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Shalom Dlugatch

Shalom Dlugatch
Personal information
Born(1943-09-16)16 September 1943
Died21 July 2018(2018-07-21) (aged 74)
Sport
Country Israel
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 1 0 2
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Weightlifting
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Men's Heavyweight[1]
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Arnhem Heavyweight Over 85kg Paraplegic[2]
Wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo wheelchair basketball[3]

Shalom Dlugatch (Hebrew: שלום דלוגץ'; 16 September 1943 - 21 July 2018) was an Israeli weightlifter who participated in two Summer Paralympic Games.

Dlugatch was born during the Second World War in the Ural Mountains. In 1948 the family immigrated to Israel. He was active in the Israel ParaSport Center and took part in the Stoke Mandeville Games.

At the 1964 Summer Paralympics he gained two medals. He won a bronze medal as a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team. In weightlifting he won a gold medal after pressing 157.5 kg and set a new world record.[4]

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics he won a bronze medal in weightlifting after pressing 207.5 kg.

Dlugatch was a political and social activist. In 1977 he was elected as chairman of a national association for the disabled.[5]

He died in Petah Tikva in 2018.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Weightlifting - Mens Heavyweight". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Weightlifting - Mens Heavyweight Over 85 Kg Paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ הנכים חזרו מטוקיו ברכוש גדול, מעריב, 19 בנובמבר 1964 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ הנהלה חדשה לארגון הנכים, מעריב, 27 בנובמבר 1977 (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ "שלום דלוגץ ז"ל". Avelim (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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