[1] A four-time national champion, he won a gold medal for Israel in the 1989 Maccabiah Games.

[5] Kaplan was the Israeli individual all-around gymnastics champion from 1989–92, for club teams from Beer Sheva and Holon.

[2] In the 1989 Maccabiah Games, at the age of 19, Kaplan won a gold medal for Israel in the individual all-around competition.

[2] Kaplan competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1989, placing 82nd in the individual all-around.

[2] Kaplan represented Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in gymnastics at the age of 22.