Gal Hamrani

Israeli Paralympic goalball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gal Hamrani (Hebrew: גל חמרני; born 1 December 1992) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.

Nativename
גל חמרני
CountryIsrael
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Gal Hamrani
Personal information
Native name
גל חמרני
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportGoalball
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 1 0
IBSA World Games 1 0 1
Goalball World Championships 0 0 1
Goalball European Championships 0 2 2
Lady Intercup 1 2 0
Women's goalball
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
IBSA World Games
Gold medal – first place2015 SeoulWomen's goalball
Bronze medal – third place2019 Fort WayneWomen's goalball
Goalball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 MatosinhosWomen's goalball
Goalball European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 FinlandWomen's goalball
Silver medal – second place2019 GermanyWomen's goalball
Bronze medal – third place2021 TurkeyWomen's goalball
Silver medal – second place2023 MontenegroWomen's goalball
Lady & Men Intercup
Silver medal – second place2022 MalmoWomen's goalball
Gold medal – first place2022 BerlinWomen's goalball
Silver medal – second place2023 MalmoWomen's goalball
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Early life

Hamrani was born with aniridia and glaucoma, resulting in her being fully blind in one eye, limited eyesight in the other and being assisted by a guide dog.[1] She completed her sherut Leumi volunteering at a hospital.[2]

Goalball career

Hamrani began practicing goalball at age 13, joined the Israel women's national goalball team and is the team captain.[1] She took part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and was team captain during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] The team qualified for the Paralympic Games after achieving gold medal at the 2015 IBSA World Games and silver medal at the 2019 Goalball European Championships.[4]

She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Women's goalball tournament, where she and the Israel women's national goalball team won a silver medal.[5][6][7]

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