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Lihi Ben-David
Personal information
Native nameליהיא בן-דוד‎
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportGoalball
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 1 0
IBSA World Games 1 0 1
Goalball World Championships 0 0 1
Goalball European Championships 0 2 2
Lady Intercup 1 2 0
Women's goalball
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
IBSA World Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Seoul Women's goalball
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fort Wayne Women's goalball
Goalball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Matosinhos Women's goalball
Goalball European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Finland Women's goalball
Silver medal – second place 2019 Germany Women's goalball
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Turkey Women's goalball
Silver medal – second place 2023 Montenegro Women's goalball
Lady & Men Intercup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Malmo Women's goalball
Gold medal – first place 2022 Berlin Women's goalball
Silver medal – second place 2023 Malmo Women's goalball

Lihi Ben-David (Hebrew: ליהיא בן-דוד; born 8 December 1995) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.

Early life

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Ben-David suffers from macular degeneration and is aided by a guide dog.[1] She has a twin brother Or Ben-David who plays for the Israel men's national goalball team.[2]

Ben-David completed Sherut Leumi.[3] She studied physical education at Wingate Institute and is a goalball coach in Jerusalem and Beersheba.

Goalball career

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Ben-David began playing goalball at age 11 and joined the Israel women's national goalball team.

In 2015 she scored the winning goal at the IBSA World Games, with the team winning a gold medal and ensuring their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4] Throughout the 2019 Goalball European Championship Ben-David scored 32 goals and the Israeli national team reached second place and ensured its place at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "נבחרת הכדורשער תפתח את הופעתה בטוקיו: "יכולות להשיג מדליית זהב"". Davar1 (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. ^ "נבחרת נשים – כדורשער באתר ארגון נכי צה"ל". inz.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  3. ^ "משחקי ריו נפתחים, ואלו הספורטאים הישראלים". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  4. ^ "נבחרת הכדור-שער בריו, ארד לשלמה לזמי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  5. ^ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
  6. ^ "Israel's eighth medal: the goalball team advanced to the finals of the Paralympic Games," Davar.
  7. ^ "Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024", Olympics.com.
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