Lihi Ben-David (; born 8 December 1995) is an Israeli Paralympic

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...

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.

Early life

Ben-David suffers from

macular degeneration Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred vision, blurred or vision loss, no vision in the center of the visual field. Early on there are often no sym ...

and is aided by a

guide dog Guide dogs (colloquially known in the US as seeing-eye dogs) are assistance dogs trained to lead people who are blind or visually impaired around obstacles. Although dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are red–green c ...

. She has a twin brother Or Ben-David who plays for the Israel men's national goalball team. Ben-David completed Sherut Leumi. She studied physical education at Wingate Institute and is a goalball coach in Jerusalem and Beersheba.

Goalball career

Ben-David began playing goalball at age 11 and joined the Israel women's national goalball team. In 2015 she scored the winning goal at the IBSA World Games, with the team winning a gold medal and ensuring their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Throughout the 2019 Goalball European Championship Ben-David scored 32 goals and the Israeli national team reached second place and ensured its place at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. 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."Goalball Women Competition Summary; South Paris Arena 6; As of 5 SEP 2024"
Olympics.com.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ben-David, Lihi 1995 births Living people Israeli blind people Israeli female goalball players Paralympic goalball players for Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics