Ami Dadaon wins Israel’s second Paralympics gold medal after setting new record in 100m freestyle
Dadaon won a gold medal and set the Paralympic record in an event in which he also owns the world record
Dadaon won a gold medal and set the Paralympic record in an event in which he also owns the world record
Yasur’s gold is Israel’s 385th total medal in the Games, dating back to the inaugural Summer Paralympics in 1960
Israel has won 384 medals at the Paralympics dating back to 1960.
Berdichevsky, the No. 41 ranked men’s wheelchair tennis player in the world, hid with his family for 14 hours as Hamas attacked their kibbutz on Oct. 7
(JTA) — Jewish American Ian Seidenfeld upset the world No. 1 to win gold in table tennis at the Tokyo Paralympics. The 20-year-old has now followed the footsteps of his father Mitchell, a four-time Paralympic table tennis medalist who won gold in Barcelona in 1992. The elder Seidenfeld now coaches the Team USA Paralympics table…
(JTA) — In his first Paralympic Games, 21-year-old Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar has made history: He won gold for Team Israel and set a new world record in the men’s 200-meter individual medley (SM7) category. Malyar swam the race in a time of 2:29.01. The SM7 category includes swimmers who have limited leg function, or…
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli athlete Doron Shaziri won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympic Games, Israel’s second medal at the games so far. Shaziri won the medal Monday in men’s R7-50m Rifle 3 Positions, coming behind Laslo Suranji of Serbia, who took gold, and Abdulla Sultan Alaryani of the United Arab Emirates,…
At age 17, Pascale Bercovitch was running for a train to school in Angers, France when she slipped onto the tracks and was run over, eventually losing both of her legs. But she refused to wallow in depression — and 32 years later the Israeli woman is competing for the third time at the Paralympics,…
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