Yarden Gerbi (or Jerbi, Hebrew: ירדן ג'רבי; born July 8, 1989) is an Israeli former judoka world champion. She won an Olympic bronze medal competing for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Women's 63 kg Judo.
Gerbi won the gold medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in the -63 kg (139 lbs.) category. She won the Israeli championship five times by the age of 24, and was a silver medalist in the 2009 Maccabiah Games.
Ninja Israel's Announcer[]
Ninja Israel 4[]
Five years after her retirement as a judoka, she appeared on Ninja Warrior Israel 4 as the new announcer, replaced Rotem Israel after she leave Keshet 12. She also award medal and trophy for Ninja Israel 4's Grand Champion, Yuval Shemla, who later appeared as the herself's partner in commentary of Ninja Warrior Israel 5.
Ninja Israel 5[]
After Ninja Israel 4, she later returned as the announcer in Ninja Warrior Israel 5 along with Niv Raskin and new announcer Yuval Shemla.
Trivia[]
- So far, she is the second female commentator in the history of Ninja Israel and the third female commentator for a SASUKE/Ninja Warrior format worldwide, after Rotem Israel, who was formerly a Ninja Israel commentator before leaving Keshet 12 after Ninja Warrior Israel 3).
- Aside from her commentator carrer in Ninja Israel, she also appeared in the tenth and most recent season of the Israeli format of Dancing with the Stars (Rokdim Im Kokhavim, רוקדים עם כוכבים).
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