Maya Arusi

Sonntag, 17. Oktober 1982

Maya Arusi (Hebrew: מאיה ערוסי; born October 17, 1982 in Haifa) is an Israeli taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's flyweight category. She claimed two medals (a silver and a bronze) in the 51-kg division at the Trelleborg Open, and became the first Israeli athlete in history to compete in taekwondo in the Olympics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Arusi trained throughout her career for Amos Lod Taekwondo Club, under head coach and master Alexei Orehov. She is one of three Israeli taekwondo Olympians, along with Bat El Gaterer (Beijing, 2008) and Ron Atias (Rio de Janeiro, 2016).