Uri Basha

Uri Basha was born in 1962

Uri Basha was born in 1962 and grew up in Or Yehuda. He served in the 7th Brigade of the Armored Corps.

In 1982, during the Lebanon War, he was wounded by a shell in the Lebanon Valley and lost his sight. During his rehabilitation at Beit Halochem, he took up horse riding, tandem cycling and goalball.

He played for the blind goalball team at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics he competed in equestrian events and placed 17th. In 1993 he founded the Kadur HaOr association, which set up sports frameworks for people with disabilities, including a goalball team in Netanya and a tandem cycling group in the Sharon area.

He studied social work at Tel Aviv University and works as a psychotherapist. He is a social worker for Tzemed, an association for blind people who use guide dogs. He is married with 4 children and lives in Moshav Gan Yoshiya.