Avraham Keftelovitch ( he, אברהם קפטלוביץ', born 1947) is an Israeli former paralympic swimmer. At the

1964 Summer Paralympics The , originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964,

, he won four medals, three of which in para swimming: a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke swimming tournament classified as special class, a bronze medal in 50m freestyle prone special class and a second bronze medal as a member of the relay swimming team for mixed medley (alongside

Jacob Ben-Arie Jacob Ben-Arie ( he, יעקב בן-אריה, born 1950) is a former Israeli paralympic champion. Ben-Arie was affected by polio at a young age and began to practice sports at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled after it began to operat ...

and Baruch Hagai). His fourth medal, also a bronze, was as a member of Israel's wheelchair basketball team. At the

1968 Summer Paralympics The 1968 Summer Paralympics ( he, המשחקים הפאראלימפיים בקיץ 1968) were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as th ...

, he won a bronze medal in 50m freestyle swimming class 4 and a gold medal as a member of the Israeli national wheelchair basketball team. Between 1969 and 1971 he was a professional wheelchair basketball player in Bulova, New York, United States and took part in the 1970 all star game. Keftlovitch lives in Oranit.

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