Gal Hamrani | |
Native Name Lang: | Hebrew |
Country: | Israel |
Sport: | Goalball |
Gal Hamrani (Hebrew: גל חמרני; born 1992) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player.
Hamrani was born with aniridia and glaucoma, resulting in her being fully blind in one eye, limited eyesight in the other and being assisted by a guide dog.[1] She completed her sherut Leumi volunteering at a hospital.[2]
Hamrani began practicing goalball at age 13, joined the Israel women's national goalball team and is the team captain.[1] She took part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and was team captain during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] The team qualified to the Paralympic Games after achieving gold medal at the 2015 IBSA World Games and silver medal at the 2019 Goalball European Championships.[4]