Israel at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Israel at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo
Competitors	20 in 5 sports
Medals Rank: 7th	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 11	Total 21
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Israel participated in the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. 20 Israeli athletes won seven gold medals, three silver and eleven bronze, enabling their country to finish 7th on the medal table.

The Israeli delegation was composed of ten IDF veterans and ten athletes of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled. Other excelling athletes were banned from participating due to indecent behavior. The delegation was headed by Mr. Arieh Fink, head of the rehabilitation department of the Israel Ministry of Defense, and accompanied by Mr. Gershon Huberman, director of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled. Further members of the delegation were basketball coaches Shimon Shelah and Jacob Hendelsman, Mrs. Edna Medalia and two medical nurses.

In the 1964 Summer Paralympic Games, Israel participated for the first time in the weightlifting field, following Shalom Dalugatch's achievement of criteria by breaking the previous Paralympics' record. Delegation member Israel Even-Sahav was the sole athlete, of all participating states, asked to take part in rehearsals to the opening ceremony.

The delegation's travel expenses were divided in accordance with its composition: The IDF veterans were sponsored by the Ministry of Defense, sports organizations, the Olympic Committee and the athletes themselves, while the Center's athletes were sponsored by Japanese parties, most prominently by businessman Saul Eisenberg.

The eldest member of the delegation was Michael Ben-Naftali (40) and the youngest Jacob Ben-Arie (14).

Israel was ranked 7th on the medal table, winning seven gold medals, three silver and 11 bronze and achieving three world records.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mishani, BatiaBatia Mishani	Athletics	Javelin	-
Gold	Rosenbaum, ZiporaZipora Rosenbaum	Athletics	Shot Put	-
Gold	Ben-Arie, JacobJacob Ben-Arie	Swimming	25 m breaststroke	-
Gold	Hagai, BaruchBaruch Hagai	Swimming	50 m breaststroke	-
Gold	Mishani, BatiaBatia Mishani	Swimming	50 m freestyle	-
Gold	Hagai, BaruchBaruch Hagai	Table Tennis	singles	-
Gold	Dalugatch, ShalomShalom Dalugatch	Weightlifting	-	-
Silver	Keftelovich, AvrahamAvraham Keftelovich	Swimming	50 m breaststroke	-
Silver	Rosenbaum, ZiporaZipora Rosenbaum	Swimming	50 m freestyle	-
Silver	Mishani, BatiaBatia Mishani	Table Tennis	singles	-
Bronze	Mishani, BatiaBatia Mishani	Athletics	Shot Put	-
Bronze	Rosenbaum, ZiporaZipora Rosenbaum	Athletics	Discus Throw	-
Bronze	Rosenbaum, ZiporaZipora Rosenbaum	Athletics	Javelin	-
Bronze	Keftelovich, AvrahamAvraham Keftelovich	Swimming	50 m freestyle	-
Bronze	Rosenbaum, ZiporaZipora Rosenbaum	Swimming	mixed medley	-
Bronze	Men team	Wheelchair Basketball	Group A	-
Bronze	Men team	Wheelchair Basketball	Group B	-
Bronze	Escapa, MichalMichal Escapa	Table Tennis	singles	-
Bronze	Sharav, JosephJoseph Sharav	Table Tennis	singles	-
Bronze	Baruch Hagai and Yitzhak Galitzki	Table Tennis	doubles	-
Bronze	Batia Mishani and Zipora Rosenbaum	Table Tennis	doubles	-

Athletes

• IDF veterans:

1. Michael Ben-Naftali
2. Shmuel Ben-Zakai
3. Zvi Ben-Zvi
4. Reuven Hebron
5. Simcha Lustig
6. Menachem Morba
7. Avraham Mushraki
8. Joseph Sharav
9. Yoel Singer
10. Dan Wagner

• Israel Sports Center for the Disabled representatives:

1. Jacob Ben-Arie
2. Shalom Dalugatch
3. Michal Escapa
4. Israel Even-Sahav
5. Yitzhak Galitzki
6. Israel Globus
7. Baruch Hagai
8. Avraham Keftelovich
9. Batia Mishani
10. Zipora Rosenbaum

See also

• 1964 Summer Paralympics
• Israel at the Paralympics
• Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• Israeli Paralympic Committee

References