Israel at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained
| Npc: | ISR |
| Country: | Israel |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Games: | Winter Paralympics |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Israel |
| Npcname: | Israel Paralympic Committee |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Competitors: | 1 |
| Competitors Women: | 1 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Inbal Pezaro[1] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 2022 |
Israel competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022.[2] [3] It was the first time Israel competed at the Winter Paralympics.[4] [5]
Administration
Former Paralympic swimmer Inbal Pezaro served as Chef de Mission.[6]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=150 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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Alpine skiing
See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Sheina Vaspi competed in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[2] [4] [7] She was not able to compete in the women's slalom standing event after a change in schedule caused a conflict with Shabbat.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- News: Aharoni . Oren . בגלל השבת: שיינא וספי לא תשתתף בטקס פתיחת משחקי החורף הפראלימפיים . Because of Shabbat: Sheina Vaspi will not attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games . 7 March 2022 . Israel Hayom . 3 March 2022 . he.
- News: Brennan. Eliott. 26 January 2022. Israel to participate in Winter Paralympic Games for first time at Beijing 2022. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 January 2022.
- News: 27 February 2022 . Sheina Vaspi all set to make history for Israel . Paralymipc.org . 27 February 2022.
- News: 23 January 2022. Israel's first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier. Jewish News Syndicate. 27 January 2022.
- News: 20 February 2022. Over to Paralympians to hog limelight at Beijing. Paralympic.org. 21 February 2022.
- News: Burke. Patrick. 12 March 2022. Vaspi forced to miss slalom at Beijing 2022 after schedule change causes clash with Shabbat. InsideTheGames.biz. 12 March 2022.
- Web site: Alpine Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113641/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/ALP/PWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 13 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
