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Yoav Valinsky

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Israel
Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Origin of Impairment
Congenital

Further personal information

Languages
Hebrew, English

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began swimming at age three at the Spivac Sports Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Why this sport?
Swimming was part of his rehabilitation.

International debut

Year
2005
Competing for
Israel
Tournament
World Championships
Location
United States

General interest

Hero / Idol
Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2010)
Impairment
His mother had complications during labour. (Athlete, 04 Apr 2011)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Heat 2 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Heat 3 4
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Final Round 8
Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 Heat 1 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 Heat 2 2012-08-30 6
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heat 2 2012-09-03 6
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Heat 1 2012-09-05 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Heat 1 2012-09-08 8
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Final 1 2013-08-13 6
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heat 1 2013-08-15 8
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Final 1 2013-08-15 6
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Heat 1 2013-08-18 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Final 1 2013-08-18 7
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S6 Heat 1 2015-07-13 9
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Heat 1 2015-07-14 7
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Final 1 2015-07-14 8
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heat 1 2015-07-17 9
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Heat 1 2015-07-19 10
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 Heat 1 2016-09-08 6
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final Round 2016-09-09 9999
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 1 2016-09-09 3
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heat 1 2016-09-12 4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Final Round 2016-09-12 7
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 Heat 1 2016-09-15 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 Heat 3 2016-09-17 6