Israel at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Israel at the Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 in 11 sports | |||||||||
| Officials | 15 | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Yizhar Cohen | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 53  | 
Gold 0  | 
Silver 5  | 
Bronze 1  | 
Total 6  | 
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| Paralympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
| Summer Games | ||||||||||
Israel sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Israel sent 42 athletes, who competed in 11 sports: archery, athletics, basketball, cycling, equestrian, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis. The country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony was Yizhar Cohen, who won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.[1]
Medalists
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 Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Rank | ||
| Amit Dror | Men's Individual Recurve – W1/W2 | 557 | 23 | L 88–92  | 
Did not advance | ||||
 Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Events | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Beza Nebeva | Men's Marathon – T12 | 3:21:07 | 23 | 
 Basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Men
 
| Squad list | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Rank 5-8 | Rank 5-6 | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result  | 
Rank | Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | ||
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L 53–76  | 
4 Q |   L 47–55  | 
  W 20–0  | 
  L 54–63  | 
Did not advance | 6 | |
W 80–41  | ||||||||
W 73–60  | ||||||||
L 59–66  | ||||||||
L 67–82  | ||||||||
- Pool B
 
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 346 | 291 | 55 | |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 388 | 247 | 141 | |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 334 | 271 | 63 | |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 332 | 325 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 291 | 358 | -67 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 203 | 402 | -199 | 
- Qualified for quarterfinals
 
 Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Israel's squad included 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Nati Gruber | Men's Individual Road Race – HC C | Did not participate after he was injured in a road accident  | |
| Men's Individual Time Trial – HC C | |||
 Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | 
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| Omer Ben-Dor | Lennox | Ind. Championship Test – Grade Ib | 63.048 | 9 | 
| Ind. Freestyle Test – Grade Ib | 61.501 | 13 | 
 Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final B | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank (Overall) | Time | Rank | ||
| Pascale Bercovitch | Women's Single Sculls – A | 6:12.32 | 4 R | 7:06.20 | 4 | 7:02.43 | 2 (8) | Did not advance | |
| Eli Nawi | Men's Single Sculls – A | 5:25.06 | 2 R | 5:49.30 | 2 Q | N/A | 5:26.03 | ||
| Mari Kogan Igor Kogan  | 
Mixed Double Sculls – TA | 4:43.53 | 5 R | 5:03.38 | 4 | 4:50.43 | 4 (10) | Did not advance | |
| Anastasia Dobrovolski Shir Kalmanovitz Reuven Magnagey Andrew Zuhbaia Cox: Genady Sapoznikov  | 
Mixed Coxed Four – LTA | 3:58.75 | 6 R | 4:13.39 | 5 | 4:15.43 | 6 (12) | Did not advance | |
- WB : World's best time
 - Q : qualified for final
 - R : qualified for repechage
 
 Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete(s) | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Dror Cohen Arnon Efrati Benny Vexler  | 
Sonar – Three-Person Keelboat | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 5 | ||
Note: The points are totaled from the best 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better.
 Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Doron Shaziri | Men's R7–50m Free Rifle 3x40 – SH1 | 1,158 | 2 | 1,259.9 | |
| Mixed R6–50m Free Rifle Prone – SH1 | 586 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
 Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Final | ||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ziv Better | Men's 100 m freestyle – S12 | 1:01.13 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 50 m freestyle – S12 | 27.35 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| Izhar Cohen | Men's 100 m freestyle – S11 | 1:06.71 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 50 m freestyle – S11 | 28.66 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Keren Leybovich | Women's 100 m backstroke – S8 | 1.22.99 | 5 | 1:21.34 | 4 | 
| Lioz Amar | Men's 100 m breaststroke – SB4 | 1:42.11 | 6 | 1:42.50 | 8 | 
| Inbal Pezaro | Women's 100 m freestyle – S5 | 1:22.89 | 4 | 1:21.57 | |
| Women's 200 m freestyle – S5 | 2:53.94 | 1 | 2:49.51 | ||
| Women's 100 m breaststroke – SB4 | 2:01.28 | 1 | 1:57.75 | ||
| Women's 50 m freestyle – S6 | 38.54 | 4 | 38.69 | 4 | |
| Inbal Schwartz | Women's 100 m backstroke – S6 | 1:48.14 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 50 m butterfly – S6 | 40.79 | 3 | 41.05 | 5 | |
| Iyad Shalabi | Men's 200 m freestyle – S2 | 5:41.04 | 8 | 5:34.47 | 6 | 
| Men's 100 m freestyle – S2 | 2:38.80 | 8 | 2:37.66 | 8 | |
| Men's 50 m freestyle – S2 | 1:14.55 | 6 | 1:10.51 | 4 | |
| Men's 50 m backstroke – S2 | 1:13.28 | 5 | 1:10.88 | 4 | |
Key: WR=World record; PR=Paralympic record
 Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete(s) | Event | Group matches | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match | Finals | Rank | |
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| Opposition Result  | 
Rank | Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | |||
| Zeev Glikman Shmuel Shur  | 
Men's Team  Class 6–8  | 
N/A | W 3–0  | 
W 3–1  | 
L 0–3  | 
L 2–3  | 
Did not advance | 4 | |
| Liran Geva | Men's Individual  Class 3  | 
W 3–1  | 
1 Q | L 0–3  | 
Did not advance | 9–10 | |||
W 3–1  | |||||||||
| David Altaraz | Men's Individual  Class 9–10  | 
L 2–3  | 
3 | Did not advance | 21–30 | ||||
L 0–3  | |||||||||
| Zeev Glikman | Men's Individual  Class 8  | 
W 3–1  | 
2 | Did not advance | 5–8 | ||||
L 2–3  | |||||||||
W 3–2  | |||||||||
| Shmuel Shur | Men's Individual  Class 7  | 
L 0–3  | 
4 | Did not advance | 13–16 | ||||
L 0–3  | |||||||||
L 1–3  | |||||||||
 Tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
| Athlete(s) | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank | 
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| Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | 
Opposition Result  | |||
| Shraga Weinberg | Mixed Quad Singles | N/A | W 6–2 6–4  | 
L 2–6 2–6  | 
Did not advance | 5–8 | |
| Boaz Kramer | Mixed Quad Singles | N/A | L 3–6 3–6  | 
Did not advance | 9–16 | ||
| Ilanit Fridman | Women's Singles | W 6–4 6–0  | 
L 1–6 3–6 6–4  | 
Did not advance | 9–16 | ||
| Shraga Weinberg Boaz Kramer  | 
Mixed Quad Doubles | N/A | Jansson (SWE) W 6–2 6–4  | 
Norfolk (GBR) W 6–4 6–4  | 
Wagner (USA) L 0–6 6–4 2–6  | 
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See also
External links
- Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
 - International Paralympic Committee
 - Israeli Paralympic Committee
 
References
- ↑ "Israeli Paralympic Committee chief expects great Beijing Paralympics", Xinhua, September 3, 2008
 
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