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 ...

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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 ...

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

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sitting volleyball Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game. History Sitting volleyball was inve ...

events for men.

Medal summary

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International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...

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Moshe Barbalat Moshe Barbalat (born 1932) is a retired Israeli paralympic athlete and decorated war hero. He was also a rapist who brutally raped a 16 year old Palestinian girl in Tantura, 1948. Barbalat did his national service in the Israel Defense Forces in ...

Aharon Danziger Aharon Danziger is an Israeli volleyball player, who competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, the 1980 Summer Paralympics, the 1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, can ...

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Eliezer Kalina Eliezer Kalina ( he, אליעזר קלינה, 25 March 1948 – 29 April 2007) was an Israeli paralympic champion. Kalina began practicing sports at the age of 10. He was a member of Hapoel Petah Tikva youth football team and, simultaneousl ...

Zvi Karsh Zvi Karsh competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Summer Paralympics, 1988 Summer Paralympics, and 1992 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Israeli team, he won gold medals in 1980 and 1984 and a ...

Yigal Pazi Igal Pazi ( he, יגאל פזי, also transliterated Yigal Pazi, born 31 December 1939) is as an Israeli Paralympic medalist, who was a member of the Israeli volleyball team between 1973 and 1990. He won four Paralympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver) ...

Eliyahu Unger Eliyahu Unger competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Summer Paralympics, and 1988 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Israeli team, he won gold medals in 1980 and 1984 and a silver medal in 1988. ...

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Medal table

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References

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

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