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Boaz Avhar

Personal information
Native name	בועז אבהר
Nationality	Israel
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 0 0 3 Men's para swimming Representing  Israel Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul 100m freestyle C3 1988 Seoul 100m backstroke C3 1988 Seoul 200m backstroke C3

Boaz Avhar (Hebrew: בועז אבהר) is a former Israeli Paralympic swimmer.

Biography

Avhar has cerebral palsy.

At the 1988 Summer Paralympics he won bronze medals in all three tournaments he took part in: 100 meters freestyle, 100 meters backstroke and 200 meters backstroke in the C3 category. He returned to the 1992 Summer Paralympics and competed in five tournaments but only reached to the final in one event and failed to win any medals.

Avhar worked at Bezeq for 31 years and was later licensed in coaching and coordinates two social clubs for the disabled: a club in Holon for teenagers and a club in Tel Aviv for adults. He is married and has two children.

References

1. "Results Archive - Seoul 1988 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Freestyle C3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
2. "Results Archive - Seoul 1988 - Swimming - Mens 100 M Backstroke C3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
3. "Results Archive - Seoul 1988 - Swimming - Mens 200 M Backstroke C3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
4. בריכה ישראלית אשר כולה זהב, מעריב, 20 באוקטובר 1988 (in Hebrew)
5. "Boaz Avhar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
6. "מחפש סיכוי שווה". boazhavar.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
7. "מי אני". boazhavar.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-10-30.

External links

Boaz Avhar at Paralympic.org

• 1968 births
• Living people
• Israeli male swimmers
• Jewish swimmers
• Paralympic swimmers for Israel
• Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
• Paralympic medalists in swimming
• Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
• Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
• Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
• 20th-century Israeli sportsmen