Iyad Shalabi
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Native name | إياد شلبي | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Israeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shefa-Amr, Israel | 16 July 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classifications | S1, SM1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ilan Sport Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iyad Shalabi (or Eyad Shalaby,[4][5] Arabic: إياد شلبي, Hebrew: איאד שלבי; born 16 July 1987) is an Arab-Israeli Paralympic swimmer.
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]
See also[edit]
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.
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: 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
Categories:
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Arab citizens of Israel
- Israeli Muslims
- Israeli male swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Israel
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- S1-classified para swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- People from Shefa-'Amr
- Sportspeople from Northern District (Israel)