Hagai Zamir ( he, חגי זמיר, born 1951) is an Israeli

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volleyball champion.

Biography

Hagai Zamir was born on

Kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Zikim Zikim ( he, זִיקִים) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1949 on lan ...

. He served with the

IDF IDF or idf may refer to: Defence forces * Irish Defence Forces * Israel Defense Forces *Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006 * Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917 Organizations * Israeli Diving Federation * Interac ...

Paratroopers Brigade The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...

. On January 2, 1970, during the

War of Attrition The War of Attrition ( ar, حرب الاستنزاف, Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; he, מלחמת ההתשה, Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from ...

, Zamir was sent with his unit to the island of

Shadwan Shadwan () is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and 20 miles northeast of El Gouna. It is the largest of a group of islands in the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the northern Red ...

as part of

Operation Rhodes Operation Rhodes ( he, מבצע רודוס) was an Israeli heliborne raid against the Egyptian island of Shadwan on 22 January 1970, during the War of Attrition. It was carried out by Israeli paratroopers and Shayetet 13 naval commandos, who too ...

. Zamir and two comrades were injured by a mine. Zamir's left leg was amputated. After six months of rehabilitation he returned to the kibbutz and worked in the

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fields. He also went back to playing

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, now on a team for the disabled. Zamir is married and father of two. He was inducted into the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

in 1997.Tugend, Tom
"Paralympic volleyball star made Hall-of-Famer"
, ''

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'', December 1, 1997. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Hagai Zamir, Israel's handicapped volleyball star, who has won nine Paralympics, World Cup and European Cup gold medals, is among nine sports personalities from five countries elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame."

Sports career

Zamir was an active member of the disabled volleyball team for 30 years, taking part in seven

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. He is a certified volleyball and tennis coach. He has been teaching in schools since 1982 and in 1992 he also became a coach of

Kfar Saba Kfar Saba ( he, כְּפַר סָבָא), officially Kefar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 110,456, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba i ...

's municipal team. Several of his teams won national championships.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zamir, Hagai 1951 births Living people Israeli amputees Israeli men's volleyball players Israeli sitting volleyball players Men's sitting volleyball players Volleyball coaches Jewish volleyball players Paralympic gold medalists for Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic volleyball players of Israel Paralympic medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics People from Southern District (Israel)

Biography

Sports career

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