Inbal Pezaro

Inbal Pezaro (Hebrew: ענבל פיזרו, born 26 March 1987) is an Israeli Paralympic swimmer.

Inbal Pezaro

Pezaro competing at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Israeli
Born	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 Yizre'el, Israel
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	freestyle backstroke breaststroke
Club	ILAN Haifa
Coach	Noah Ram
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 0 4 5 IPC World Championships 3 6 3 IPC European Championships 3 2 5 Women's para swimming Representing Israel Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke SB4 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S5 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle S5 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke SB4 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle S5 2012 London 50 m freestyle S5 2012 London 100 m freestyle S5 2012 London 200 m freestyle S5 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley SM5 World Championships 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m breaststroke SB4 2006 Durban 100 m breaststroke SB4 2010 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle S5 2006 Durban 100 m freestyle S5 2006 Durban 200 m freestyle S5 2010 Eindhoven 200 m freestyle S5 2013 Montreal 200 m freestyle S5 2015 Glasgow 200 m freestyle S5 2015 Glasgow 200 m medley SM5 2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle S5 2017 Mexico City 50 m freestyle S5 2017 Mexico City 100 m freestyle S5 European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 200 m freestyle S5 2014 Eindhoven 200 m freestyle S5 2018 Dublin 200 m freestyle 2014 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle S5 2016 Funchal 200 m medley SM5 2014 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle S5 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S5 2016 Funchal 200 m freestyle S5 2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle 2018 Dublin 200 m medley

Biography

Pezaro was born on Kibbutz Yizre'el. At birth she suffered from a complex with blood vessels at her spinal cord, which caused her to become paralyzed in her lower limbs. At the age of five she began practicing sports at the ILAN center in Haifa, progressing to compete in national championships only six years later.

Swimming career

From the age of 12 Pezaro had been competing in international swimming competitions. Following her exemption from military service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), she volunteered to service and was certified as a swimming instructor.

She took part at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

At the 2012 Paralympic Games, Pezaro won a silver medal on the opening day, after coming in second place in the 100-meter freestyle competition. She set a new Israeli record with 1:12.57 minutes. Pezaro claimed her second medal, finishing second in the 200 meters freestyle S5 competition. Bela Hlaváčková of the Czech Republic beat Pezaro in the women's 100 breast SB4, giving Inbal her third silver medal of the Beijing Paralympics.

Pezaro emerged as one of the country's biggest stars in the Paralympics in Beijing. She won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Paralympics 200 meter freestyle, coming in at 3:38.20 minutes.

Honors

In 2002, she was honored to light a torch at the national Independence Day celebrations. In 2007, she was awarded "Sportswoman of the Year" title by the Israeli Association for Disabled Sports.

External links

• Inbal Pezaro at Paralympic.org
• Inbal Pezaro at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)