Israeli Paralympic rower wins silver at world championships

Israeli Paralympic rower Moran Samuel wins the silver medal at the World Rowing Championships currently being held in Sarasota, Florida.

Samuel completed the 2,000-meter sculls with a time of 11:20, coming in just behind Norway’s Birgit Skarstein.

Samuel won a bronze medal for Israel in women’s 1000-meter single sculls at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.

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Posted by Moran samuel on Sunday, October 1, 2017

Samuel had been a member of Israel’s national basketball team until 2006, when she suffered a spinal stroke and became paralyzed in her lower body.

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