Iyad Shalabi (or Eyad Shalaby,[4][5] Arabic: إياد شلبي, Hebrew: איאד שלבי; born 16 July 1987) is an Arab-Israeli Paralympic swimmer.
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| Native name | إياد شلبي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1987 Shefa-Amr, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S1, SM1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ilan Sport Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Representing Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Shalabi won a gold medal in swimming at the 100m backstroke S1 event.[1][6] Shalabi, who was born to a Muslim family in Shefa-Amr, Israel, was the first Arab-Israeli citizen to win an individual medal in either the Paralympics or the Olympics.[7]
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References edit
- ^ a b "Swimming: Shalabi Iyad". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 100 M Backstroke S1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 50 M Backstroke S1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Paralympics / London 2012 / Wheelchair Tennis Pair to Fight for Bronze". Haaretz.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Lemon, Geoff (25 August 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics day one: swimming, cycling, wheelchair rugby and more – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Israeli Arab swimmer wins gold at Tokyo Paralympics to make history". Jewish News. London. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Iyad Shalabi at Wikimedia Commons
- Iyad Shalabi at Paralympic.org
- Iyad Shalabi at The-Sports.org
- Iyad Shalabi on Facebook
