Elham Mahamid Ruzin
Personal information
Native nameאלהאם מחמיד רוזין‎
إلهام محاميد روزين‎
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportGoalball
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
IBSA World Games 1 0 0
Goalball World Championships 0 0 1
Goalball European Championships 0 0 2
Women's goalball
Representing  Israel
IBSA World Games
Gold medal – first place2015 SeoulWomen's goalball
Goalball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 MatosinhosWomen's goalball
Goalball European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 FinlandWomen's goalball
Bronze medal – third place2021 TurkeyWomen's goalball

Elham Mahamid Ruzin (Hebrew: אלהאם מחמיד רוזין, Arabic: إلهام محاميد روزين; born 1990) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player and former captain of the Israel women's national goalball team.

Biography

Elham Mahamid was born in Umm al-Fahm. She was diagnosed as a child with genetic achromatopsia.[1]

She was founded Israel women's national goalball team and was team captain from 2010 to 2018.[2]

In 2015 the team won the gold medal at the IBSA World Games and ensured their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] They later competed also at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Mahamid did her Sherut Leumi service at a legal aid station. She is a graduate of education and theatre studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds a masters in psychodrama from the Kibbutzim College.

In 2018 Mahamid married Michael Ruzin, captain of Israel men's national goalball team.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "'התאסלמתי בשבילה': סיפור אהבתם של זוג הספורטאים לקויי הראייה". Xnet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. ↑ "אישה כובשת: אלהאם מחאמיד-רוזין לא נותנת למגבלות לעצור אותה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  3. ↑ "נבחרת הכדור-שער בריו, ארד לשלמה לזמי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
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