THE INVICTUS GAMES 2025
BY THE NUMBERS
That’s a wrap on
the Invictus Games
Vancouver | Whistler 2025,
and Team Israel, powered by Beit Halochem, made history!
WE ALREADY KNOW ISRAEL’S INJURED
HEORES ARE CHAMPIONS!
From February 6 - 16, 2025, 28 national teams made up of 500 athletes competed in the Invictus Games Vancouver | Whistler 2025. This year, competing across multiple sports, Team Israel was exclusively represented by a total of 22 Beit Halochem members proving that resilience knows no limits!
With representation from each Beit Halochem Centre, Team Israel brought home gold, silver, and bronze; but, winning medals at the Invictus Games Vancouver | Whistler 2025 is just a bonus. Team Israel rose to unexpected challenges - forming a Wheelchair Curling team without any experience or training and joining a multi-national Sitting Volleyball squad - demonstrating that teamwork is without borders.
Perseverance, determination, and strength was on full display by Team Israel at the Invictus Games 2025!
4 centres
Beit Halochem Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Be’er Sheva, and Haifa were represented among the athletes.
6 sports
Beit Halochem - Team Israel competed in a total of 6 sports including the following:
Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding, coached by Inbal Yahav
Indoor Rowing
Sitting Volleyball
Swimming, coached by Eran Groumi
Wheelchair Basketball, coached by Ariel Ottolenghi
Wheelchair Curling, coached by Eran Groumi
7 newly-injured
Of the members on Beit Halochem.- Team Israel, 7 were wounded in the current Swords of Iron war.
13 MEDALS
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Men’s 50m Freestyle Swimming | Mark Mironichev
Men’s 50m Freestyle Swimming | Yair Hillel
Men’s 100m Freestyle Swimming | Mark Mironichev
Men’s 100m Freestyle Swimming | Yair Hillel
Relay Swimming
Wheelchair Basketball | Israel defeated USA
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Men’s 50m Breaststroke Swimming | Mark Mironichev
Men’s 50m Breaststroke Swimming | Yair Hillel
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Alpine Skiing | Roy Nevo
Men’s 50m Breaststroke Swimming | Eddie Khaskin
Men’s 50m Breaststroke Swimming | Roy Nevo
Men’s 100m Freestyle Swimming | Yuval Fatiev
Wheelchair Curling* | Israel defeated Canada
20 years old
The age of the youngest competitor on Beit Halochem - Team Israel.
53 years old
The age of the oldest competitor on Beit Halochem - Team Israel.
FUN FACTS
FUN FACTS
Although Team Israel was not registered to compete in Wheelchair Curling, it was approached by the Canadian hosts with the opportunity to compete in this year’s Invictus Games. Without any experience or exposure to curling, four swimmers accepted the challenge and formed a team led by swimming coach, Eran Groumi. After just a few hours of training, Team Israel’s athletes went on to defeat the Canadian hosts for a Bronze medal win!
Another sport for which Israel hadn’t originally registered was Sitting Volleyball. The team, once again, was approached by the Canadian hosts and encouraged to join an “Unconquered” team, made up of competitors from various nations without enough competitors to form a single national team. Five members of Team Israel volunteered. The “Unconquered” team was made up of the Israeli competitors, two from the team of Afghani Exiles, a Lithuanian, an Italian, and a Ukrainian. The team was coached by a Ukrainian coach.