Baruch Hagai
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Medal record
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Baruch Hagai (Hebrew: ברוך חגאי; born 1944) is an Israeli paralympic champion.
Early life
[edit]Hagai was born in Tripoli, Libya, to a Jewish family of 13. At the age of two he contracted polio, and five years later his family made aliyah to Israel. The family settled in Tel Aviv, where Hagai was treated for polio in Israel for the first time. Hagai was trained as a technician, and in the years 1960-2000 he worked as a technician and project manager for a bus-manufacturing factory.
Basketball and table tennis career
[edit]He was one of the first to join the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, in 1960, and was active in wheelchair basketball and in table tennis. Over the years he took part in 224 international basketball games on behalf of the Israeli national team and 66 international games on behalf of the Center. In table tennis he won four consecutive gold medals at the Paralympic Games.
Following his retirement, Hagai joined the Sports Center as head coach.
Awards
[edit]In 1986, Hagai was declared as a "Man of Peace" on behalf of the International Olympic Committee.
In 2001, he was awarded with the Israel Prize, for sports,[10][11] in recognition of his long years of excellence in disabled sports.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Table Tennis - Mens Singles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Table Tennis - Mens Singles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Table Tennis - Mens Doubles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Table Tennis - Mens Singles 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Table Tennis - Mens Singles 4 5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Table Tennis - Mens Doubles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Swimming - Mens 50 M Breaststroke Special Class". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Swimming - Mixed Medley Relay Open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V." Archived from the original on 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient". Archived from the original on 2009-10-19.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1944 births
- Libyan Jews
- Libyan emigrants to Israel
- Jewish Israeli sportspeople
- Israel Prize in sport recipients
- Israeli male swimmers
- Israeli male wheelchair racers
- Israeli men's wheelchair basketball players
- Israeli table tennis players
- Paralympic swimmers for Israel
- Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent
- Jewish swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Israel
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic table tennis players for Israel
- Table tennis players at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic athletes for Israel
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Male table tennis players
- Sportspeople from Tripoli, Libya
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Polio survivors