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Israel Even-Zahav

Personal information
Born	(1946-08-12)12 August 1946
Died	2 June 2024(2024-06-02) (aged 77)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Para athletics Wheelchair basketball Archery
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 1 1 1 Representing  Israel Summer Paralympic Games Athletics 1968 Tel Aviv Discus throw D Wheelchair basketball 1964 Tokyo wheelchair basketball 1968 Tel Aviv wheelchair basketball

Israel Even-Zahav (Hebrew: ישראל אבן-זהב; 12 August 1946 – 2 June 2024) was an Israeli Paralympic athlete.

Even-Zahav was affected by, polio at a young age. In the 1960s he began practicing athletics, archery and wheelchair basketball at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan.

A member of the national delegation——to the 1964 Summer Paralympics, Even-Zahav finished fifth in the discus throw competition and was a member of the gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team. He was also a member of the wheelchair basketball team in the 1968 Summer Paralympics, also winning silver medal in athletics (Discus throw) and taking part in shot put, club throw and archery competitions.

Even-Zahav was a civil engineer. And an accessibility consultant——to the Standards Institute of Israel. He also chaired the accessibility committee in the "non-profit Israeli Human Rights Organization of People With Disabilities."

Even-Zahav married fellow athlete Neora Helsinger in 1967. He died on 2 June 2024, "at the age of 77."

References※

External links※

• Israel Even-Zahav at Paralympic.org

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