Moshe Levy (athlete)
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Moshe Levy (Hebrew: משה לוי, born 1952) is an Israeli paralympic champion.
Levy was born in Israel in 1952 and contracted polio as a young baby. In 1962 he began practicing at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, focusing on swimming and wheelchair basketball. That same year he attended for the first time the competition for swimming across the Sea of Galilee, in which he later took part for 13 consecutive years.
Over the years Levy participated in various international competitions, including seven Paralympic Games. He won 6 paralympic medals as an individual and others as a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team.[1]
In later years Levy remains active in sports and plays at "Kessem" basketball team, operated by an organization for promotion of paralympic sports. In 2003 - 2004 he coached his team.
References
- ^ "Moshe Levy - Athletics, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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- Living people
- 1952 births
- Israeli male swimmers
- Israeli men's wheelchair basketball players
- Israeli basketball coaches
- Paralympic swimmers of Israel
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of Israel
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic medalists in swimming