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Elham Mahamid Ruzin
Personal information
Native nameאלהאם מחמיד רוזין‎
إلهام محاميد روزين‎
Born (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34)[1]
Umm al-Fahm, Israel
Alma mater
SpouseMichael Ruzin
Children2
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportGoalball
Disability classB3
Coached byRaz Shoham
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
IBSA World Games 1 0 0
Goalball World Championships 0 0 1
Goalball European Championships 0 1 2
Lady Intercup 0 1 0
Women's goalball
Representing  Israel
IBSA World Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Seoul Women's goalball
Goalball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Matosinhos Women's goalball
Goalball European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Finland Women's goalball
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Turkey Women's goalball
Silver medal – second place 2023 Montenegro Women's goalball
Lady & Men Intercup
Silver medal – second place 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.

Early and personal life

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Elham Mahamid was born in the Galilee in the Arab Muslim city of Umm al-Fahm, Israel, and is an Arab Muslim Israeli.[2][3][4] She is legally blind, and was diagnosed as a child with the hereditary genetic eye disease achromatopsia, color blindness, and a very intense sensitivity to daylight.[5][4][6] The disease does not have a cure, and she wears special glasses.[4]

Mahamid volunteered for Sherut Leumi post-secondary school national service at a legal aid clinic. Elham holds a bachelor’s degree in education and theater studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a master’s degree in psychodrama from Seminar Hakibutzim.[4] She speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English, and Russian.[1]

In 2018 Mahamid married Michael Ruzin, who is Jewish, has a vision impairment as well, and is the captain of Israel men's national goalball team.[5][4] They had met when they were both studying in university in Jerusalem ten years prior, at a sports camp.[4] She and her husband have a boy and a girl, and the family lives in Hadera, Israel.[4][1]

Goalball career

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Elham (on the right) at the 2015 IBSA World Games gold medal podium

Elham's coach is Raz Shoham.[1] As to her representing Israel, Elham said: "I am very proud as an athlete to represent my country."[7]

Elham first played goalball at a blind club in Um al-Fahem when she was 15 years old, and took part at an after-school program at the Jewish Institute for the Blind.[8][4] The Israel Paralympic Committee ultimately decided to form a girls’ team around her.[4] She was chosen to be the captain of the team, a position that she held for eight years, from 2010 to 2018.[4][9]

In 2015 the team won the gold medal at the IBSA World Games. It ensured its spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and Elham said: "I will do everything to make my country, my relatives, and the Arab sector proud, showing that there is no difference between all of us and that we can live together."[6][10] The team came in 7th place at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[4] At those Games, she scored the first Paralympic goal for the team.[1]

It won the silver medal at the 2019 European Championship, and qualified for the Tokyo Paralympic Games.[4] It competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, and at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[11]

Awards

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She was named the 2021 Para-Athlete Peace Prize Global Winner by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "MAHAMID-RUZIN Elham," Olympics.com.
  2. ^ "Arab Athlete Proud to Represent Israel at Paralympics," Israel Today.
  3. ^ "Jewish Ties to Paralympics Run Deep," Jewish Boston.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "2021 Para-Athlete Peace Prize – Elham Mahmid Rosin," Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, August 3, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "'התאסלמתי בשבילה': סיפור אהבתם של זוג הספורטאים לקויי הראייה". Xnet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  6. ^ a b "Israeli Arab Paralympian takes pride representing Jewish state in Rio; Goalball team captain uses sound to locate and score goals," The Jerusalem Post.
  7. ^ "Rowing, shooting, wheelchair tennis: Israel sets its sights on the Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
  8. ^ "Jewish Institute for the Blind Sends a Team to the Paralympics," Jewish Link.
  9. ^ "אישה כובשת: אלהאם מחאמיד-רוזין לא נותנת למגבלות לעצור אותה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  10. ^ "נבחרת הכדור-שער בריו, ארד לשלמה לזמי". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  11. ^ "Israel’s goalball team beats Brazil 8:4 in opening match at Paralympics," The Times of Israel.
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