Ami Dadaon

Ami Dadaon was born in 2000 in Haifa

Ami Omer Dadaon was born on 26 December 2000 in Haifa, to Yair and Yafa. He was born premature, with cerebral palsy and quadriplegia. He grew up in Kiryat Ata and lives there.

He started swimming at age 6 at the Israel Association for Children with Disabilities in Haifa, as rehabilitation therapy. As a teenager he joined the senior national team under coach Yaakov Beninson. He competes in the S4 disability class.

In 2018 he won 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the European Championships in Dublin. At the 2019 World Championships in London he won silver and bronze. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics he won gold in the 50 m and 200 m freestyle, setting a world record in the 200 m, and silver in the 150 m individual medley.

He won several world titles in 2022 and 2023, and set world records in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle. At the Paris 2024 Paralympics he won gold in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, silver in the 150 m individual medley and bronze in the 50 m freestyle. In 2025 he won 3 gold medals and 1 silver at the World Championships in Singapore.