Rotem Gafinovitz

Rotem Gafinovitz (רותם גפינוביץ'; born 9 June 1992) is an Israeli road cyclist, who rides for Hess Cycling Team. She participated at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Through May 2024, she had won six UCI races in her career, and had won the Israeli national time trial championships in road cycling four times. Gafinovitz will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in cycling in the Women's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna on August 4, 2024.

Early and personal life
Gafinovitz was born in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel. She 1.63 meters (5 ft 4 in) tall, and weighs 52 kilograms (115 lb).

Cycling career
Gafinovitz rides for Hess Cycling Team.

2015–23
Gafinovitz won the gold medal in the Israeli National Road Race Championships in 2015, and won the Israeli National Time Trial Championships in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2023.

In September 2016, Gafinovitz was announced as part of the squad for 2017.

Gafinovitz won the Tour of Arava in 2019. That year she was also sixth in the GC Gracia–Orlová. At the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, she came in 9th in the Women's road time trial, and at the 2022 European Road Championships in Munich, Germany, she came in 18th in the Women's time trial.

Gafinovitz was 2nd in the Regiónom Nitrianskeho Kraja in Slovakia in 2023. She was 3rd in the GP of the Mayor of the city Žiar nad Hronom in Slovakia in 2023.

2024–present
Through May 2024, Gafinovitz had won six UCI races in her career.

2024 Summer Olympics
Gafinovitz will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in cycling in the Women's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna on August 4, 2024. She said: "The Olympic Games have been my dream since I was 17, and this ticket to it is the proof for me that even if it takes time, one has to go on and not give up. This is true in sports, and it is doubly true in the current struggle for the return of the abducted in Gaza."

Major results
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Road



 * 2010
 * National Junior Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2011
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2012
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2013
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2015
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotIsrael.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2016
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2017
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2018
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotIsrael.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race


 * 2019
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotIsrael.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 1st Tour of Arava
 * 6th Overall Gracia–Orlová
 * 9th Time trial, European Games


 * 2021
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotIsrael.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race


 * 2022
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 3rd Road race

Mountain biking

 * 2014
 * 2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
 * 2nd Salamina Mountain bike
 * 3rd Ma'alot Mountain bike
 * 3rd Malmédy Mountain bike


 * 2015
 * National Mountain Bike Championships
 * 1st MaillotIsrael.PNG Cross-country
 * 3rd Marathon
 * 1st Ein HaShofet Mountain bike
 * 1st Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountain bike
 * 1st Kiryat-Ata Mountain bike
 * 2nd Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountain bike
 * 2nd Haifa Mountain bike (a)
 * 3rd Haifa Mountain bike (b)