Geula Siri

Geula Siri

Sport
Country	Israel
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 1 2 4 Representing Israel Paralympic Games Women's para-athletics 1968 Tel Aviv 4x40m open 1968 Tel Aviv Javelin special class 1968 Tel Aviv Novices 60m C 1968 Tel Aviv Discus throw special class 1968 Tel Aviv Club throw special class 1968 Tel Aviv Shot put special class Women's wheelchair basketball 1968 Tel Aviv Wheelchair basketball

Geula Siri (Hebrew: גאולה סירי; born 1949) is a former Israeli athlete who has won 7 Paralympic medals.

Biography

Siri was born in Sanaa, Yemen and immigrated to Israel with her family in Operation Magic Carpet in 1950. She grew up in Bat Yam and joined the Israel ParaSport Center.

Siri participated in the 1968 Summer Paralympics as a competitor in para athletics and a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team. She competed in eight tournaments and won medals in six: gold medal with the basketball team, silver medals in javelin and 4X40 wheelchair race relay, and bronze medals in discus throw, club throw, shot put and novices. Her two other performances were in javelin precision and in wheelchair slalom. Twenty years later, her performance in the 1988 Summer Paralympics gained her top ranks outside the medal table: fourth place in javelin and in pentathlon, fifth place in shot put and sixth place in discus throw.

External links

• Geula Siri at the International Paralympic Committee