Roni Ohayon (Hebrew: רוני אוחיון; born 8 March 1999) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player who plays a centre and for the Israeli national goalball team. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and Team Israel won a silver medal.
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| Native name | רוני אוחיון | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 March 1999 Beersheba, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editOhion was born on 8 March 1999 in Beersheba[1] with a number of visual impairments including: blindness in the left eye, difficulty seeing in the distance in the right eye, vision in light and more. She has been involved in sports since childhood in athletics, including high jump, long jump and floor gymnastics for the visually impaired. In the 4th grade, she started practicing goalball at the center for the blind in Bere, but the group was closed after six months and reopened only when she entered the 8th grade.
Goalball career
editAt the age of 13, Ohayon joined the reserve team and later moved up to the senior team. In May 2014, she participated in the first competition which was a preparatory competition for the World Championship which took place in July of that year. In 2016, she competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro.[2] In 2021, she competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[3]
She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.[4][5][6]
Personal life
editOhayon currently resides in Ramat Gan.[7]
References
edit- ^ "OHAYON Roni". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Klein Leichman, Abigail (26 August 2016). "Israel's Paralympic delegation hoping for multiple medals in Rio". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Jerusalem Post Staff (20 August 2021). "Jerusalem Institute for the Blind sends team to the Paralympics". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Israel's eighth medal: the goalball team advanced to the finals of the Paralympic Games," Davar.
- ^ "Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024", Olympics.com.
- ^ "גדולות ביפן: הספורטאיות הפראלימפיות מהנגב רוצות לעשות היסטוריה". mynet (in Hebrew). 22 August 2021.
