Zvi Potashnik (Hebrew: צבי פוטשניק) is a former wheelchair basketball player for Israel.
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Potashnik was born in Haifa and was among the first members of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, competing in wheelchair basketball, swimming and table tennis.[2] He was a member of the national wheelchair basketball team from 1960 to 1976.[3]
A member of the Israeli delegation to the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1962, Potashnik won silver medal in 50 meter breaststroke.[4] At the 1968 Summer Paralympics he was a member of the gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team.[5]
In 1967 he was a founding member of a sports club for disabled athletes in Kiryat Sprinzak.[6]
Potashnik married Paralympic athlete Malka Halfon.
References edit
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "צבי אלגת, ספורט של כוח-רצון, מעריב, 22 ביולי 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "מלכה פוטשניק חלפון" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "הנכים חזרו מאנגליה עם "שיירת מוזהבת" של מדליות וגביעים, למרחב, 19 באוגוסט 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "Zvi Potashnik". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "700 זוגות מתרימים – במצעד הפרוטות בחיפה, מעריב, 1 בפברואר 1967". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
