Yogev Malka (יוגב מלכה) is a Sports coach, Lecturer (in the Ninja sport) and sports climber who participated in Ninja Warrior Israel 3-5, and also in the Ninja Warrior Germany: Four Nations Special 3, as the captain of Team Israel. In Ninja Israel, Malka is known as one of the most notable competitors of the show. He is not only the second competitor in Ninja Israel to achieve Total Victory, doing so in Ninja Warrior Israel 4, but later become the third competitor in the history of International Ninja Warrior/SASUKE formats, after Urushihara Yuuji and Morimoto Yūsuke, to achieve Total Victory twice in his career, achieving his second Total Victory in Ninja Warrior Israel 5, and also the second to do it in two consecutive seasons, after Miyake Ayako in KUNOICHI 2004 and KUNOICHI 2006 New Year. Aside from his participations in Ninja Israel, Malka is also known have participated in the ninth season of the Israeli format of Dancing with the Stars (Rokdim Im Kokhavim, רוקדים עם כוכבים).
Ninja Israel[]
Ninja Israel 3[]
Malka first competed in Ninja Warrior Israel 3. He didn't survive the Qualifying rounds after failing Barrel Roll.
Ninja Israel 4[]
Malka returned in Ninja Warrior Israel 4 after months of training and was one of the hottest names of the season, and one who can steal the show. In the Qualifying rounds, he competed in the same Heat with Yuval Shemla, Last Man Standing of Ninja Israel 1 and 3. Malka cleared the course 20.28 seconds faster than Shemla. In the semifinals, Malka cleared the course in the fastest time of the season (6:31.16). In the finals, he also cleared Stage One in the fastest time, and was one out of the three competitors who managed to clear Stage One, Stage Two and Stage Three, and reached Mount Midoriyama. Malka cleared Mount Midoriyama with 1 second left and was the second competitor to achieve Total Victory. However, Yuval Shemla, who made it 3 seconds faster, was declared as the Last Man Standing and won an SUV and ₪250,000. And Malka ended up in second place.
Ninja Israel 5[]
Malka would return in Ninja Warrior Israel 5. In Stage One, he was the first competitor that cleared the Angry Birds, then cleared Stage One with 00:14.87 left and was one out of the two competitors that cleared the stage (the other one is Shneor Sameach). He and Shneor also cleared Stages Two and Three and dueled on Mount Midoriyama. Malka cleared Mount Midoriyama again, this time with 8 seconds left, and was the first competitor in any international format to achieve Total Victory twice, and the first to do it in two consecutive seasons. He made it 7 seconds faster than Sameach, so he was declared as the Last Man Standing and won an SUV and ₪250,000.
Trivia[]
- He is the first competitor to clear the Angry Birds after 4 years since its first appearance in American Ninja Warrior 11.
- However, the Angry Birds version that Malka cleared was not the original version used in American Ninja Warrior 11. Due to the original version of Angry Birds being extremely brutal (as no American competitor cleared it), the production staff of Ninja Israel decided to modify the obstacle to make it easier for Israeli competitors. Despite that, the obstacle is still very brutal, as only he and Shneor Sameach cleared it.
- He has achieved the fastest ever Rope Climb Final Stage clear, clearing a 23.5 meter high Rope Climb with a time of just 22.8 seconds.
- He also had the third highest amount of time remaining on the clock (about 7.2 seconds remaining) out of any Kanzenseiha of any International Ninja Warrior/SASUKE format, only being beaten by Jean Tezenas du Montcel in Ninja Warrior France 4 (7.55 seconds remaining) and Kadoi Satomi in KUNOICHI 2009 (21.4 seconds remaining).
- Malka is also one of the few examples of well-known Ninja athletes who have participated in a season of a format of Dancing with the Stars.
- Other well-known examples are Moritz Hans and René Casselly, both of whom took part in the German format of Dancing with the Stars (Let's Dance).
- Later, Ninja Israel's commentator Yarden Gerbi appeared in the tenth and most recent season of the Israeli format of Dancing with the Stars (Rokdim Im Kokhavim, רוקדים עם כוכבים).
- He holds the record for getting the best clear time on all the stages in Ninja Warrior Israel.
- This means that he is also the only known competitor to have done this in the history of National/International SASUKE/Ninja Warrior shows.
Ninja Israel Results[]
| NI | Result | Notes |
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| 3 | Failed Barrel Roll (Heat 4) | |
| 4 | Total Victory (01.00 seconds left) |
Completed the Final Stage slower than Yuval Shemla, who cleared the Final Stage 3 seconds faster. 2nd best of the season. |
| 5 | Total Victory (07.00 seconds left) |
Second person to achieve Total Victory in back-to-back seasons in National/International SASUKE/Ninja Warrior show history. Last Man Standing. |
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