Itzhak Mamistvalov is an Israeli Paralympic

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. Mamistvalov was born with

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, and uses his right hand only when swimming. Classified S1, the class for swimmers with the most severe disabilities, he competes in S1 and S2 events. Mamistvalov represented Israel at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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, where he won two gold medals and one silver, and set two Paralympic records. In August 2008, Mamistvalov was involved in a car accident. His car went off the road into a crowded bus stop and killed two people and also severely injured a third person, causing her to lose her right arm. Because of the accident he missed the

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. In July 2010 he was convicted of

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, but was spared of prison sentence because of his severe disability. , Mamistvalov is IPC World Record holder in the S1 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events.

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