Impairment Information |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
L&F1 |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Nes Ziyyona, ISR |
Languages |
English, Hebrew |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She first tried dancing at age three with her sister. She took up Para dance sport eight years after she lost the use of her legs. |
Why this sport? |
"When I danced in the beginning in a wheelchair, I was very excited that I could do this again. Then I came almost every day to dance. I really liked it. It's for the soul. It's for the body. It's for everything. And it's fun." |
Club / Team |
Beit Halochem Tel Aviv: Israel |
Name of coach |
Yelena Feitlicher |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"A champion is someone who gets up even when he can't." (Instagram profile, 21 Oct 2019) |
Impairment |
She is paralysed from the waist down as a result of the effects of an autoimmune disease she developed at age 14. "My body was confused, and it attacked itself. It's called autoimmune. It's a disease where the body attacks itself." (paralympic.org, 15 Nov 2018) |
