Ziv Better is a former Paralympic swimmer representing Israel at the Paralympics.
Uri Bergman is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Yizhar Cohen, also known as Izhar Cohen, is an Israeli paralympic swimmer.
Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of five events for men.
Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events for men.
Paralympic powerlifting, also known as para powerlifting and para-lifting, is an adaptation of the sport of powerlifting for athletes with disabilities. The only discipline in Paralympic powerlifting is the bench press. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee and is open to anyone with a minimum level of disability who can extend their arms within 20° of full extension during a lift. Powerlifting has been competed at the Summer Paralympics since 1984.
Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of fourteen events for men.
Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964; however, after the 1992 Games the IPC decided to drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only. Women first competed in the sport at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
Ora Anlen was an Israeli Paralympic champion.
Japan competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished sixteenth of the twenty-eight competing nations in the medal table and won a total of twelve medals; two gold, two silver and eight bronze. Forty-eight Japanese athletes took part in the Games; forty-one men and seven women.
Avraham Tshuva is an Israeli journalist reporting on disabled sports events and a former athlete and member of the national wheelchair basketball team.
Marharyta Serhiïvna Dorozhon is an Israeli javelin thrower. Born and raised in Ukraine, she competed for that country until she became an Israeli citizen in 2014.
Weightlifting was introduced to Armenia in the late 1920s and became widely practiced after World War II. Today, it is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport is regulated by the Armenian Weightlifting Federation. The first weightlifters from Soviet Armenia made successful appearances the international stage in the 1970s. Vardan Militosyan won a silver at the 1976 Olympics, and later Yurik Vardanyan became an Olympic, World and European champion through the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Oksen Mirzoyan and Yurik Sarkisyan rose to top positions in the 1980s. After its independence from the Soviet Union, Armenia successfully held its weightlifting traditions and continues to be one of the strongest nations in Europe. In 2008, the Armenia team placed first at the European Championship. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Armenia won three bronze medals. Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan is Armenia's only world champion with his successful appearance in 2010.
Igor Olshanetskyi is an Israeli Olympic weightlifter, competing in the +105 kg (+231 lb) category. He represented Team Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Men's +105 kg Weightlifting.
Hagit Yona Brill is an Israeli Paralympic table tennis player, and weightlifter.
Abraham (Avi) Strauch is a former Israeli weightlifter who won five Paralympic medals and set several world records.
Shmuel Haimovitz was an Israeli weightlifter who won five Paralympic medals and set several world records. From 2001 to his death in 2017 was the commissioner for equal rights for people with disabilities in Israel.
Shalom Dlugatch was an Israeli weightlifter who participated in two Summer Paralympic Games.
Yaron Opshtien is an Israeli former paralympic competitor in table tennis and para swimming.
Shaaban Sakhafi was an Israeli Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and a sportsman in disabled sports. He was the first Arab to represent Israel in the Paralympic Games, in 1980.
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