Israel at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Israel at the Paralympic Games

Flag of Israel
IPC code  ISR
NPC Israel Sports Association for the Disabled
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors 25 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Doron Shaziri (opening)
Noam Gershony (closing)
Medals
Rank: 45		 Gold
1		 Silver
2		 Bronze
5		 Total
8
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games

Israel competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September.

The country was represented by twenty-five athletes (eighteen men and seven women), who competed in nine sports: athletics, equestrian, road cycling, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair tennis. The Israeli athletes included six-time Paralympic shooting medallist Doron Shaziri.[1][2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Noam Gershony Wheelchair tennis Quad Singles 8 September
 Silver Doron Shaziri Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 5 September
 Silver Koby Lion Cycling Men's Time Trial H1 5 September
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze		 Inbal Pezaro Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle S5
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Women's 100m freestyle S5		 30 August
1 September
8 September
 Bronze Itzhak Mamistvalov Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S2 1 September
 Bronze Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg 		Wheelchair tennis Quad Doubles 5 September

Athletics

Men’s Track and Road Events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gad Yarkoni Marathon T12 3:01:51 13

Cycling

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Koby Lion Road Race H1 LAP
Time Trial H1 35:53.30 2nd
Nati Groberg Road Race H4 2:11:58 9
Time Trial H4 27:30.04 7
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Pascale Bercovitch Road Race H4 LAP
Time Trial H4 38:49.22 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Koby Lion
Nati Groberg
Pascale Bercovitch		 Team Relay H1-4 LAP

Equestrian

Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Yonatan Dresler Ubelisk Individual Championship III 65.333 10
Individual Freestyle III 60.250 11

Rowing

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Moran Samuel Women’s Single Sculls 5:45.47 3 R 5:44.78 1 FA 5:48.67 5
Reuven Magnagey
Olga Sokolov		 Mixed Double Sculls 4:18.45 6 R 4:20.20 4 FB 4:14.90 9

Sailing

Athlete Event Race Net points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11*
Shimon Ben Yakov
Hagar Zehavi		 SKUD 18 6 7 7 5 (12) 6 5 8 4 6 N/A 64 6
Dror Cohen
Arnon Efrati
Benny Vexler		 Sonar 9 (13) 4 10 13 11 4 6 7 7 N/A 68 9

* The 11th race was cancelled due to bad weather.

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Doron Shaziri Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 1157 1 Q 1252.4 2nd
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 589 4 Q 691.8 6

Swimming

Men
Athletes Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Itzhak Mamistvalov 50m freestyle S2 1:08.73 7 Q 1:07.94 6
100m freestyle S2 2:26.55 5 Q 2:25.60 6
200m freestyle S2 N/A 4:58.53 3rd
Iad Josef Shalabi 50m freestyle S2 1:07.52 4 Q 1:07.07 5
100m freestyle S2 2:25.55 4 Q 2:24.73 5
200m freestyle S2 N/A 4:58.54 4
50m backstroke S2 1:08.37 5 Q 1:08.97 6
Yoav Valinsky 100m freestyle S6 1:14.65 14 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:34.12 11 Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6 1:34.31 9 Did not advance
200m individual medley SM6 3:03.88 11 Did not advance
Women
Athletes Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Inbal Pezaro 50m freestyle S5 39.74 5 Q 37.89 3rd
100m freestyle S5 1:25.91 5 Q 1:22.56 3rd
200m freestyle S5 2:57.14 2 Q 2:56.11 3rd
100m breaststroke SB4 1:57.95 4 Q 1:56.73 4
Inbal Schwartz 50m freestyle S6 39.02 13 Did not advance
100m freestyle S6 1:31.62 16 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:44.43 12 Did not advance
50m butterfly S6 39.26 3 Q 39.89 5
Erel Halevi 50m freestyle S7 38.30 12 Did not advance
100m freestyle S7 1:19.71 10 Did not advance
400m freestyle S7 5:48.43 9 Did not advance

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Liran Geva Individual C3  Copola (ARG)
L 0-3		  Merrien (FRA)
L 0-3		 3 N/A Did not advance
Shay Siada Individual C4  Choi (KOR)
L 0-3		  Caci (ITA)
W 3-0		 2 N/A Did not advance
Liran Geva
Shay Siada		 Team C4-5 N/A BYE France
L 0-3		 Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Noam Gershony Quad Singles  Burdekin (GBR)
W 3-6, 6-3, 6-3		  Barten (USA)
W 6-1, 6-1		  Weinberg (ISR)
W 6-0, 6-0		 N/A  Wagner (USA)
W 6-2, 6-1		 1st
Boaz Kramer Quad Singles  Polidori (ITA)
W 6-3, 6-2		  Wagner (USA)
L 3-6, 0-6		 Did not advance
Shraga Weinberg Quad Singles  Jonsson (SWE)
W 6-1, 6-2		  Norfolk (GBR)
W 3-6, 7-5, 6-0		  Gershony (ISR)
L 0-6, 0-6		  Taylor (USA)
L 6-1, 3-6, 4-6		 N/A 4
Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg		 Quad Doubles N/A  Hard,
Jonsson (SWE)
W 6-1, 6-4		  Taylor,
Wagner (USA)
L 3-6, 6-7		  Kawano,
Moroishi (JPN)
W 6-3, 6-1		 N/A 3rd

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Netanyahu Hosts Israel’s Paralympic Hopefuls", Arutz Sheva, 15 August 2012
  2. ↑ "Israel’s Paralympians harbor high hopes for London gold", Times of Israel, 15 August 2012
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