Shraga Weinberg (born 25 March 1966 in

Petach Tiqva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent set ...

) is an

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wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

player. Weinberg was born in 1966, paralyzed in his upper body. He also has

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abnormalities, which caused him to go through many surgeries in his younger years. For his recreation and rehabilitation, he began practicing

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at the

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. In 2008 he was ranked 8th in the world in

. In wheelchair tennis, Weinberg was ranked 1st in 2001 for singles' tournaments and in 2003 for couples' tournaments. In the five years prior to the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olymp ...

, he was also ranked at the top of the Israeli chart. At the

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he competed in singles and lost at the quarter final. Weinberg works as an accountant, making it difficult for him to develop his tennis game. In 2007 he took part only in three international tournaments, however he continued to be ranked among the top 10 players, enabling him to qualify for the

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. At those games, he took silver in the

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

event with

Boaz Kremer Boaz Kramer ( he, בועז קרמר; born 12 January 1978) is an Israeli former professional wheelchair tennis player. Biography Boaz Kramer was born partially paralyzed in his left arm and both legs. At the age of five he began practicing di ...

. He also competed in

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, but lost in the quarterfinals to eventual bronze medalist David Wagner of the

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. At the

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, Weinberg and his partner,

Noam Gershony Noam Gershony ( he, נועם גרשוני, born 30 January 1983) is an Israeli wheelchair tennis player. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal in Quad singles and shared a bronze in Quad doubles with Shraga Weinberg. Biography G ...

, won the bronze medal in the quad doubles, beating

Shota Kawano Shota Kawano (born 16 September 1985) is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in quad singles and quad doubles and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in quad singles Quad as a word or prefix usual ...

and

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of Japan 6–3, 6–1.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weinberg, Shraga 1966 births Living people Israeli male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics