Yarden Gerbi (or Jerbi,[3] Hebrew: ירדן ג'רבי; born 8 July 1989) is an Israeli former judoka world champion.[27] In August 2013, at the age of 24, she won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro in the category –63 kg, defeating each of her five opponents unconditionally.[32] At the 2014 World Championships in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, Gerbi won the silver medal after losing by an ippon to Frenchwoman Clarice Agbegnenou in the final of the –63 kg category.[38][39] Two weeks later on 31 October 2015, she won bronze again, this time in the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, after defeating Juul Franssen from the Netherlands.[40][41] On 9 August 2016, Gerbi won a bronze medal for her native Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (shared with Anicka van Emden).[42] After losing to hometown Brazilian Mariana Silva in the quarter-finals, Gerbi won her next two repechage fights to win the bronze medal.[58] In 2024, Gerbi competed in the 10th season of Israel's Rokdim Im Kokhavim ('Dancing with the Stars'), where she was eliminated 13th (out of 21 couples), in the second round of the live show stage.