Israel Even-Zahav

Israel Even-Zahav
Personal information
Born(1946-08-12)12 August 1946
Died2 June 2024(2024-06-02) (aged 77)
Sport
Country Israel
Sport
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 1 1 1
Representing  Israel
Summer Paralympic Games
Athletics
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Discus throw D[1]
Wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo wheelchair basketball[2]
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv wheelchair basketball[3]

Israel Even-Zahav (Hebrew: ישראל אבן-זהב; 12 August 1946 – 2 June 2024) was an Israeli Paralympic athlete.

Even-Zahav was affected by polio at a young age.[4] In the 1960s he began practicing athletics, archery and wheelchair basketball at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan.

A member of the national delegation to the 1964 Summer Paralympics, Even-Zahav finished fifth in the discus throw competition and was a member of the gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team. He was also a member of the wheelchair basketball team in the 1968 Summer Paralympics, also winning a silver medal in athletics (Discus throw) and taking part in shot put, club throw and archery competitions.[5]

Even-Zahav was a civil engineer and an accessibility consultant to the Standards Institute of Israel.[4][6] He also chaired the accessibility committee in the non-profit Israeli Human Rights Organization of People With Disabilities.[7]

Even-Zahav married fellow athlete Neora Helsinger in 1967. He died on 2 June 2024, at the age of 77.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Mens Discus Throw D". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ a b "תביעה ייצוגית: לאשר ביטוח סיעודי לבעלי מוגבלויות". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  5. ^ "Israel Even-Sahav". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ^ "פרטי ועדה". sii.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  7. ^ "תג נכה חדש". aisrael.or (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  8. ^ "הוועד הפראלימפי הישראלי וההתאחדות הישראלית לספורט נכים, משתתפים בצערה של משפחת אבן זהב על פטירתו של ישראל אבן זהב ז"ל. ישראל היה חבר הנהלה וספורטאי פראלימפי שזכה ב3 מדליות במשחקים הפראלימפיים:". Israel Paralympic Committee on Facebook. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.


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