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.
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| Native name | גל חמרני | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Israel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editGoalball career
editHamrani 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]
Honors
editIn 2025, Hamrani was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony.[8]
References
edit- 1 2 "ראיון עם גל חמרני" (PDF). ofekl.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "לגרש את החושך". yediot.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "Gal Hamrni". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "Women's Goal Ball". zdvo.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ↑ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
- ↑ "Israel's eighth medal: the goalball team advanced to the finals of the Paralympic Games," Davar.
- ↑ "Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024", Olympics.com.
- ↑ "'Bridges of Hope': The torch-lighters at Israel's 77th Independence Day celebration". The Times of Israel. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
