Israel at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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Israel at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Israel.svg
IPC code ISR
NPC Israel Paralympic Committee
Website www.isad.org.il
in London
Competitors25 in 9 sports
Flag bearers Doron Shaziri (opening)
Noam Gershony (closing)
Medals
Ranked 45th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
5
Total
8
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Israel competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September.

Contents

The country was represented by twenty-five athletes (eighteen men and seven women), who competed in nine sports: athletics, equestrian, road cycling, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair tennis. The Israeli athletes included six-time Paralympic shooting medallist Doron Shaziri. [1] [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noam Gershony Wheelchair tennis Quad Singles 8 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Doron Shaziri Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 5 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Koby Lion Cycling Men's Time Trial H1 5 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Inbal Pezaro Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle S5
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Women's 100m freestyle S5
30 August
1 September
8 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Itzhak Mamistvalov Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S2 1 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg
Wheelchair tennis Quad Doubles 5 September

Athletics

Men's Track and Road Events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Gad Yarkoni Marathon T12 3:01:5113

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Koby Lion Road Race H1 LAP
Time Trial H1 35:53.30Silver medal icon.svg
Nati Groberg Road Race H4 2:11:589
Time Trial H4 27:30.047
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Pascale Bercovitch Road Race H4 LAP
Time Trial H4 38:49.226
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeRank
Koby Lion
Nati Groberg
Pascale Bercovitch
Team Relay H1-4 LAP

Equestrian

AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Yonatan Dresler Ubelisk Individual Championship III 65.33310
Individual Freestyle III 60.25011

Rowing

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Moran Samuel Women's Single Sculls 5:45.473 R5:44.781 FA5:48.675
Reuven Magnagey
Olga Sokolov
Mixed Double Sculls 4:18.456 R4:20.204 FB4:14.909

Sailing

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsRank
1234567891011*
Shimon Ben Yakov
Hagar Zahavi
SKUD 18 6775(12)65846646
Dror Cohen
Arnon Efrati
Benny Vexler
Sonar 9(13)41013114677689

* The 11th race was cancelled due to bad weather.

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Doron Shaziri Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 11571 Q1252.4Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 5894 Q691.86

Swimming

Men
AthletesEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Itzhak Mamistvalov 50m freestyle S2 1:08.737 Q1:07.946
100m freestyle S2 2:26.555 Q2:25.606
200m freestyle S2 4:58.53Bronze medal icon.svg
Iad Josef Shalabi 50m freestyle S2 1:07.524 Q1:07.075
100m freestyle S2 2:25.554 Q2:24.735
200m freestyle S2 4:58.544
50m backstroke S2 1:08.375 Q1:08.976
Yoav Valinsky 100m freestyle S6 1:14.6514Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:34.1211Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6 1:34.319Did not advance
200m individual medley SM6 3:03.8811Did not advance
Women
AthletesEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Inbal Pezaro 50m freestyle S5 39.745 Q37.89Bronze medal icon.svg
100m freestyle S5 1:25.915 Q1:22.56Bronze medal icon.svg
200m freestyle S5 2:57.142 Q2:56.11Bronze medal icon.svg
100m breaststroke SB4 1:57.954 Q1:56.734
Inbal Schwartz 50m freestyle S6 39.0213Did not advance
100m freestyle S6 1:31.6216Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:44.4312Did not advance
50m butterfly S6 39.263 Q39.895
Erel Halevi 50m freestyle S7 38.3012Did not advance
100m freestyle S7 1:19.7110Did not advance
400m freestyle S7 5:48.439Did not advance

Table tennis

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Liran Geva Individual C3 Flag of Argentina.svg  Copola  (ARG)
L 0–3
Flag of France.svg  Merrien  (FRA)
L 0–3
3Did not advance
Shay Siada Individual C4 Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi  (KOR)
L 0–3
Flag of Italy.svg  Caci  (ITA)
W 3–0
2Did not advance
Liran Geva
Shay Siada
Team C4-5 BYEFlag of France.svg  France
L 0–3
Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Noam Gershony Quad Singles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Burdekin  (GBR)
W 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Flag of the United States.svg  Barten  (USA)
W 6–1, 6–1
Flag of Israel.svg  Weinberg  (ISR)
W 6–0, 6–0
Flag of the United States.svg  Wagner  (USA)
W 6–2, 6–1
Gold medal icon.svg
Boaz Kramer Quad Singles Flag of Italy.svg  Polidori  (ITA)
W 6–3, 6–2
Flag of the United States.svg  Wagner  (USA)
L 3–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Shraga Weinberg Quad Singles Flag of Sweden.svg  Jonsson  (SWE)
W 6–1, 6–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Norfolk  (GBR)
W 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Flag of Israel.svg  Gershony  (ISR)
L 0–6, 0–6
Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor  (USA)
L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
4
Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg
Quad Doubles Flag of Sweden.svg  Hard ,
Jonsson  (SWE)
W 6–1, 6–4
Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor ,
Wagner  (USA)
L 3–6, 6–7
Flag of Japan.svg  Kawano ,
Moroishi  (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–1
Bronze medal icon.svg

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