 Arnon Efrati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1952 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arnon Efrati (born 17 February 1952) [1] is an Israeli sailor who has competed in five Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Eighty athletes representing 25 countries in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Sailing was held in two designated areas on the Yellow Sea, Qingdao, Shandong province, from September 8 to September 13.
Paul Tingley is a Canadian sailor who represented the country at the Paralympics, in sailing keelboat. He is a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia who became disabled due to a skiing accident at 24. He became interested in sailing through the suggestion of a physiotherapist.
Jamie Barry Dunross, OAM is an Australian sailor who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
Graeme Martin, OAM is an Australian Paralympic sailor.
Colin Anthony Harrison is an Australian Paralympic sailor. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the Three Person Sonar.
Russell Boaden is a Paralympic sailor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, and a won a gold medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Daniel Fitzgibbon, is an Australian Paralympic sailor, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics with partner Liesl Tesch in the two person SKUD 18.
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London was held from August in Weymouth and Portland. XYZ competitors representing XYZ countries will compete in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Stephen Andrew Churm is an Australian sailor. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in sailing. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Jonathan Bruce Harris is an Australian blue-water sailor who began his sailing career when he was about ten. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Sailing was added to the Summer Paralympic Games competition schedule at the 2000 Sydney Games. Australia has been represented since 2000 Games. In 2015, the International Paralympic Committee announced that sailing would be one of two sports dropped from the summer Paralympic Games program at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The parent body for sailing internationally, World Sailing, has stated its intention to seek re-inclusion on the summer Paralympic program at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Hannah Stodel is a British Paralympic sailor. Stodel has represented Great Britain at three Summer Paralympics and with her colleagues John Robertson and Stephen Thomas has won multiple medals in the Mixed Sonar class at the Disabled Sailing World Championships, including gold in 2005 and 2006.
Stephen Thomas is a British Paralympic sailor. Thomas has represented Great Britain at three Summer Paralympics and with his colleagues John Robertson and Hannah Stodel has won multiple medals in the Mixed Sonar class at the Disabled Sailing World Championships, including gold in 2005 and 2006.
John Curtis-Robertson is a British Paralympic sailor. Curtis-Robertson has represented Great Britain at three Summer Paralympics and with his colleagues Stephen Thomas and Hannah Stodel has won multiple medals in the Mixed Sonar class at the Disabled Sailing World Championships, including skippering his team to back to back gold medals in 2005 and 2006.
John Twomey is an Irish Paralympic athlete and sailor. He has represented Ireland at 11 consecutive Paralympic games winning medals at three of them.
Siegmund Mainka is a German sailor from Berlin who competed in three Paralympics games winning gold in 2008 and silver medal in 2012 in the Sonar class. Both medals were achieved with skipper Jens Kroker and fellow crew member Robert Prem.
Udo Hessels is a Dutch sailor who has competed in four Paralympics games winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2012 both in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Dror Cohen is an Israeli sailor who has competed in five Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person Sonar-class keelboat.
Benny Vexler, also known as Benni Vexler, is an Israeli sailor who has competed in three Paralympics games winning a gold in 2004 Athenes in the three person keelboat the sonar.
Mischa Rossen is a Dutch sailor who has competed in four Paralympics games winning silver in 2004 and gold in 2012 both in the three person keelboat the sonar.
