Avraham Keftelovitch
Israeli Paralympic swimmer
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Avraham Keftelovitch (Hebrew: אברהם קפטלוביץ'; born 1947) is an Israeli former paralympic swimmer.
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At the 1964 Summer Paralympics, he won four medals, three of which in para swimming: a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke swimming tournament classified as special class, a bronze medal in 50m freestyle prone special class and a second bronze medal as a member of the relay swimming team for mixed medley (alongside Jacob Ben-Arie and Baruch Hagai). His fourth medal, also a bronze, was as a member of Israel's wheelchair basketball team. At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in 50m freestyle swimming class 4 and a gold medal as a member of the Israeli national wheelchair basketball team.[7]
Between 1969 and 1971 he was a professional wheelchair basketball player in Bulova, New York, United States and took part in the 1970 all star game.[citation needed]
Keftlovitch lived in Oranit.
He died on May 13, 2025, after enduring great suffering from a serious illness. He was 77 years old at the time of his death.
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