Ziv Better
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Born | 1965 or 1966 (age 58–59) Lehavot HaBashan, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ziv Better (Hebrew: זיו בטר) is an Israeli swimmer.
Better was born in Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan. During his military service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF] he served as an officer in Golani Brigade. Better was injured by a mine while attempting to rescue one of his soldiers, Doron Shaziri, while fighting in the Lebanon War. As a result of his injury he was blinded in his left eye and lost approximately 90% of his vision in his right eye. Shortly thereafter, he started swimming and soon reached a competitive level.[1][2]
By 2004, Better had participated in eight European championships, fout world championships and four Paralympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, he won two silver medals and two bronze medals, and in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, he won three bronze medals. He has competed five Summer Paralympics from 1992 to 2008.
Better works as a Systems Analyst, and is married and a father of three.
References
- ^ Etsion, Udi; Cohen, Sagi (1 June 2016). "Israeli device is eyes for vision-impaired". Ynetnews.com.
- ^ "De combatientes en el Líbano a medallistas paralímpicos" [From fighters in Lebanon to Paralympic medalists]. ynetespanol.com (in Spanish). Translated by Wichter, Tom. 26 May 2020.
External links
- Ziv Better at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ziv Better at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Living people
- Israeli male swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- S12-classified para swimmers
- Israeli sport stubs