Diana Vaisman
Diana Vaisman (or Weissman,[2] Hebrew: דיאנה ויסמן; born 23 July 1998) is a Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter.[3] She holds the Israeli national record in the 100 metre sprint.
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Personal information | |||||
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Nationality | Israeli | ||||
Born | Minsk, Belarus | 23 July 1998||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb)[1] | ||||
Sport | |||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||
Club | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||||
Coached by | Irina Vaisman and Irina Lenskiy | ||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
Vaisman was born in Minsk, Belarus, to Irina and Vladimir Weissman.[4] Her family immigrated to Israel when she was two years old.[4] They reside in Ashkelon, Israel.[5] Vaisman's mother is a former athlete and a current coach, and coaches her as does Irina Lenskiy.[4]
As of 2018, she serves as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.[5]
Running career
Vaisman's club is Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[4]
60 metres
Vaisman represented Israel in the 60 metres at two European Athletics Indoor Championships, in 2017 and 2019, reaching the semifinals on the second occasion. In February 2018 she won a bronze medal in the 60 m sprint with a time of 7.49 at the 2018 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] In January 2019 at the 2019 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Indoor Championships in Miramas, France, she won a bronze medal in the 60 metres with a time of 7.45.[7] In February 2019 she won a gold medal in the 60 m sprint with a time of 7.34 at the 2019 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul.[8]
100 metres
In July 2017 at the 2017 Maccabiah Games she set the Games record in the 100 m dash with a time of 11.71.[9] In June 2018 at the 2018 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships in Jesolo, Italy, Vaisman won a silver medal in the 100 metres with a time of 11.59.[10]
Vaisman is Israel's national record holder in the 100 metres (11.38 seconds), having in July 2018 at 19 years of age at the Israel Athletic Championship in Tel Aviv broken a long-standing 46-year record of Esther Roth-Shahamorov going back to the 1972 Summer Olympics.[11][5] In June 2019 at the 2019 European Games, Vaisman set a new Israeli national record in the 100 metres, running it in 11:35 seconds.[12] In July 2019 she ran the 100 metres in 11.27 at the 83rd Israel Athletic Championships, lowering her Israeli national record.[13] In 2019, she competed in the women's 100 metres event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[14] She did not qualify to compete in the semi-finals.[15]
International competitions
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.27 (+0.5 m/s, Tel Aviv 2019)
- 200 metres – 23.78 (-0.9 m/s, Tel Aviv 2018)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.32 (Glasgow 2019)
References
- "Diana Vaisman - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport.
- "Diana Weissman Photostream". Zimbio.
- Diana Vaisman at World Athletics
- "כוכבת בהרצה: סיפורה של דיאנה וייסמן". ynet. November 21, 2014.
- "Israeli sprinter breaks country's record set at 1972 Munich Olympics". July 9, 2018.
- ""BALKAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS"" (PDF).
- "les Résultats des Compétitions". bases.athle.fr.
- Baronet, Carles (February 17, 2019). "- TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS WORLDWIDE - : Istanbul (Turkey), 16.2.2019 -Balkan Championships- (indoor)".
- "World Junior Athletics News NZL". www.worldjuniorathleticsnewsnzl.co.nz.
- "3rd U23 Mediterranean Athletics Championships"
- staff, T. O. I. "After 46 years, sprinter breaks Israeli women's 100 meter record". www.timesofisrael.com.
- "Plenty of hardware for Israelis in Minsk". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- "Diana VAISMAN | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- "Women's 100 metres – Start List" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- "Women's 100 metres – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
External links
- Diana Vaisman at World Athletics
- Diana Vaisman at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Diana Vaisman at Olympedia
- Diana Vaisman at the Olympic Committee of Israel (in Hebrew)
- Diana Vaisman at The-Sports.org
- Diana Vaisman on Instagram