Iyad Shalabi
Arab-Israeli paralympic swimmer
Iyad Shalabi (or Eyad Shalaby, Arabic: إياد شلبي, Hebrew: איאד שלבי; born 16 July 1987) is an Arab-Israeli Paralympic champion swimmer. Representing Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, Shalabi won two gold medals in swimming.
Early life
Shalabi is a Muslim Israeli-Arab from Shefa-Amr, Israel. He is both deaf and paraplegic. He was deaf-mute from birth, and at 13 years of age he became paralyzed in all four limbs in an accident in which he fell from a rooftop; he now uses a wheelchair. He has a deaf and mute brother.
Swimming career
He swims at the ILAn (Israel Association for Children with Disabilities) Rehabilitation and Sports Center in Haifa, Israel, and his coach is Yaacov Beininson. His father, Yusuf, goes with his mute son to all of his competitions. He competes in disability classification S1, which is for those with the most severe activity limitations.
At the 2007 Israel Swimming Championships for the Disabled he was announced as by the swimming committee as the Outstanding Swimmer for 2007.
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