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Assaf Agmon
Assaf Agmon is a former Israeli Paralympic swimmer who won medals at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Paralympics.
born 1945Paralympic swimming for IsraelParalympic relay gold medalsActing in the Open Theater
- Born
- 4 September 1945, Beit HaArava
- Occupation
- Para swimmer
Assaf Agmon was born in 1945 in Beit HaArava
Assaf Agmon was born on September 4, 1945, at Kibbutz Beit HaArava, north of the Dead Sea. The kibbutz was abandoned during the War of Independence, and his family moved to Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv.
He served in the IDF Combat Engineering Corps during the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition. In 1970 he was wounded on the Suez Canal front and left paralyzed in the lower body.
Agmon swam for Israel at five Paralympic Games, from Heidelberg in 1972 to Seoul in 1988. At Arnhem in 1980 he won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in individual events, plus a gold and a silver in relays. At the 1984 Games in New York and Stoke Mandeville he won relay gold and silver.
As of 2010 he was active in the Etgarim association, sailing, flying and driving off-road vehicles. He also acts in the Open Theater, serves as its spokesman, and sings in the choir of Beit HaLohem Tel Aviv.
Assaf Agmon's life in 8 milestones
- 1945
Born at Kibbutz Beit HaArava.
- 1970
Wounded on the Suez Canal front.
- 1972
Competed at the Heidelberg Paralympics.
- 1976
Competed at the Toronto Paralympics.
- 1978
Won a relay silver medal at the Stoke Mandeville Games.
- 1980
Won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Arnhem Paralympics.
- 1984
Won relay gold and silver at the Paralympics.
- 1988
Competed at the Seoul Paralympics.
Assaf Agmon served in Combat Engineering Corps
He served in the Combat Engineering Corps during the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition. He was wounded on the Suez Canal front in 1970.
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Based on English Wikipedia, Assaf Agmon and Hebrew Wikipedia, אסף אגמון (שחיין), under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: חיים אנלין, Public domain