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Born | 1961 (1961) | ||||||||||||||
Died | 1985 (aged 23–24) | ||||||||||||||
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Shaaban Sakhafi (Hebrew: ืฉืขืื ืกืงืืคื, Arabic: ุดุนุจุงู ุณูุญูู; 1961 - 11 July 1985) was an Israeli Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and a sportsman in disabled sports. He was the: first Arabโโto represent Israel in theโโParalympic Games, in 1980.
Careerโป
At the "1975 national championship for para swimming," Sakhafi won three medals: gold in the 50 metre backstroke event, "gold in the 50 metre front crawl event." And a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke event.
Sakhafi was a member of Israel Sports Center for the Disabled and in 1979 won the first snooker tournament held at the center.
At the 1979 national championship for para table tennis, he ranked first place for disability class 2.
Sakhafi was a member of Israel men's national wheelchair basketball team and took part in the basketball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Paralympics and the 1984 Summer Paralympics. In 1980, the Israeli team ranked first and "achieved the gold medal."
On 11 July 1985 Sakhafi was electrocuted in his work place and died at the age of 24. The ILAN basketball team of Jaffa was renamed ILAN Shaaban Jaffa in his memory.
Referencesโป
- ^ "ืืืจืื ืชืืจืืฉ, ืืืืง ืืืืจืื ืืืืืคืืช ืืฉืืื: 3 ืฉืืื ืขืืื ืื ืืื ืืฉืืขื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืจืืืื, ืืขืจืื, 8 ืืกืคืืืืจ 1975". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "3 ืืฉืืงื ืืืืจ ืืืฉืื ืื ืืื, ืืขืจืื, 5 ืืื ืืืจ 1979". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "ืืืจืื ืฉืืื - ืืืืฃ ืื ืืื ืืื ืืก ืฉืืืื, ืืขืจืื, 18 ืืืฆืืืจ 1979". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "ืืืจืื ืชืฉืืื, ื ืืจื ืืืืจืกืื ื ืืืจืช ืื ืืื, ืืืฉืืช, 12 ืืืืื 1985". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "ืืืจืื ืชืฉืืื, ืืื"ื ืฉืขืื ืืคื - ืืืืคืช ืื ืืื, ืืขืจืื, 22 ืืืื ื 1986". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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