Nitzan Atzmon competed for Israel and won gold medals in the men's standing

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 ...

events at the

1976 Summer Paralympics The 1976 Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 1976), branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, was the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were hosted by Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 4 t ...

, the

1980 Summer Paralympics The 1980 Summer Paralympics ( nl, Paralympische Zomerspelen 1980), branded as the Olympics for the Disabled, were the sixth Summer Paralympic Games. They were held in Arnhem, Netherlands, from 21 to 30 June 1980. Background The Soviet Union, h ...

, and the

1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, canonically the 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes ...

. He also competed in men's

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events. At the

, he won a gold medal in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

F event and a silver medal in the

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F event. At the

, he won a bronze medal in the

F event.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Israeli men's volleyball players Paralympic athletes for Israel Paralympic volleyball players for Israel Paralympic gold medalists for Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic medalists in volleyball Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic high jumpers Paralympic long jumpers Visually impaired high jumpers Visually impaired long jumpers {{Israel-Paralympic-medalist-stub

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