Zvi Potashnik

Zvi Potashnik (Hebrew: צבי פוטשניק) is a former wheelchair basketball player for Israel.

Zvi Potashnik
Sport
Country Israel
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 1 0 0
Stoke Mandeville Games 0 1 0
Representing  Israel
Summer Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball
1968 Tel Aviv wheelchair basketball[1]
Stoke Mandeville Games
Swimming
1962 50m breaststroke

Potashnik was born in Haifa and was among the first members of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled, competing in wheelchair basketball, swimming and table tennis.[2] He was a member of the national wheelchair basketball team from 1960 to 1976.[3]

A member of the Israeli delegation to the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1962, Potashnik won silver medal in 50 meter breaststroke.[4] At the 1968 Summer Paralympics he was a member of the gold medal-winning wheelchair basketball team.[5]

In 1967 he was a founding member of a sports club for disabled athletes in Kiryat Sprinzak.[6]

Potashnik married Paralympic athlete Malka Halfon.

References
  1. "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. "צבי אלגת, ספורט של כוח-רצון, מעריב, 22 ביולי 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. "מלכה פוטשניק חלפון" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  4. "הנכים חזרו מאנגליה עם "שיירת מוזהבת" של מדליות וגביעים, למרחב, 19 באוגוסט 1962". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  5. "Zvi Potashnik". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  6. "700 זוגות מתרימים – במצעד הפרוטות בחיפה, מעריב, 1 בפברואר 1967". JPress (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-16.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.