Moshe Levy (athlete)
Moshe Levy (Hebrew: משה לוי, born 1952) is an Israeli paralympic champion.
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Levy was born in Israel in 1952 and contracted polio as a young baby. In 1962 he began practicing at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, focusing on swimming and wheelchair basketball. That same year he attended for the first time the competition for swimming across the Sea of Galilee, in which he later took part for 13 consecutive years.
Over the years Levy participated in various international competitions, including seven Paralympic Games. He won 6 paralympic medals as an individual and 7 more in swimming relay teams and as a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team.[11]
In later years Levy remains active in sports and plays at "Kessem" basketball team, operated by an organization for promotion of paralympic sports. In 2003 - 2004 he coached his team.
He married paralympic athlete Chemda Levy.[12]
References
- "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Swimming - Mens 50 M Backstroke Class 4 Incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 3X50 M Medley Relay 2 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 4X50 M Freestyle Relay 2 6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 4X100 M Medley Relay Open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 50 M Backstroke 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- תוצאות שחייני נבחרות ישראל באולימפיאדות 2000-1960, במים כולם שווים: סיפורה של מרגלית - סיפור שחיית הנכים בישראל, ע' 114 (in Hebrew)
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 25 M Butterfly 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Swimming - Mens 50 M Backstroke 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Mens 3X25 M Individual Medley 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- "Moshe Levy - Athletics, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ציפי, משה ורון - שווים זהב, מעריב, 13.7.1980 (in Hebrew)