Sheina Vaspi

Sheina Vaspi was born in 2001 in Yesud HaMa'ala

Sheina Vaspi was born on August 13, 2001, in Yesud HaMa'ala in northern Israel, to a Chabad Hasidic family. She is the granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel Yoav Vaspi, who was killed in the Yom Kippur War. At age 3 she was badly hurt in a car accident, and her left leg was amputated.

She took up skiing as part of her rehabilitation through the Erez association. With support from Erez, the Israel Sports Association for the Disabled and the Israeli Paralympic Committee, she began a competitive career. She trains in Colorado with coach Scott Olson at the National Sports Center for the Disabled.

In January 2022 she finished 13th in the giant slalom at the world championships in Lillehammer, Norway. In March 2022 she competed in the giant slalom at the Beijing Paralympics in the LW2 class, skiing upright on her right leg. She withdrew from the slalom after it was moved to Shabbat.

She does not compete on Shabbat and races in a skirt, in line with her religious observance. She also represented Israel at the 2026 Paralympics in Milan and Cortina.