The 27-year-old came through the repechage round in Rio after a quarter-final defeat, to set up a bronze medal contest against Japan’s Miku Tashiro.

She ultimately emerged as the victor in the contest to secure Israel’s first Olympic medal since Beijing 2008.

Gerbi decided to auction the name patch, which featured on the back of each judoka, following the Games.

“After winning my Olympic bronze medal I decided to sell my name patch from the thrilling moment,” Gerbi wrote on the auction website eBay.

“For several years now I cherish Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

“All profit from this auction will be used as a donation for buying important medical equipment.

“I hope that together we will raise a significant amount of money that will make this name patch much more special and meaningful to our society.

“After buying my patch, I will dedicate it to the buyer and sign it.”

A total of 87 bids were received for the name patch, before the winning $52,100 bid.

Gerbi’s team-mate Or Sasson went on to win a bronze medal in the men’s 100kg judo competition, later in the Games.

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski auctioned off his Rio 2016 Olympic silver medal following the Games to raise funds for a three-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer. 

The 33-year-old is helping Olek Szymanski, who has retinoblastoma - an eye cancer that usually affects children under the age of five - to go to New York for treatment.

It has been reported that an operation for the youngster costs more than $125,000 (£95,000/€112,000).