While the United States have summoned an impressive 2, 800 athletes, and Team Canada is predicted to win a whopping record-high 33 medals, they say that good things come in small packages. Every single one of Team Israel's determined athletes will be giving it their all at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics this February.
Let's meet the Israeli athletes representing our fierce nation:
Itamar Biran
Born: March 3, 1998
Place of birth: London, UK
Sport & event(s): Alpine skiing - Men's giant slalom, Men's slalom
Achievements: Qualified for the final race in giant slalom at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA
Oleksii (Alexei) Bychenko
Born: February 5, 1988
Place of birth: Kiev, Ukraine
Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Men's singles
Achievements: 2016 European silver medalist (first ever Israeli skater to medal at the European Championships); 2016 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist
Daniel Samohin
Born: March 12, 1998
Place of birth: Tel Aviv, Israel
Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Men's singles
Achievements: 2016 World Junior champion; 2015 US International Classic gold medalist
Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski
Born: April 9, 2000 / October 4, 1988
Place of birth: Pittsford, New York, USA / Kiev, Ukraine
Sport & event(s): Figure skating - Pairs
Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg
Born: May 22, 2000 / April 4, 1996
Place of birth: Dnipro, Ukraine / Kiriyat Shmona, Israel
Sport & event(s): Ice dancing - Pairs
Vladislav Bykanov
Born: November 19, 1989
Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine
Sport & event(s): Short track speed skating - 500 m, 1, 000 m, 1, 500 m
Achievements: Bronze medalist in the Men’s 1,500-meters final at the 2018 ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dresden, Germany
Adam (AJ) Edelman, aka the "Hebrew Hammer"
Born: March 14, 1991
Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Sport & event(s): Men's skeleton
Achievements: Israel’s first ever competitor in skeleton; 4-time national title holder