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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Amy Spiro

Amy Spiro

Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Israeli Paralympic gold medalists (from left) Ami Dadaon, Asaf Yasur and Moran Samuel celebrate their wins at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. (Composite image; Lilach Weiss Rosenberg/Israeli Paralympic Committee)
September 8, 2024, 5:23 pm
Israel celebrates its best Paralympic showing in 20 years with 10-medal haul
Closing ceremony delegation to be led by flag bearers Ami Dadaon, who won four medals, and Gal Hamrani, captain of the women’s goalball team, which took a historic silver
By Amy Spiro
Israel's women's goalball team celebrates winning silver at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 5, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 5, 2024, 9:06 pm
Israel wins Paralympic silver in goalball, bronze in tennis, boosting medal count to 9
First team sport medal for Israel at the Games since 1988; Guy Sasson says he hopes his victory on the court ‘can give a small smile’ to the families of the hostages and fallen
By Amy Spiro
Israel's women's goalball team competes against China in the semifinal of the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 4, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 4, 2024, 7:17 pm
Israel wins Paralympic goalball semifinal, guaranteeing gold or silver medal
Jewish state to celebrate first team sport medal at Games in 36 years, will face Turkey in Thursday’s final; handcyclist Amit Hasdai finishes 4th in time trial event
By Amy Spiro
Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon celebrates with his gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 3, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 3, 2024, 10:04 pm
Swimmer Ami Dadaon clinches another Paralympic gold as Israeli medal haul rises to 7
Athlete emotionally shouts along to anthem ‘with everything I had’; goalball team beats Canada to get spot in semifinal; tennis player Guy Sasson sent to bronze medal match after loss
By Amy Spiro
Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon poses with his silver medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 1, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 1, 2024, 10:40 pm
Israeli swimmer celebrates silver medal at Paralympics during ‘pain’ of tragic day
Ami Dadaon takes second place in 150m individual medley, as Mark Malyar finishes 5th in 200m individual medley; tennis players Adam Berdichevsky, Sergei Lysov knocked out of Games
By Amy Spiro
Israeli rower Moran Samuel celebrates winning gold in the women's single sculls at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 1, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 1, 2024, 3:04 pm
Rowers take gold, bronze as Israel continues to rack up Paralympic medals
Champ Moran Samuel says the day, like the year, held mixed emotions; Druze rower Saleh Shahin, wounded in 2005 Gaza border terror attack, says he wanted to bring some ‘light’ to nation
By Amy Spiro
Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar poses for a photo with his bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke at the Paris Paralympics on August 31, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
August 31, 2024, 9:22 pm
Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far
Mark Malyar dedicates win to ‘soldiers protecting us’; tennis players Guy Sasson, Maayan Zikri win their matches, while badminton athletes Nina Gorodetzky and Amir Levi knocked out
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Paralympian swimmer Ami Dadaon holds his gold medal at the Paris Games on August 30, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
August 30, 2024, 11:48 pm
Ami Dadaon gives Israeli Paralympic team second gold medal with swimming victory
23-year-old sets men’s 100m freestyle record, as does rower Moran Samuel in women’s single sculls; Adnan Milad, Nadav Levi advance due to boycotts by Iranian, Tunisian opponents
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Asaf Yasur celebrates after winning a gold medal in taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on August 29, 2024. (Lilach Weiss-Rosenberg)
August 30, 2024, 12:52 am
Israeli taekwondo champ Asaf Yasur grabs gold on first day of Paris Paralympics
Backed by large contingent of well-wishers, athlete dedicates Israel’s first medal at Games and first-ever Paralympic gold in taekwondo to ‘my beloved country’
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Paralympic rowers (from left) Moran Samuel, Saleh Shahin, Shahar Milfelder and Shmulik Daniel pose for a photo at the Paris Paralympics on August 22, 2024. (Reuven Magnagey)
August 28, 2024, 3:35 am
Facing threats, Israeli Paralympians aim for gold in swimming, tennis, taekwondo in Paris
27 athletes in delegation competing in 10 different sports, with ‘extra motivation’ while hearing echoes of the boycott calls which surrounded their Olympic counterparts
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: A Israeli soldier wounded during fighting in Gaza works with a physiotherapist at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
August 23, 2024, 11:07 am
From Gaza to LA: Can Paralympics dream help wounded soldiers get back their fighting spirit?
Aiming to provide motivation and spirit to soldiers facing grueling rehab, sporting officials are already looking at those injured in current fighting as 2028 Paralympic hopefuls
By Amy Spiro
Gold medalist Tom Reuveny and other members of Team Israel arrive home from the 2024 Paris Olympics, at Ben Gurion Airport on August 12, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 12, 2024, 9:08 pm
Israeli gold medalist says win was possible because of country’s soldiers
Returning home, Tom Reuveny says those protecting Jewish state are reason ‘I’m even standing here’; Israeli Olympic chief Yael Arad: Delegation’s success is due to ‘Israeli spirit’
By Amy Spiro
Gymnast Artem Dolgopyat (left) and sailors Tom Reuveny (center) and Sharon Kantor pose with their silver, gold and silver Olympic medals in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Olympic Committee of Israel)
August 11, 2024, 4:53 pm
Brushing off threats and boos, Israel’s 7 medals mark its best-ever Olympic showing
With only muted anti-Israel sentiment despite heightened tensions, athletes bring home 1 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal from Paris Games and notch a number of other achievements
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Daria Atamanov performs with the ribbon in the rhythmic gymnastics' individual all-around final at the Paris 2024 Olympics at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris, August 9, 2024. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
August 9, 2024, 7:57 pm
Israeli rhythmic gymnast Atamanov finishes 5th in individual run; team heads to finals
Daria Atamanov, in her first Olympics, says she gave it her all throughout four routines; Matan Roditi comes 16th in marathon swim
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Daria Atamanov performs with the clubs in the rhythmic gymnastics' individual all-around qualification at the Paris 2024 Olympics, August 8, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP)
August 8, 2024, 9:12 pm
Israel’s Daria Atamanov secures spot in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics final
Gymnast finishes 7th overall after routines in ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs: ‘I hope to do much better tomorrow’; Israel’s sailing delegation wraps up its Olympic events
By Amy Spiro
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