Or (Ori) Mizrahi (Hebrew: אורי מזרחי; born 1993) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.
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| Native name | אורי מזרחי | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editMizrahi was born with albinism and suffers from visual impairment.[1] She was raised in Holon and completed higher studies in physical education.[2]
Goalball career
editMirzahi began playing goalball at age 12 and joined the Israel women's national goalball team.[1]
Prior to the 2014 Goalball World Championships Mizrahi was examined and classified with improved eyesight, causing her to be disqualified from competitions and to retire from the national team. This decision was overturned in 2019 after further medical examinations, and she took part in the 2019 IBSA World Games and Goalball European Championships, qualifying the team to take part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.[3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "אורי מזרחי בטוחה בנבחרת הכדורשער לקראת אליפות העולם: "התקרה היחידה היא שלנו"". davar1.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ a b ""חזרתי לעשות את מה שאני אוהבת": המאבק של אורי מזרחי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Israel's eighth medal: the goalball team advanced to the finals of the Paralympic Games," Davar.
- ^ "Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024", Olympics.com.
- ^ Rakovsky, Ido (2024-08-29). "Paris 2024 Paralympics: The Israeli Athletes to Look Out For".
