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Mark Malyar
מארק מליאר
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24)
Haifa, Israel
Home townKiryat Motzkin, Israel
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportPara swimming
DisabilityCerebral Palsy[1]
Disability classS7, SB6, SM7[1]
ClubIlan Sport Center[1]
Coached byJacob Beninson[1]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 2 0 2
World Championships 1 1 4
European Championships 1 3 3
Total 4 4 9
Representing  Israel
Men's para swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200m medley SM7[2]
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 400m freestyle S7[3]
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100m backstroke S7[4]
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 100 m backstroke S8
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 400m freestyle S7
Silver medal – second place 2019 London 200m medley S7
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City 100m backstroke S8
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City 100m breaststroke SB7
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 100m breaststroke SB7
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 200m medley SM8
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Funchal 100m backstroke S7
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dublin 400m freestyle S7
Silver medal – second place 2020 Funchal 200m medley SM7
Silver medal – second place 2020 Funchal 100m breaststroke SB6
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dublin 100m backstroke S7
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dublin 100m breaststroke SB6
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Funchal 400m freestyle S7

Mark Malyar (Hebrew: מארק מליאר; born 5 March 2000) is an Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion para swimmer.[5] As of 2024, he had won four world championships and set four world records. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won two gold medals while setting two world records. He competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, and won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre backstroke S8.

Early life

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Malyar was born with cerebral palsy at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, Israel.[6] His parents are Alex and Diana, and he has an identical twin brother, Ariel Malyar, who is also a Paralympic swimmer and also competed in the Tokyo Paralympics and is competing in the Paris Paralympics.[6] He grew up in Kiryat Motzkin, Israel.[7][8]

Swimming career

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Malyar began swimming at age 5 with his brother as part of hydrotherapy treatment.[6] Later, he joined the ILAN Haifa swimming team. [6] He trains at the ILAN pool in Kiryat Haim, and is coached by Yaakov Benenson.[6] He was named the 2017 Athlete of the Year by the Israeli Paralympic Committee.[9]

At the 2017 World Championships in Mexico, at 17 years of age, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.[10] At the 2018 European Championships in Dublin he won the silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and bronze medals in both the 100-meter breaststroke and the 100-meter backstroke.[10] At the 2019 World Championships in London, he won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle (setting a new world record of 4:33.64), and the silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley.[10]

Malyar represented Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics at 21 years of age, and won gold medals in the 200 metre individual medley SM7 (in 2:29.01) and the 400 m freestyle S7 (in 4:31.06), setting new world records in both, and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke S7.[1] He said: "I’m happy that I succeeded..., I’m very tired. I didn’t feel that I was even going that fast, but it worked and my body is just about done."[7]

2024–present; Paris Paralympics

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As of August 2024, he held world records in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley, and had won four world championship medals.[11]

He competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Malyar won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre backstroke S8.[12] He dedicated his medal to the Israel Defense Forces soldiers fighting to protect Israel, and said: "I want to thank the soldiers and everyone who protects us, thanks to them we can train and we can get to this point, we’re able to live thanks to them."[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Mark Malyar". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 200 M Individual Medley Sm7". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 400 M Freestyle S7". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 100 M Backstroke S7". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Mark Malyar". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Israeli Swimmer Mark Malyar Wins 2nd Gold Medal, Breaks World Record in Paralympic Games," Jewish Press.
  7. ^ a b "Shattering another world record, swimmer Mark Malyar wins his second Tokyo gold," The Times of Israel.
  8. ^ "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris," Ynet.
  9. ^ "Israeli Paralympic swimmer wins gold, sets world record in Tokyo Games," Ynet.
  10. ^ a b c "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris," Ynet.
  11. ^ "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris," Ynet.
  12. ^ "Israel’s Mark Malyar wins bronze medal in swimming at Paralympic games," The Times of Israel.
  13. ^ "Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far," The Times of Israel.
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