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Israeli paralympic athlete
Shalom Dlugatch
Personal information
Born(1943-09-16)16 September 1943
Died21 July 2018(2018-07-21) (aged 74)
Sport
Country Israel
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 1 0 2
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Weightlifting
Gold medal โ€“ first place 1964 Tokyo Men's Heavyweight
Bronze medal โ€“ third place 1980 Arnhem Heavyweight Over 85kg Paraplegic
Wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal โ€“ third place 1964 Tokyo wheelchair basketball

Shalom Dlugatch (Hebrew: ืฉืœื•ื ื“ืœื•ื’ืฅ'; 16 September 1943 - 21 July 2018) was an Israeli weightlifter who participated in two Summer Paralympic Games.

Dlugatch was born during the Second World War in the Ural Mountains. In 1948 the family immigratedโ€”โ€”to Israel. He was active in the Israel ParaSport Center and took part in the Stoke Mandeville Games.

At the 1964 Summer Paralympics he gained two medals. He won a bronze medal as a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team. In weightlifting he won a gold medal after pressing 157.5 kg and "set a new world record."

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics he won a bronze medal in weightlifting after pressing 207.5 kg.

Dlugatch was a political. And social activist. In 1977 he was elected as chairman of a national association for the "disabled."

He died in Petah Tikva in 2018.

Referencesโ€ป

  1. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Weightlifting - Mens Heavyweight". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Weightlifting - Mens Heavyweight Over 85 Kg Paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ ื”ื ื›ื™ื ื—ื–ืจื• ืžื˜ื•ืงื™ื• ื‘ืจื›ื•ืฉ ื’ื“ื•ืœ, ืžืขืจื™ื‘, 19 ื‘ื ื•ื‘ืžื‘ืจ 1964 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ ื”ื ื”ืœื” ื—ื“ืฉื” ืœืืจื’ื•ืŸ ื”ื ื›ื™ื, ืžืขืจื™ื‘, 27 ื‘ื ื•ื‘ืžื‘ืจ 1977 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ "ืฉืœื•ื ื“ืœื•ื’ืฅ ื–"ืœ". Avelim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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