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Saleh Shahin
סאלח שאהין ;صلاح شاهین
Personal information
Born (1982-10-28) 28 October 1982 (age 41)
Shfaram, Israel
Home townShfaram, Israel
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
SpouseSabrin Shahin
Children3
Sport
Country Israel
SportRowing
Disability classPR2
EventDouble sculls
ClubBeit Halochem
PartnerShahar Milfelder
Coached byDmitry Margolin and Sergey Bokarib
Achievements and titles
World finals2023 World Rowing Championships, first in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Pararowing
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris PR2 mixed double sculls

Saleh Shahin (סאלח שאהין ;صلاح شاهین; born 28 October 1982) is an Israeli Paralympic medalist rower.[1][2] He is Druze, from the Arab city of Shfaram, Israel. He enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces, and served as a commander in the paratroopers. He was wounded in 2005 in a terrorist attack. Shahin represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls, and won the bronze medal with Shahar Milfelder.

Early and personal life

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Shahin is Druze, from the Arab city of Shfaram, Israel. He and his wife Sabrin have two daughters.[3] He enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces in 2003, and rose to be a commander in the paratroopers.[4][5]

Speaking of Arab-Jewish coexistence, Shahin said: "I feel an inseparable part of the State of Israel, and equal among equals."[6]

Terrorist attack and injury

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On January 13, 2005, Shahin was at work as a security guard for the Israel Airports Authority at the Karni crossing checkpoint on the Gaza-Israel border.[5][7][3] A number of terrorists from Gaza attacked the crossing, killed six Israeli civilians, wounding four others, and seriously wounding Shahin.[8][5][9] Shahin attacked the terrorists, and in his exchange of gunfire with them Shahin was injured by four bullets which crushed his left foot, and entered his left thigh tearing a main artery, hip joint, pelvis, and intestines in his abdomen.[10][11][5][3] He killed the terrorist who had shot him, as well as two other terrorists.[12][13]

Shahin received two awards for his acts of bravery in stopping the attack and pursuing an attacker.[14] He suffers from considerable limitation in his range of motion as a consequence of his injuries.[3]

Rowing career

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His club is Beit Halochem in Tel Aviv, Israel. Shahin trains at the Daniel Rowing Centre and on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, and his coaches are Dmitry Margolin and Sergey Bokarib.[15][1] He practices twice a day, six days a week.[16] He is 1.95 meters (6 feet, 5 inches) tall.[5]

His rowing partner is Jewish-Israeli Shahar Milfelder, who is 15 years his junior, at 16 years old was diagnosed with cancer, and half of her pelvis was removed.[6] At the 2019 World Rowing Cup III, they won a gold medal in the PR3 Mixed Double Sculls (FA). At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, they came in first in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B. At the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Switzerland, they won a silver medal in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls and qualified for the 2024 Paralympics.[8][17][18][19]

2024 Paris Paralympics bronze medal

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Shahin represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls. He said: "It’s a great honour to represent my country, but it’s also a huge responsibility. I hope to do so in the most deserving and honorable way, especially in this difficult period after October 7. It is my goal to show the world how strong we are."[20]

He won the bronze medal with Shahar Milfelder, with a time of 8:31.85, 13 seconds behind gold medalist Great Britain.[21][22][23] He said that at the start of their race, he heard the Israeli national anthem, and was in tears.[23] Speaking of the killing of six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza that day, Shahin said: "I started with a really difficult morning with everything that is happening in the country at this time, and I said that there should be light at the end of the tunnel."[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Shahin Saleh". Paralympic.org.
  2. ^ Merlin, Ohad (4 June 2024). "Druze rower qualifies for Paralympic games with Jewish counterpart". The Jerusalem Post.
  3. ^ a b c d "Makers for Heroes; Saleh Shahin," Restart.
  4. ^ "Beit Halochem athletes are going to the Paralympics!," Beit Halochem Canada, August 7, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Druze rower qualifies for Paralympic games with Jewish counterpart' Injured in a terror attack in 2005, Saleh Shaheen’s story is one of resilience, persistence and trust," The Jerusalem Post.
  6. ^ a b Dotan Malach (August 28, 2024). "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfeder dream of bringing a medal together," Makor Rishon.
  7. ^ Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics," The Jewish Chronicle.
  8. ^ a b Oren Aharoni (May 26, 2024). "Without the injury I might not have been at the Paralympic Games in Paris - that's my destiny," Israel HaYom.
  9. ^ Amy Spiro (September 1, 2024). "Rowers take gold, bronze as Israel continues to rack up Paralympic medals; Champ Moran Samuel says the day, like the year, held mixed emotions; Druze rower Saleh Shahin, wounded in 2005 Gaza border terror attack, says he wanted to bring some ‘light’ to nation," The Times of Israel.
  10. ^ Stav Ifergan (September 1, 2024). "Success in Paris: gold for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin," Ynet.
  11. ^ Guy Laiba (September 1, 2024). "The Paralympic athletes presented the most beautiful face of Israel," Ynet.
  12. ^ "The amazing story of Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin; The rower was a basketball player and underwent surgery to remove a pelvis due to an illness, the Druze rower was injured in the attack after eliminating three terrorists: the story of the new bronze medalists," One, September 1, 2024.
  13. ^ "A huge achievement: a medal for Millfelder and Shahin in the pair rowing; Amazing: the pair of Israeli rowers who came as underdogs surprised in a big way in the final of the double rowing at the Paralympic Games, when they stopped the clock in a time of 8:31.85 minutes," One, September 1, 2024.
  14. ^ "A significant Israeli achievement," Yoseph Haddad, June 16, 2023..
  15. ^ "Schwang Athlete of the Week |Saleh Shaheen; Our athlete of the week was injured in a battle with terrorists and through sports managed to rehabilitate and even managed to compete in the world championship and world cup in rowing," Shvoong, April 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "Sport saved Israeli Paralympian," DW, September 5, 2024 (video).
  17. ^ "Saleh SHAHIN," World Rowing.
  18. ^ Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics," The Jewish Chronicle.
  19. ^ "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfelder," INZ-org.
  20. ^ Amelie Botbol (August 28, 2024). "The Israeli war veterans going for sporting glory at the Paralympics; ‘It is my goal to show the world how strong we are’", The Jewish Chronicle.
  21. ^ Oren Aharoni (September 1, 2024). "Gold medal in rowing for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahin and Millfelder," Israel HaYom.
  22. ^ Spiro, Amy (1 September 2024). "Israeli rowing duo takes bronze for Israel at Paris Paralympics". The Times of Israel.
  23. ^ a b c "I will go to Millfelder and Shaheen in Paris; The pair of Israeli rowers, in their first appearance at the games, reached the podium in rowing," Mako, September 1, 2024.
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