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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins country’s third gold medal at Paralympics
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Israeli rower Moran Samuel celebrates after winning a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 1, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
Israeli rower Moran Samuel wins a gold medal in the women’s single sculls at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, the fourth medal for Israel so far at the Games.
The Paris Games are the fourth Paralympic appearance for Samuel, 42, and her third medal, after she won bronze in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020.
Samuel, who was a promising basketball player in her youth, suffered a spinal stroke at age 24 that left her in a wheelchair. She first began training in wheelchair basketball before switching to para-rowing due to the lack of a high-level women’s team in Israel.
Israel has so far won gold medals in taekwondo and swimming and a bronze in swimming.
