Hagai Zamir
Personal information
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Zikim, Israel
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 3 1 0
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Men's volleyball
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Volleyball - standing[1]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Volleyball - standing[2]
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York Volleyball - standing[3]
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Volleyball - standing[4]
Volleyball World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1976 Volleyball
Gold medal – first place 1983 Volleyball
Silver medal – second place 1986 Volleyball

Hagai Zamir (Hebrew: חגי זמיר, born 1951) is an Israeli paralympic volleyball champion.

Biography

Hagai Zamir was born on Kibbutz Zikim. He served with the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade. On January 2, 1970, during the War of Attrition, Zamir was sent with his unit to the island of Shadwan as part of Operation Rhodes. Zamir and two comrades were injured by a mine. Zamir's left leg was amputated. After six months of rehabilitation he returned to the kibbutz and worked in the cotton fields. He also went back to playing volleyball, now on a team for the disabled.

Zamir is married and father of two. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[5]

Sports career

Zamir was an active member of the disabled volleyball team for 30 years, taking part in seven Paralympic Games. He is a certified volleyball and tennis coach. He has been teaching in schools since 1982 and in 1992 he also became a coach of Kfar Saba's municipal team. Several of his teams won national championships.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Volleyball - Mens Standing Volleyball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  2. ↑ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Volleyball - Mens Standing Volleyball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Results Archive - Stoke Mandeville New York 1984 - Volleyball - Mens Standing Volleyball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Results Archive - Seoul 1988 - Volleyball - Mens Standing Volleyball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  5. ↑ Tugend, Tom. "Paralympic volleyball star made Hall-of-Famer" Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 1997. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Hagai Zamir, Israel's handicapped volleyball star, who has won nine Paralympics, World Cup and European Cup gold medals, is among nine sports personalities from five countries elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame."
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