Yarden Adika (Hebrew: ירדן אדיקה; born 1999) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player. 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 | ירדן אדיקה | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editAdika was born in Karmiel, and studied at the local high school majoring in communications.[1]
She completed Sherut Leumi and was among the President of Israel's excelling volunteers for 2019.[2]
Goalball career
editShe was a member of the youth movement of the Jewish Institute for the Blind, and through it joined the Israel women's national goalball team.[3]
Adika was a member of the national team from 2013 to 2016, when she retired due to a wrist injury.[4] In 2015 she was part of the team's win at the IBSA World Games in Seoul, which guaranteed their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]
She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and Team Israel won a silver medal.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "היא מצטיינת והיא מכרמיאל". blinker.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "מצטייני הנשיא תשע"ט". shlomit.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "המטרה: מדליה". zhk.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "ירדן אדיקה מכרמיאל, השראה ומודל לחיקוי". karmieli.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "נבחרת הכדור-שער בריו, ארד לשלמה לזמי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ "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.
