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Ami Omer Dadaon and Gal Hamrani, Flag Bearers of Team Israel, parade with their national flag during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on Sept. 8, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images for IPC.
Israel breaks 20-year record with 10 Paralympic medals
Israel also made history with its first Paralympic medals in both taekwondo and goalball—its first medal in a team sport in 36 years.
JNS Staff
Sept. 9, 2024
Ami Omer Dadaon of Team Israel competes in the Men's 100m Freestyle S4 heat on day two of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena on Aug. 30, 2024 in Nanterre, France.  Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images.
WATCH: Israeli swimmer wins Paralympic gold
Ami Omer Dadaon's triumph in 100m freestyle brings Israel's total Paralympic medal count to 385.
Miri Weissman
Sept. 1, 2024
Eden Golan, Israel’s Eurovision star, at the Israel Day on Fifth parade, June 2, 2024. Credit: Shulamit, courtesy of UJA.
Eden Golan in Paris to support Israelis in Paralympic Games
Having recently faced antisemitism in France, the Eurovision contestant seeks to boost the morale of her country's special athletes.
Oren Aharoni
Aug. 28, 2024
Former IAF pilot Noam Gershony meets Magen David Adom paramedic Shimon Eliyah Abitbul, March 26, 2023. Credit: MDA.
Former IDF pilot meets paramedic who saved his life during 2006 war
Shimon Eliyah Abitbul pulled Capt. Noam Gershony from the wreckage and stabilized his condition after his helicopter crashed.
March 26, 2023
Sheina Vaspi. Credit: Courtesy of International Paralympic Committee.
Israeli athlete withdraws from Paralympics slalom after race moved to Shabbat
She still made history, becoming the first Israeli to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games when she finished the women’s giant slalom.
March 11, 2022
Sheina Vaspi. Credit: Courtesy of International Paralympic Committee.
Israel’s first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier
Sheina Vaspi, 20, is making history for Israel, first at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Lillehammer and in March at the Paralympics in Beijing.
Abigail Klein Leichman  
Jan. 23, 2022
Asaf Yasur, Israel’s first para taekwondo world champion. Photo by Yair Glazer.
Israeli double amputee, 19, wins world para Taekwondo gold
Asaf Yasur is Israel’s first para taekwondo gold medalist, besting five other contestants in the under-121 pound category.
Abigail Klein Leichman
Dec. 13, 2021
Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar finishes his gold-medal event, Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Lilach Weiss/IPC.
Two more gold and two silver bring Israel’s Paralympic medal count to five
The second Israeli to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, Mark Malyar was born with cerebral palsy as was his twin, also a Paralympic swimmer.
Abigail Klein Leichman and JNS staff
Aug. 29, 2021
Iyad Shalabi in the pool, shortly after winning the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke final. Credit: Isaacson Foundation.
Israel wins first gold in Tokyo Paralympic Games
Iyad Shalabi swam the 100-meter backstroke in 2:28.04, becoming the first Arab Israeli ever to win the top prize.
Aug. 25, 2021