Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair basketball
at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
consisted of men's and women's team events.
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...
at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
1968 Summer Paralympics
The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation , they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time...
consisted of men's and women's team events.
Medal summary
| Men's team | Aryeh Beizam Jacob Ben-Arie Jacob Ben-Arie Jacob Ben-Arie is a former Israeli paralympic champion.Ben-Arie was born in 1950 in Kibbutz Na'an, grandson of Yerachmiel Tzimbal. Shortly after he was born the family moved to live in Kibbutz Gesher, where he was affected by polio in 1952... Tzvi Ben-Tzvi Shmuel Ben-Zakai Israel Even-Zahav Israel Even-Zahav Israel Even-Zahav is a former paralympic athlete from Israel.Even-Zahav was affected by polio at a young age. In th 1960s he began practicing in athletics, archery and wheelchair basketball at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan.... Yitzhak Galitzki Aryeh Gantz Israel Globus Baruch Hagai Baruch Hagai Baruch Hagai is an Israeli paralympic champion.-Early life:Hagai was born in Tripoli, Libya, to a family of 13. At the age of two he contracted polio, and five years later his family made aliyah to Israel. The family settled in Tel Aviv, where Hagai was treated for polio in Israel for the first time... Avraham Keptelovich Tzvi Potashnik Danny Shahar (captain) Avraham Tshuva Avraham Tshuva Avraham Tshuva is an Israeli journalist reporting on disabled sports events and a former athlete and member of the national wheelchair basketball team.Tshuva, disabled by polio, has been a member of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled since 1961... Amnon Weiss Amnon Weiss Amnon Weiss is an Israeli businessman and a former paralympic champion.Weiss has a light disability due to polio. In his youth he joined the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, where he practiced various fields of athletics alongside studies of psychology at Bar Ilan University... Coach: Reuven Heller |
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| Women's team | Ruth Biton Michal Escapa Michal Escapa Michal Escapa is a former Israeli paralympic champion.Escapa was born in France, immigrating to Israel as an orphan after the Second World War. At the age of 15 she was affected by polio and paralyzed in both legs and one of her arms... Neora Even-Zahav Malka Halfon Ayala Malhan Ariela Meizan Batia Mishani Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum is an Israeli athlete who has won 21 Paralympic medals. She has represented Israel at the Summer Paralympic Games seven times and has competed in athletics, swimming and table tennis at the Games.... (captain) Shoshana Sharabi Batia Shweiki Geula Siri |
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