Ariela Meizan née Cohen is a former Israeli paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. She won seven Paralympic medals, three individual medals in swimming and four medals as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.
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| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Swimming Wheelchair basketball |
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At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal as a member of the women's team in wheelchair basketball. She took part in various tournaments in swimming and athletics, reaching fourth to eighth place in numerous competitions and failing to reach the final round in two others.[1]
At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals: one as a member of the women's basketball team[2] and three individual medals in swimming.[3]
Meizan was a member of Israel's women's wheelchair basketball team to three more Paralympic Games, winning silver medals at the 1980 Summer Paralympics[4] and at the 1984 Summer Paralympics[5] and making her final appearance at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.[6]
Among her achievements at the IWAS World Games, at the 1970 Stoke Mandeville Games Meizan won three gold medals in swimming and in wheelchair fencing[7] as well as other achievements, including a bronze medal in swimming.[8] At the 1971 Stoke Mandeville Games she gained a gold medals in the 75m freestyle swimming tournament and as a member of the women's wheelchair fencing team.[9] She won several gold medals in swimming at the 1978 Stoke Mandeville Games.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Ariela Mizan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Ariela MizanToronto 1976 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Ariela Mizan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "Stoke Mandeville 1984 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "1988 Seoul - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ 4 מדליות זהב לספורטאים נכים, למרחב, 30.7.1970 (in Hebrew)
- ^ ארבע מדליות לישראל במשחקי הנכים, למרחב, 22.7.1970 (in Hebrew)
- ^ הנכים חזרו מסטוקמנדויל עם מטען של 37 מדליות, מעריב, 8.8.1971 (in Hebrew)
- ^ כדורסלני הנכים חוללו הפתעה ניצחו נבחרת ארה"ב 47:55, דבר, 30.7.1978 (in Hebrew)
- ^ שלל נוסף של מדליות לנבחרת הנכים באנגליה, דבר, 28.7.1978 (in Hebrew)