page_title: Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
section_title: Figure skating
hierarchical_section_title: Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics / Figure skating
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Даниэль Самохин (Израиль) на финале Гран-при по фигурному катанию среди юниоров 2015-2016.
context_page_description: Israel competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with ten competitors in four sports.
context_section_description: In the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Oleksii Bychenko finished in 10th place with 245.96 points, and earned two quota places for the Israeli delegation in the men’s event. Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko finished in 12th place with 162.67 points, and earned one quota place in the ice dancing event.
  In the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, Evgeni Krasnopolski and Paige Conners finished in 8th place with 171.61 points and earned one quota place in the Pairs event.
  Bychenko and Daniel Samohin competed in the Men's singles event. Krasnopolski and Conners competed in the Pairs event. In Ice Dancing, Ronald Zilberberg and Adel Tankova represented Israel after Tkachenko’s requests for Israeli citizenship was denied. Aimee Buchanan participated in the Team event in the Ladies contest, after Israel ranked among the top ten countries.
  Singles
  Team event
caption: Daniel Samohin
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