Jacob Ben-Arie

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Israel
Summer Paralympic Games
Swimming
Gold 1964 Tokyo 25m breaststroke
Bronze 1964 Tokyo medley relay
Silver 1968 Tel Aviv 50m breaststroke
Wheelchair basketball)
Bronze 1964 Tokyo wheelchair basketball
Gold 1968 Tel Aviv wheelchair basketball
Silver 1972 Heidelberg wheelchair basketball
Stoke Mandeville Games
Swimming
Gold 1966 50m breaststroke
Gold 1966 3X50 medley relay
Silver 1967 breaststroke
Wheelchair basketball)
Gold 1966 wheelchair basketball
Gold 1967 wheelchair basketball
European Championships
Gold 1978 France basketball

Jacob Ben-Arie (Hebrew: יעקב בן אריה‎) is a former Israeli paralympic champion.

Ben-Arie was born in 1950 in Kibbutz Na'an, grandson of Yerachmiel Tzimbal. Shortly after he was born the family moved to live in Kibbutz Gesher, where he was affected by polio in 1952. In 1960 the family moved Givatayim, where he began in 1962 to practice sports at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.

Between 1968 - 1976, Ben-Arie completed a degree in Biology at Tel Aviv University and studied for MA in Psychology and Biomechanics at New York University. Alongside his studies he continued to practice in swimming, wheelchair basketball and athletics. Throughout the years he took part in several Stoke Mandeville Games and Paralympic Games.

Beginning in 1978, Ben-Arie worked at "Telrad" telecommunications company. Promoted to the rank of deputy CEO, he retired in 1998. Appointed in 2002 as director of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, he held the position until 2011.

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