Yizhar Cohen (swimmer)
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's para swimming | ||
Representing  Israel
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | 100 m freestyle |
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1988 Seoul | 50 m freestyle |
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1988 Seoul | 50 m breaststroke |
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1988 Seoul | 100 m breaststroke |
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1996 Atlanta | 50 m freestyle |
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1992 Barcelona | 50 m freestyle |
Yizhar Cohen (Hebrew: יזהר כהן, born August 12, 1962), also known as Izhar Cohen, is an Israeli paralympic swimmer.
Biography
Cohen was born in Kibbutz Degania Alef. In 1985 he was blinded by a Land mine while serving with the Israel Defense Forces.
Cohen works as a Shiatsu therapist and is married and father of two.
Swimming career
Following his loss of eyesight he began practicing disabled sports in athletics and swimming. Since 1987 he has taken part in international competitions, including six Paralympic Games held between 1988 and 2008. Until 2004 he also took part in four world championships and eight European championships.[1]
Cohen swims in breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and backstroke. In 2008, he focused on freestyle swimming. At the 1987 European Championship in Moscow, he won four gold medals. In the 1988 Summer Paralympics he won three gold medals and one silver. He won more medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics (1 bronze) and the 1996 Summer Paralympics (1 silver).
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Cohen was the Israeli flag bearer.
See also
References
- ^ "Israeli team for the 2004 Paralympic Games". sports.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. (English translation)
External links
- CS1 Hebrew-language sources (he)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
- IPC athlete template using only non-numeric ID
- IPC athlete template with ID not in Wikidata
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Blind people from Israel
- Israeli male freestyle swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of Israel
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- S11-classified Paralympic swimmers