Israel at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeISR
NPCIsrael Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.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.

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Noam Gershony Wheelchair tennis Quad Singles 8 September
 Silver Doron Shaziri Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 5 September
 Silver Koby Lion Cycling Men's Time Trial H1 5 September
 Bronze
 Bronze
 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 Itzhak Mamistvalov Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S2 1 September
 Bronze Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg		 Wheelchair tennis Quad Doubles 5 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men's Track and Road Events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gad Yarkoni Marathon T12 3:01:51 13

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Koby Lion Road Race H1 LAP
Time Trial H1 35:53.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nati Groberg Road Race H4 2:11:58 9
Time Trial H4 27:30.04 7
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Pascale Bercovitch Road Race H4 LAP
Time Trial H4 38:49.22 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Koby Lion
Nati Groberg
Pascale Bercovitch 		Team Relay H1-4 LAP

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Yonatan Dresler Ubelisk Individual Championship III 65.333 10
Individual Freestyle III 60.250 11

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Moran Samuel Women's Single Sculls 5:45.47 3 R 5:44.78 1 FA 5:48.67 5
Reuven Magnagey
Olga Sokolov 		Mixed Double Sculls 4:18.45 6 R 4:20.20 4 FB 4:14.90 9

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Race Net points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11*
Shimon Ben Yakov
Hagar Zahavi 		SKUD 18 6 7 7 5 (12) 6 5 8 4 6 — 64 6
Dror Cohen
Arnon Efrati
Benny Vexler 		Sonar 9 (13) 4 10 13 11 4 6 7 7 — 68 9

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Doron Shaziri Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 1157 1 Q 1252.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 589 4 Q 691.8 6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athletes Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Itzhak Mamistvalov 50m freestyle S2 1:08.73 7 Q 1:07.94 6
100m freestyle S2 2:26.55 5 Q 2:25.60 6
200m freestyle S2 — 4:58.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Iad Josef Shalabi 50m freestyle S2 1:07.52 4 Q 1:07.07 5
100m freestyle S2 2:25.55 4 Q 2:24.73 5
200m freestyle S2 — 4:58.54 4
50m backstroke S2 1:08.37 5 Q 1:08.97 6
Yoav Valinsky 100m freestyle S6 1:14.65 14 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:34.12 11 Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6 1:34.31 9 Did not advance
200m individual medley SM6 3:03.88 11 Did not advance
Women
Athletes Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Inbal Pezaro 50m freestyle S5 39.74 5 Q 37.89 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m freestyle S5 1:25.91 5 Q 1:22.56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m freestyle S5 2:57.14 2 Q 2:56.11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m breaststroke SB4 1:57.95 4 Q 1:56.73 4
Inbal Schwartz 50m freestyle S6 39.02 13 Did not advance
100m freestyle S6 1:31.62 16 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:44.43 12 Did not advance
50m butterfly S6 39.26 3 Q 39.89 5
Erel Halevi 50m freestyle S7 38.30 12 Did not advance
100m freestyle S7 1:19.71 10 Did not advance
400m freestyle S7 5:48.43 9 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Liran Geva Individual C3  Copola (ARG)
L 0–3 		 Merrien (FRA)
L 0–3 		3 — Did not advance
Shay Siada Individual C4  Choi (KOR)
L 0–3 		 Caci (ITA)
W 3–0 		2 — Did not advance
Liran Geva
Shay Siada 		Team C4-5 — BYE  France
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Noam Gershony Quad Singles  Burdekin (GBR)
W 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 		 Barten (USA)
W 6–1, 6–1 		 Weinberg (ISR)
W 6–0, 6–0 		—  Wagner (USA)
W 6–2, 6–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Boaz Kramer Quad Singles  Polidori (ITA)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Wagner (USA)
L 3–6, 0–6 		Did not advance
Shraga Weinberg Quad Singles  Jonsson (SWE)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Norfolk (GBR)
W 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 		 Gershony (ISR)
L 0–6, 0–6 		 Taylor (USA)
L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 		— 4
Noam Gershony
Shraga Weinberg 		Quad Doubles —  Hard,
Jonsson (SWE)
W 6–1, 6–4 		 Taylor,
Wagner (USA)
L 3–6, 6–7 		 Kawano,
Moroishi (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–1 		— 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Netanyahu Hosts Israel’s Paralympic Hopefuls", Arutz Sheva, 15 August 2012
  2. ^ "Israel’s Paralympians harbor high hopes for London gold", The Times of Israel, 15 August 2012
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