40 athletes (37 men and 3 women) from

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

competed at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

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Medalists

Athletes

* Athletics: Ziv Bar-Shira, Yogev Kenzi,

Nachman Wolf Nachman Wolf (1951 – 15 February 2022) was an Israeli Paralympic track and field, athlete who competed mainly in category F41 throw events. Biography Wolf competed at a total of five Paralympics for Israel, his first games in Stok ...

* Equestrianism: Uri Basha, Sivan Mor, Eyal Shachar, Itai Zuck * Lawn bowls: Itzhak Baranes, Tami Carmeli, Akiva Farber * Shooting: Yehoram Ben-Haim, Eli Chabara, Avraham Hadasi,

Doron Shaziri 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 recruit while patrolling Israeli-Lebanon border where he tried to rescue his c ...

* Swimming: Shlomi Ayger, Ziv Better, Ron Bolotin, Hanoch Budin, Yizhar Cohen, Uriel Mozes, Eran Shemesh * Table tennis: Shlomo Aharoni, Eliyahu Atiya,

Zeev Glikman Zeev Glikman ( he, זאב גליקמן, born 4 August 1958) is an Israeli para table tennis player. He competed in five Summer Games ( 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went ba ...

, Sagi Zuckerman * Volleyball: Ronen Avivi, Yair Ben-Dor, Jaime Fayntuch, Nissim Franco, Gil Haba,

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 F.C., Hapoel Petah Tikva youth footbal ...

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 ...

, Chen Tzur,

Hagai Zamir Hagai Zamir ( he, חגי זמיר, born 1951) is an Israeli paralympic volleyball champion. Biography Hagai Zamir was born on Kibbutz Zikim. He served with the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade. On January 2, 1970, during the War of Attrition, Zamir w ...

* Weightlifting: Baruch Masami, Dotan Meishar * Wheelchair tennis: Tikva Aharoni, Gill Naor, Eyal Sartov, Kinneret Wallach

References

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