Shaaban Sakhafi
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Born | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 1985 (aged 23–24) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shaaban Sakhafi (Hebrew: שעבן סקחפי, Arabic: شعبان سكحفي; 1961 - 11 July 1985) was an Israeli Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and a sportsman in disabled sports. He was the first Arab to represent Israel in the Paralympic Games, in 1980.
Career
[edit]At the 1975 national championship for para swimming, Sakhafi won three medals: gold in the 50 metre backstroke event, gold in the 50 metre front crawl event and a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke event.[1]
Sakhafi was a member of Israel Sports Center for the Disabled and in 1979 won the first snooker tournament held at the center.[2]
At the 1979 national championship for para table tennis, he ranked first place for disability class 2.[3]
Sakhafi was a member of Israel men's national wheelchair basketball team and took part in the basketball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Paralympics and the 1984 Summer Paralympics. In 1980, the Israeli team ranked first and achieved the gold medal.
On 11 July 1985 Sakhafi was electrocuted in his work place and died at the age of 24.[4] The ILAN basketball team of Jaffa was renamed ILAN Shaaban Jaffa in his memory.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "אברהם תירוש, בחלק האחרון באליפות השחיה: 3 שיאי עולם לנכים ושבעה שיאים ישראלים, מעריב, 8 בספטמבר 1975". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "3 משחקי כדור חדשים לנכים, מעריב, 5 בינואר 1979". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "אהרון שאטל - אלוף הנכים בטניס שולחן, מעריב, 18 בדצמבר 1979". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "אברהם תשובה, נהרג כדורסלן נבחרת הנכים, חדשות, 12 ביולי 1985". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "אברהם תשובה, איל"ן שעבן יפו - אלופת הנכים, מעריב, 22 ביוני 1986". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- 1961 births
- 1985 deaths
- Arab citizens of Israel
- People from Jaffa
- Sportspeople from Tel Aviv District
- Israeli men's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Israel
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Israeli male swimmers
- Israeli table tennis players
- Accidental deaths by electrocution
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen
- Asian basketball biography stubs
- Israeli sportspeople stubs