World Judo Championships |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/hyemgrbmo |access-date=23 October 2022 |work=Ynet sport |date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020072428/https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/hyemgrbmo |archive-date=20 October 2022 |language=he}}</ref>

Goshen won bronze medals at the 2023 Antalya Grand Slam and the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam.<ref name="JI"/> She won the 2023 Israeli Championships.<ref name="JI"/>

===2024 Paris Olympics=== Goshen represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 70 kg, in which she defeated Fidan Ögel of Turkey, and lost to former world champion Marie-Ève Gahié of France, coming in ninth. She also competed in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.<ref name="Wingate">{{cite web |title=Israel's delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games |url=https://wingate.org.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96-2024 |website=Wingate Institute |access-date=26 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626074302/https://wingate.org.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96-2024 |archive-date=26 June 2024 |language=he |date=25 June 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goshen, Maya}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli female judoka Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:People from Even Yehuda Category:Sportspeople from Central District (Israel) Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen Category:21st-century Israeli Jews Category:Olympic judoka for Israel