Gal Hamrani
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| Native name | גל חמרני | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gal Hamrani (Hebrew: גל חמרני; born 1 December 1992) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.
Early life
[edit]Hamrani was born with aniridia and glaucoma, resulting in her being fully blind in one eye, limited eyesight in the other and being assisted by a guide dog.[1] She completed her sherut Leumi volunteering at a hospital.[2]
Goalball career
[edit]Hamrani began practicing goalball at age 13, joined the Israel women's national goalball team and is the team captain.[1] She took part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and was team captain during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] The team qualified for the Paralympic Games after achieving gold medal at the 2015 IBSA World Games and silver medal at the 2019 Goalball European Championships.[4]
She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ראיון עם גל חמרני" (PDF). ofekl.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "לגרש את החושך". yediot.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Gal Hamrni". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Women's Goal Ball". zdvo.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Israel's eighth medal: the goalball team advanced to the finals of the Paralympic Games," Davar.
- ^ "Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024", Olympics.com.
External links
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Israeli blind people
- Paralympic goalball players for Israel
- Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic medalists in goalball