Itzhak Baranes Explained

National Team:Israel
Sport:Lawn bowls

Itzhak Baranes (Hebrew: יצחק בראנס) is an Israeli lawn bowls player.

Career

Baranes was blinded in 1976 and began playing lawn bowls in 1989.[1]

Baranes was the national champion in lawn bowls in classification B1 in the years 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012.[2] [3]

Baranes took part in the International Blind Bowls Association World Championships of 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009, winning three silver medals and two bronze.[4] He also competed in the world championships of the International Paralympic Committee in the years 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015, winning medals in both singles' tournaments and in the mixed pairs events.[5] [6]

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Baranes won bronze in the lawn bowls men's singles LB6 event.

In the years 2000, 2006 and 2008 he was named "Athlete of the Year" by the Ministry of Culture and Sport.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: יצחק בראנס - סיפורו של שחקן. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322113933/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%2D%D7%A9%D7%9C%2D%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  2. Web site: אלופי הארץ בתחרויות יחידים. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322112759/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%2D%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D%2D1991%2D2009 . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  3. Web site: אלופי הארץ יחידים מ-2010. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322110309/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D%2D%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D%2D%D7%9E%2D2010 . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  4. Web site: אליפות העולם לעיוורים. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322113255/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA%2D%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9F%2D%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%2D%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  5. Web site: תחרויות הארגון הבינלאומי לכדורת דשא לנכים. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322111834/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/4 . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  6. Web site: אליפות בינלאומית לעיוורים ונכים (IBD) בדרום אפריקה - מאי 2011. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322112328/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA%2D%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA%2D%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D%2D%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D%2D2011 . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .
  7. Web site: ספורטאים מצטיינים. The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322114621/http://blindbowlers-israel.com/141824/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D%2D%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D . 2023-12-21. 2016-03-22 .