Israel Even-Zahav
Appearance
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Summer Paralympic Games | ||
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1968 Tel Aviv | discus |
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1964 Tokyo | wheelchair basketball |
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1968 Tel Aviv | wheelchair basketball |
Israel Even-Zahav (Hebrew: ישראל אבן-זהב) is a former Paralympic athlete from Israel.
Even-Zahav was affected by polio at a young age. In the 1960s he began practicing in athletics, archery and wheelchair basketball at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan.
A member of the national delegation to the 1964 Summer Paralympics, Even-Zahav finished fifth in the discus throw competition and was a member of the gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team. He was also a member of the wheelchair basketball team in the 1968 Summer Paralympics, also winning a silver medal in athletics (Discus throw) and taking part in shot put, club throw and archery competitions.
He married fellow athlete Neora Helsinger in 1967 .
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