Kinneret Wallach

Kinneret Wallach
Native nameכנרת וואלך
Country (sports) Israel
BornEin Gev, Israel
Singles
Paralympic Games1/16th final (1996)
Doubles
Paralympic GamesQuarterfinal (1996)

Kinneret Wallach (Hebrew: כנרת וואלך) is an Israeli former wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball player.

Biography

Wallach was born in Ein Gev and in 1989, aged sixteen, she was paralyzed following a traffic collision.[1]

As a wheelchair tennis player she was ranked in the top 50 and gained criteria to compete at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.[2] She did not pass the preliminary competition in the Singles' Tournament but reached the quarterfinal in the Doubles' Tournament, competing alongside Tikva Aharoni.[3]

Wallach also competed in wheelchair basketball, cited by paralympic athlete Nina Gorodetzky as her role model.[4] Wallach played in male teams and as of 2024 she is on the roster of Beit HaLochem's team in Tel Aviv.[5][6]

Wallach is an activist for promoting accessibility and equal rights for the disabled, taking part in the early 2000s in demonstrations and demand of changes in legislation.[7][8] She was interviewed regularly on Gabi Gazit's radio show promoting awareness on issues of accessibility.[9] Professionally, Wallach attributes herself as an advisor on wheelchair use.[10]

In 2012 Wallach competed on MasterChef Israel and an accessible cooking station was built for her.[11]

References

  1. ^ "כשסבא מפלצת: "הילדות שלי נגמרה בגיל 3. התאונה הצילה אותי ממנו"". xnet.ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  2. ^ "SWS Team: Kinneret Wallach, Paralympic Tennis Player". sportworldschool.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. ^ "Kineret Wallach". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. ^ "טוקיו מחכה להם: סיפור האהבה הפראלימפי שהתחיל בכדור נוצה". xnet.ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  5. ^ ""התאונה שהפכה אותי לנכה – הצילה אותי"". mako.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  6. ^ "ארכיון משחקים". makologlig.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  7. ^ "הנכים הטילו מצור על קריית הממשלה". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  8. ^ "נכים הפגינו בירושלים: "אל תקצצו לנו את החיים"". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  9. ^ "ראיון עם כנרת רובינזון בנושא בעיות הנגישות בעיר מודיעין". aisrael.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  10. ^ "הושבה נכונה בכסא גלגלים". ydo.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  11. ^ "יוסף תשתתף בסידרה של אסי עזר". makologlig.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-02-19.