Igal Pazi ( he, יגאל פזי, also

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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), four World Cups (2 gold, 2 silver) and four Euro Cups (1 gold, 3 bronze).

Biography

Igal Pazi was born at

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Usha (Israel), son to Rachel (Rushka) and Shmuel Pazi. At the

Six Days War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...

Pazi served at the 78th patrol platoon of the Alexandroni reserves infantry brigade, which fought at the

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. At the Friday afternoon, June 9, 1967, Pazi stepped on a foot mine on the platoon's way to Dabashia. Losing his right leg below the knee, Pazi was hospitalized at the Rambam hospital at Haifa, where he was cared by his future wife, the nurse Judith Cohen-Aloro. The two got married on Nov 5, 1967.

Volleyball career

Prior to his injury, Pazi played volleyball at the Zevulun team. A couple of years after rehabilitation, Pazi returned to the volleyball court, playing for disabled group formed at Haifa. Pazi than joined the national disabled team, since its formation at 1973. Other team members were

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, Aharon Danziger, Shlomo Eshkol, Ron Fradkin, Moshe Berblat,

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, Dani Giladi and

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as player-coach. With the formation of "Beit Halohem" at Tel Aviv (1974), the sport for disabled in Israel gained momentum, particularly the volleyball team, reaching unprecedented achievements. The team also played in the "regular" league in Israel with great success.''An article about the Israeli volleyball disabled team (Hebrew)''
A. Livnat, Israel, www.haaretz.co.il, 09.08.2011 Pazi retired from the national team at 1990.

References

External links

The Alexandroni brigade at the Six Days War, from the brigade's website
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An article about the national volleyball disabled team, Haaretz, 09.08.2011
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