Ami Omer Dadaon
Ami Omer Dadaon (Hebrew: עמי עומר דדאון; sometimes written Dadon; born 26 December 2000) is an Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion swimmer. He has won seven gold medals at World Championships, and nine gold medals at European Championships. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won two gold medals and a silver medal.[4] He is competing for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, and has won one gold medal.
Early life
[edit]Dadaon was born in Haifa, Israel.[5] He was born prematurely, and had cerebral palsy from birth.[5][6] He lives in Kiryat Ata, Israel.[7]
Swimming career
[edit]Dadaon started swimming when he was six years old.[5] He began swimming at the Israel Association for Children with Disabilities as rehabilitation therapy.[6] In December 2017, he was awarded the Israeli Sports Award for Young Para Athlete of the Year.[6]
He won nine gold medals at European Championships between 2018 and 2024.[5]
Dadaon represented Israel in Swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics at 20 years of age, and won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle S4 and 200 metre freestyle S4 (an event in which he set the world record) events, and a silver medal in the 150 metre individual medley SM4 event.[8]
He won seven gold medals at World Championships in 2022 and 2023.[5]
2024-present; Paris Paralympics
[edit]He is competing for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. He won a gold medal at the games in the men’s 100-meter freestyle S4.[5] He established a new Paralympic record in the heats (with a time of 1:19.33), and has the world record (with a time of 1:18.94).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 50 M Freestyle S4". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 200 M Freestyle S4". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 150 M Individual Medley Sm4". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Ami Omer Dadaon". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ami Dadaon wins Israel’s second Paralympics gold medal after setting new record in 100m freestyle," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ a b c "Five medals to Israeli Paralympians - Malyar wins second gold," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "DADAON Ami Omer," International Paralympic Organization.
- ^ "DADAON Ami Omer". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Ami Dadaon at Wikimedia Commons
- Ami Omer Dadaon at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ami Omer Dadaon at The-Sports.org
- Ami Dadaon on Instagram
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