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SHALOM MAGAZINE, 2001 Issue No. 1
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EDITORIAL |
REHABILITATION |
DIPLOMACY |
ABLE DISABLED |
CONCEPTS |
LEARNING/CHILE |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
CINADCO |
IRRIGATION |
CAPE VERDE |
APP.RESEARCH |
REPORTS |
MASHAV NEWS |
SHALOM CLUBS |
M.BEN ZVI
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Able Disabled
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In the Sydney 2000 11th Paralympiad, Israel's disabled athletes won three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze.
But the Paralympics, in which 4,000 athletes from 132 nations competed, held after the regular, able-bodied Olympics, received minimal press coverage. With a different set of strengths, the disabled build self-esteem through sports.
The Israel Sports Association for the Disabled (ISAD) conducts a wide range of all-year-round activities in disabled sports, including basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, shooting, horseback riding, archery, swimming and sailing.
Highlights of Israeli team at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics:
 Keren Leibowitz won three gold medals in swimming:
Women's 50 meter freestyle:
31.85 seconds (World Record)
Women's 100 meter backstroke:
1:18.60 minutes (World Record)
Women's 100 meter freestyle:
1:10.25 minutes (World Record)
 Ze'ev Glickman won the silver medal in men's table tennis.
Doron Shaziri won the silver medal in the rifle shooting competition.
 Yogav Kenzi took the bronze medal in the long jump with a leap of 6.63 meters.
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