Hagai Zamir
Olympic medal record | ||
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Volleyball (Paralympics) | ||
1976 Toronto | Volleyball | |
1980 Arnheim | Volleyball | |
1984 New York | Volleyball | |
1988 Seoul | Volleyball | |
Volleyball World Championship | ||
1976 | Volleyball | |
1983 | Volleyball | |
1986 | Volleyball | |
1989 | Volleyball |
Hagai Zamir (1951 - ) (Hebrew: חגי זמיר) 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 was sent with his unit to the island of Shadwan as part of Operation Rhodes. Zamir and two comrades were injured by a mine. Zamir's left leg was amputated. After six months of rehabilitation he returned to the kibbutz and worked in the cotton fields. He also went back to playing volleyball, now on a team for the disabled.
Zamir is married and father of two. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[1]
Sports career
Zamir was an active member of the disabled volleyball team for 30 years, taking part in seven Paralympic Games. He is a certified volleyball and tennis coach. He has been teaching in schools since 1982 and in 1992 he also became a coach of Kfar Saba's municipal team. Several of his teams won national championships.
See also
References
- ^ Tugend, Tom. "Paralympic volleyball star made Hall-of-Famer", The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 1997. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Hagai Zamir, Israel's handicapped volleyball star, who has won nine Paralympics, World Cup and European Cup gold medals, is among nine sports personalities from five countries elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame."
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- Living people
- 1951 births
- Israeli men's volleyball players
- Volleyball coaches
- Jewish volleyball players
- Paralympic volleyball players of Israel
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Israeli amputees
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Israeli sitting volleyball players
- Men's sitting volleyball players
- Paralympic medalists in volleyball