The purchase price of the medal is scheduled to start at $100,000, which will be completely transferred to the Shorsh Fund, which works to provide aid to the victims of the Hamas attacks on October 7.
Dolgobyat said: “Parting with the medal is not painful, but emotional. It is a medal dear to my heart. A medal that carried all my dreams, a medal that is the pinnacle of my ambitions after the Olympic medal. But today “I know that there is something more important.” I know that Israeli society is the most important thing above all else. “I’m not going to lie, it’s not easy for me, but I feel that through the medal auction, I can really give back to my country,” which has given me a lot.
Dolgobyat had been trying to win the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship for a long time, having previously succeeded in winning the silver medal twice before he was finally able to take first place this year.
However, his joy faded in light of the terrible news that arrived on the same Saturday. “It could have been the happiest day for me and Israel, but it wasn’t,” Dolgobyat said after the competition. “I want to send lots of strength, hugs and good health to everyone.”
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Artem Dolgubyat
(Photo: AP Photo/Gert Vanden Weingart)
The Israeli gymnast won two silver medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In 2017, he reached the podium with second place in the floor exercise section at the championship held in Montreal, Canada, and in 2019, he repeated the achievement at the Stuttgart Championship in Germany.
He won six medals at the European Championships and is the current European Vice Champion after winning the silver medal in the floor exercise section at the championships held this year in Antalya, Turkey.
He won the gold medal in the floor exercise division at the championships in Munich in 2022, in addition to the gold medal in 2020. Additionally, he won the silver medal in the floor exercise divisions in 2018 and 2019, and again in the horse vault division 2020