Israel at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	ISR
Npcname:	Israel Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	25
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Doron Shaziri (opening) Noam Gershony (closing)
Rank:	45
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto

Israel competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September.

The country was represented by twenty-five athletes (eighteen men and seven women), who competed in nine sports: athletics, equestrian, road cycling, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair tennis. The Israeli athletes included six-time Paralympic shooting medallist Doron Shaziri.^{[1] [2]}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's Track and Road Events

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Koby Lion	Road Race H1
Time Trial H1	35:53.30
align=left rowspan=2	Nati Groberg	Road Race H4	2:11:58	9
Time Trial H4	27:30.04	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pascale Bercovitch	Road Race H4
Time Trial H4	38:49.22	6

Mixed

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yonatan Dresler	align=left rowspan=2	Ubelisk	Individual Championship III	65.333	10
Individual Freestyle III	60.250	11

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Moran Samuel	Women's Single Sculls	5:45.47	3 R	5:44.78	1 FA	5:48.67	5
Reuven Magnagey Olga Sokolov	Mixed Double Sculls	4:18.45	6 R	4:20.20	4 FB	4:14.90	9

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11*
Shimon Ben Yakov Hagar Zahavi	SKUD 18	6	7	7	5	(12)	6	5	8	4	6		64	6
Dror Cohen Arnon Efrati Benny Vexler	Sonar	9	(13)	4	10	13	11	4	6	7	7		68	9

• The 11th race was cancelled due to bad weather.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Doron Shaziri	Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1	1157	1 Q	1252.4
Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1	589	4 Q	691.8	6

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Itzhak Mamistvalov	50m freestyle S2	1:08.73	7 Q	1:07.94	6
100m freestyle S2	2:26.55	5 Q	2:25.60	6
200m freestyle S2	4:58.53
align=left rowspan=4	Iad Josef Shalabi	50m freestyle S2	1:07.52	4 Q	1:07.07	5
100m freestyle S2	2:25.55	4 Q	2:24.73	5
200m freestyle S2	4:58.54	4
50m backstroke S2	1:08.37	5 Q	1:08.97	6
align=left rowspan=4	Yoav Valinsky	100m freestyle S6	1:14.65	14	Did not advance
100m backstroke S6	1:34.12	11	Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6	1:34.31	9	Did not advance
200m individual medley SM6	3:03.88	11	Did not advance

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Inbal Pezaro	50m freestyle S5	39.74	5 Q	37.89
100m freestyle S5	1:25.91	5 Q	1:22.56
200m freestyle S5	2:57.14	2 Q	2:56.11
100m breaststroke SB4	1:57.95	4 Q	1:56.73	4
align=left rowspan=4	Inbal Schwartz	50m freestyle S6	39.02	13	Did not advance
100m freestyle S6	1:31.62	16	Did not advance
100m backstroke S6	1:44.43	12	Did not advance
50m butterfly S6	39.26	3 Q	39.89	5
align=left rowspan=3	Erel Halevi	50m freestyle S7	38.30	12	Did not advance
100m freestyle S7	1:19.71	10	Did not advance
400m freestyle S7	5:48.43	9	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liran Geva	Individual C3	L 0–3	L 0–3	3		Did not advance
Shay Siada	Individual C4	L 0–3	W 3–0	2		Did not advance
Liran Geva Shay Siada	Team C4-5		L 0–3	Did not advance

Wheelchair Tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noam Gershony	Quad Singles	W 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	W 6–1, 6–1	W 6–0, 6–0		W 6–2, 6–1
Boaz Kramer	Quad Singles	W 6–3, 6–2	L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Shraga Weinberg	Quad Singles	W 6–1, 6–2	W 3–6, 7–5, 6–0	L 0–6, 0–6	L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6		4
Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg	Quad Doubles		W 6–1, 6–4	L 3–6, 6–7	W 6–3, 6–1

Notes and References

1. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/158915#.UCzTTHgWRaU "Netanyahu Hosts Israel’s Paralympic Hopefuls"
2. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-paralympians-prepare-for-london/ "Israel’s Paralympians harbor high hopes for London gold"