Doron Shaziri ( he, דורון שזירי; born 21 February 1967) is an Israeli Paralympic shooter.

Early life

In 1987, Shaziri was working as an

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

recruit while patrolling Israeli-Lebanon border where he tried to rescue his comrades but was hit by a mine. After the incident, he went to a

military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a ...

where he was given a prosthetic leg. In 1994, he realized that he is a good

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and even set up his own business where he was busy constructing

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s for injured vets.

Career

In 2012, he was selected to be a flag bearer at the

2012 Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Game ...

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; he also won a silver medal at these games. Prior to the London Paralympics, he also won silver and bronze medals in such competitions as the

1996 Atlanta The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, 2000 Sydney,

2004 Athens The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.

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* * * 1967 births Living people Israeli male sport shooters Paralympic shooters for Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Paralympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Israel-sportshooting-bio-stub