Gal Hamrani

Gal Hamrani was born in 1992

Gal Hamrani was born on 1 December 1992 and grew up in Rosh HaAyin. She was born with aniridia and glaucoma. As a result she is blind in one eye, has limited sight in the other, and uses a guide dog.

She did national civil service, volunteering at a hospital through Yad Sarah.

She started training in goalball at age 13 at Beit Halochem and first competed in Europe at age 15. She joined the women's national team and became its captain. The team won gold at the 2015 IBSA World Games and silver at the 2019 European Championships, earning places at the Paralympics.

She played for Israel at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics, serving as captain in 2020. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics she and the team won a silver medal. In 2025 she lit a torch at the national Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl.