Doron Shaziri

Hiking, photography. (Facebook profile, 27 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 27 Feb 2021)

"You have crises and highs and you have to control your reactions to all of it. You have to feel good, you can't shoot when you're down or stressed. You have to be relaxed, and one way to do that is to smile." (israel21c.org, 31 Aug 2016)

He was the flag bearer for Israel at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (paralympic.org, 29 Aug 2012)

He played wheelchair basketball competitively before turning his focus to shooting. (calcalistech.com, 06 Mar 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (calcalistech.com, 06 Mar 2020)

In 1987 he lost his left leg after stepping on a land mine while serving as a sniper with the Israeli army in Lebanon. (calcalistech.com, 06 Mar 2020; thejc.com, 06 Sep 2012)

COMRADE
He is close friends with Israeli Para swimmer Ziv Better, who sustained a vision impairment on the same battlefield in Lebanon where Shaziri lost his leg. Better was also serving in the Israeli army and was hit by shrapnel from a land mine as he was coming to help Shaziri. (ynet.co.il, 26 May 2020)

WHEELCHAIR BUSINESS
In 1994 he founded Pro-Fit Wheelchairs, a sports wheelchair manufacturing business based in Petah Tikva, Israel. "I have a very intuitive approach to engineering, and what engineers learn to calculate, I can just see with my mind's eye. I was also lucky enough to have friends to help me with the technical aspects." (Facebook profile, 27 Feb 2021; Pro-Fit Wheelchairs Facebook page, 28 Jul 2020; calcalistech.com, 06 Mar 2020)