Elham Mahamid Ruzin
Israeli Paralympic goalball player
إلهام محاميد روزينMedal record
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Representing  Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBSA World Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 2015 Seoul | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goalball World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 2022 Matosinhos | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goalball European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 Finland | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 Turkey | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | 2023 Montenegro | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady & Men Intercup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 Malmo | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elham Mahamid Ruzin (Hebrew: אלהאם מחמיד רוזין, Arabic: إلهام محاميد روزين; born 16 February 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 founded the Israeli 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 in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Mahamid volunteered for Sherut Leumi post-secondary school national service at a legal aid clinic. She is a graduate of Education and Theatre studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds a Master's degree in psychodrama from the Kibbutzim College.
In 2018 Mahamid married Michael Ruzin, captain of Israel men's national goalball team.[1]
References
External links
- Elham Mahamid Ruzin at Paralympic.org
