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Mark Malyar

Mark Malyar is an Israeli para swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

born 2000Two Tokyo Paralympic gold medalsPara swimming world records2019 world title in freestyle

Born: 5 March 2000, Haifa
Occupation: Para swimmer

Mark Malyar was born in 2000 in Haifa

Mark Malyar was born on 5 March 2000 at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, with cerebral palsy. His parents are Alex and Diana. He grew up in Kiryat Motzkin with his identical twin brother Ariel, who is also a Paralympic swimmer.

He started swimming at age 5 with his brother as part of hydrotherapy. He later joined the ILAN Haifa swimming team. He trains at the ILAN pool in Kiryat Haim under coach Yaakov Benenson.

He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico and three medals at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin. In 2019 he set a world record in the 1,500 meter freestyle and won world gold in the 400 meter freestyle in London, also a world record.

At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics he won gold in the 400 meter freestyle S7 and the 200 meter individual medley SM7, with world records in both, plus a bronze in the 100 meter backstroke. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics he won bronze in the 100 meter backstroke S8.