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Khamis Zaqout
Khamis Zaquot (born 6 December 1965 in Gaza Strip) is a Palestinian paralympic athlete. en la base de datos del Comité Paralímpico Internacional. Personal life He has nine children. He was injured in 1992 after falling while working on a construction site in Israel, and has been using a wheelchair since then. From there he began his sports career. After receiving treatment for several years a rehabilitation center in Ramallah, by 2012 he was residing in a refugee camp in Khan Younis. In 2011 he was the focus of a documentary produced by the British television channel Channel, which presented the Paralympic athletes of Gaza. Sports career He started practicing swimming and basketball (where he became captain of the Palestinian team), until he approached athletics. In 2012 he trained in a park in the city of Gaza. He participated in the 1998 world championship, finishing second in discus throwing, fourth in javelin throwing and fifth in shot put. He has participated in As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ ' , he, רצועת עזה, ), or simply Gaza, is a State of Palestine, Palestinian Enclave and exclave, exclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The smaller of the two Palestinian territories, it borders Egypt on the southwest for and Israel on the east and north along a border. Together, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank make up the State of Palestine, while being under Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli military occupation since 1967. The territories of Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory. Both fell under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Authority, but the Strip is governed by Hamas, a militant, fundamentali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
