Noam Gershony
Noam Gershony 
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| Noam Gershony at the US Open 2011 | ||||||||||||
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 Israel
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| Birthday: | January 30, 1983 | |||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | |||||||||||
| Trainer: | Nimrod Bichler | |||||||||||
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| Career record: | 84:22 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (September 10, 2012) | |||||||||||
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| Career record: | 37:18 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 5 (January 30, 2012) | |||||||||||
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Last update of the infobox: February 7th, 2015 |
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | ||||||||||||
Noam Gershony (born January 30, 1983 ) is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player .
Career
Noam Gershony was a pilot in the Israel Defense Forces . During the 2006 Lebanon War, his AH-64 Apache collided with another helicopter and crashed, killing his copilot and seriously injuring himself. As part of his rehabilitation program, he began wheelchair tennis in 2007 and has since started in the quadriplegic class .
In 2011 he won the individual competition at the Wheelchair Tennis Masters with a final victory against Andrew Lapthorne . It was his first big title win. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics , he won the bronze medal with Shraga Weinberg . In the individual, he won the gold medal with a final victory over David Wagner .
Web links
Commons : Noam Gershony - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paralympics: Israeli pilot overcomes crash to win tennis gold , csmonitor.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
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| SURNAME | Gershony, Noam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli wheelchair tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1983 |