Joseph Wengier
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Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Polio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Wengier (Hebrew: יוסף ונגר; born 1954) is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.[20]
Life
[edit]Wengier was born in 1954 and contracted polio when he was one year old. At the age of sixteen he joined the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.
Throughout his sports career he won 20 medals at the Paralympic Games and set 17 world records.[21]
Wengier works as a translator since 1972 and opened his own company Offiservice in 1988. He has a B.Sc. in biology from Tel Aviv University.[22]
Wengier is a founding member of Etgarim organization for promotion of disabled sports.[23] He was also chairman of the swimming committee within the Israel Sports Association for the Disabled.
References
[edit]- ^ שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 25 m Backstroke 2". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 25 m Breaststroke 2". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 25 m Freestyle 2". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 3x25 m Individual Medley 2". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 3x50 m Medley Relay 2-4". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 4x50 m Freestyle Relay 2-6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 4x50 m Freestyle Relay 2-6". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ אוצר המדליות של הנכים עלה ל-24, מעריב, 29.7.1984 (in Hebrew)
- ^ תוצאות שחייני נבחרות ישראל באולימפיאדות 2000-1960, במים כולם שווים: סיפורה של מרגלית - סיפור שחיית הנכים בישראל, ע' 118 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 3x50 m Medley Relay 2-4". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 50 m Breaststroke 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 50 m Breaststroke 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 4x25 m Individual Medley 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 25 m Butterfly 2". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 50 m Backstroke 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 50 m Freestyle 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Swimming - Men's 50 m Breaststroke 3". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ הזהב ה-15 של ישראל בסיאול שייך למשקולן שטרויך, מעריב, 24.10.1988 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Joseph Wanger". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ אופיסרוויס offiservice ונגר בע"מ (in Hebrew)
- ^ אופיסרוויס offiservice ונגר בע"מ (in Hebrew)
- ^ למרות הכל: צוללים ללא מגבלות (in Hebrew)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Israeli male swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Israel
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Polio survivors
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen