Adam Berdichevsky

Adam Berdichevsky was born in 1983

Adam Berdichevsky was born on 19 October 1983 in kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, near the Gaza border. He grew up there and later raised his own family on the kibbutz.

He served in the Nahal Brigade, where he met his wife, Hila. In 2007, during a trip after his service, a ferry overturned in a storm near Ko Phi Phi in Thailand. The engine severed most of his left leg, and he went through rehabilitation at Soroka Medical Center.

He studied mechanical engineering at Ben Gurion University and Ariel University, earning a bachelor's degree, and works as a mechanical engineer. After about 4 years of para-swimming, he took up wheelchair tennis in 2013.

He competed at the Paralympics in Rio in 2016, Tokyo in 2020 and Paris in 2024, where he was one of Israel's flagbearers. He has won Israeli national titles and reached a career-high world ranking of 20 in singles.

On 7 October 2023, he, his wife and their 3 children hid in their safe room when Hamas attacked Nir Yitzhak. The family was evacuated to Eilat and later moved for a time to Houston, Texas.