Yarden Adika

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Yarden Adika
Personal information
Native nameירדן אדיקה
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportGoalball
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
IBSA World Games 1 0 0
Women's goalball
Representing  Israel
IBSA World Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Seoul Women's goalball

Yarden Adika (Hebrew: ירדן אדיקה; born 1999) is a former Paralympic goalball player.

Adika was born in Karmiel and studied at the local high school majoring in communications.[1] She was a member of the youth movement of the Jewish Institute for the Blind and through it joined the Israel women's national goalball team.[2]

Adika was a member of the national team from 2013 to 2016, when she retired due to a wrist injury.[3] In 2015 she was part of the team's win at the IBSA World Games in Seoul, which guaranteed their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4]

She completed Sherut Leumi and was among the President of Israel's excelling volunteers for 2019.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "היא מצטיינת והיא מכרמיאל". blinker.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  2. ^ "המטרה: מדליה". zhk.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ "ירדן אדיקה מכרמיאל, השראה ומודל לחיקוי". karmieli.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  4. ^ "נבחרת הכדור-שער בריו, ארד לשלמה לזמי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  5. ^ "מצטייני הנשיא תשע"ט". shlomit.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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