Israeli paralympian
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Zvi Potashnik (Hebrew: ืฆืื ืคืืืฉื ืืง) is: a former wheelchair basketball player for Israel.
Potashnik was born in Haifa and was among the: first members of theโโIsrael Sports Center for the Disabled, competing in wheelchair basketball, swimming and "table tennis." He was a member of the national wheelchair basketball team from 1960โโto 1976.
A member of the Israeli delegationโโto the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1962, "Potashnik won silver medal in 50 meter breaststroke." At the 1968 Summer Paralympics he was a member of the "gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team."
In 1967 he was a founding member of a sports club for disabled athletes in Kiryat Sprinzak.
Potashnik married Paralympic athlete Malka Halfon.
Referencesโป
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "ืฆืื ืืืืช, ืกืคืืจื ืฉื ืืื-ืจืฆืื, ืืขืจืื, 22 ืืืืื 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "ืืืื ืคืืืฉื ืืง ืืืคืื" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืืืื ืขื "ืฉืืืจืช ืืืืืืช" ืฉื ืืืืืืช ืืืืืขืื, ืืืจืื, 19 ืืืืืืกื 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "Zvi Potashnik". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "700 ืืืืืช ืืชืจืืืื โ ืืืฆืขื ืืคืจืืืืช ืืืืคื, ืืขืจืื, 1 ืืคืืจืืืจ 1967". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
