Israel at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
# Israel at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Noam Gershony | Wheelchair tennis | Quad Singles | 8 September |
| Silver | Doron Shaziri | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 | 5 September |
| Silver | Koby Lion | Cycling | Men's Time Trial H1 | 5 September |
| Bronze Bronze Bronze | Inbal Pezaro | Swimming | Women's 50m Freestyle S5 Women's 200m freestyle S5 Women's 100m freestyle S5 | 30 August 1 September 8 September |
| Bronze | Itzhak Mamistvalov | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S2 | 1 September |
| Bronze | Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg | Wheelchair tennis | Quad Doubles | 5 September |

## Athletics

### Men's Track and Road Events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Gad Yarkoni | Marathon T12 | 3:01:51 | 13 |

## Cycling

### Road

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Koby Lion | Road Race H1 | LAP | LAP |
| Koby Lion | Time Trial H1 | 35:53.30 | |
| Nati Groberg | Road Race H4 | 2:11:58 | 9 |
| Nati Groberg | Time Trial H4 | 27:30.04 | 7 |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pascale Bercovitch | Road Race H4 | LAP | LAP |
| Pascale Bercovitch | Time Trial H4 | 38:49.22 | 6 |

**Mixed**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Koby Lion Nati Groberg Pascale Bercovitch | Team Relay H1-4 | LAP | LAP |

## Equestrian

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Yonatan Dresler | Ubelisk | Individual Championship III | 65.333 | 10 |
| Yonatan Dresler | Ubelisk | Individual Freestyle III | 60.250 | 11 |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11* | Net points | Rank |
| 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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Doron Shaziri | Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 | 1157 | 1 Q | 1252.4 | |
| Doron Shaziri | Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 | 589 | 4 Q | 691.8 | 6 |

## Swimming

### Men

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

### Women

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

## Table tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Liran Geva | Individual C3 | Copola (ARG) L 0–3 | Merrien (FRA) L 0–3 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shay Siada | Individual C4 | Choi (KOR) L 0–3 | Caci (ITA) W 3–0 | 2 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liran Geva Shay Siada | Team C4-5 | — | — | — | BYE | France L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wheelchair Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Noam Gershony | Quad Singles | Burdekin (GBR) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | Barten (USA) W 6–1, 6–1 | Weinberg (ISR) W 6–0, 6–0 | — | Wagner (USA) W 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Boaz Kramer | Quad Singles | Polidori (ITA) W 6–3, 6–2 | Wagner (USA) L 3–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shraga Weinberg | Quad Singles | Jonsson (SWE) W 6–1, 6–2 | Norfolk (GBR) W 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 | Gershony (ISR) L 0–6, 0–6 | Taylor (USA) L 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 | — | 4 |
| Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg | Quad Doubles | — | Hard, Jonsson (SWE) W 6–1, 6–4 | Taylor, Wagner (USA) L 3–6, 6–7 | Kawano, Moroishi (JPN) W 6–3, 6–1 | — | |
