Ora Anlen
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Born | 15 August 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 July 2022 | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ora Anlen (née Goldstein; Hebrew: אורה אנלין; 15 August 1944 – July 10, 2022) was an Israeli Paralympic champion.
Anlen was born in Kibbutz HaMa'apil. As a young baby she contracted polio and remained paralyzed in both lower limbs. In 1964 she began practicing sports at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled and was active in swimming, athletics and wheelchair basketball.
In 1966 she participated for the first time in an international competition. She won 5 medals in the Stoke Mandeville Games that year, and in 1968 won 5 medals and gained a world record during the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Anlen continued to excel, winning seven medals in the 1971 Stoke Mandeville Games, 5 medals in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, and 4 medals in the 1976 Summer Paralympics. Over the years she won 14 Paralympic medals and held three world records.
Anlen was married since 1977 to Haim Anlen, a delegate to the 1976 Summer Paralympics.
References
[edit]- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Swimming - Womens 100 M Breaststroke Open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ תוצאות שחייני נבחרות ישראל באולימפיאדות 2000-1960, במים כולם שווים: סיפורה של מרגלית - סיפור שחיית הנכים בישראל, ע' 114 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Swimming - Womens 50 M Breaststroke 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Womens 50 M Breaststroke 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Swimming - Womens 50 M Breaststroke Class 4 Incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Athletics - Womens Shot Put 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Athletics - Womens Discus Throw 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Athletics - Womens Shot Put 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Athletics - Womens Discus Throw 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Athletics - Womens Pentathlon 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Athletics - Womens Pentathlon 4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Shot Put C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens 60 M Wheelchair B". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- 1944 births
- 2022 deaths
- Israeli female discus throwers
- Paralympic athletes for Israel
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Israeli female swimmers
- Israeli women's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic swimmers for Israel
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Israel
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- People with paraplegia
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Track and field athletes with disabilities
- Swimmers with disabilities
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Female breaststroke swimmers
- Sportspeople from Central District (Israel)
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Polio survivors