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{{short description|Israeli Paralympic swimmer}}
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| name = Mark Malyar<br>מארק מליאר
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| nationality = Israeli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|03|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Haifa]], Israel
| hometown = [[Kiryat Motzkin]], Israel
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| disability = [[Cerebral Palsy]]<ref name="2020para">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1282655-malyar-mark.htm |title=Mark Malyar |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827140111/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1282655-malyar-mark.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[SummerSwimming Paralympicat the Summer GamesParalympics|Paralympic Games]] | 2|0|2
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{{Medal|G| 2020 Tokyo | [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S7|400m freestyle S7]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 400 M Freestyle S7 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/swimming/men-s-400-m-freestyle-s7 |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> }}
{{Medal|B| 2020 Tokyo | [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7|100m backstroke S7]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 100 M Backstroke S7 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/swimming/men-s-100-m-backstroke-s7 |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> }}
{{MedalBronzeMedal|B| [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]] | [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8|100 m backstroke S8]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[World Para Swimming Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2019 World Para Swimming Championships|2019 London]] | [[2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400m freestyle S7]] }}
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'''Mark Malyar''' ({{lang-he|מארק מליאר}}; born 5 March 2000) is an Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion [[para swimmer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/mark-malyar |title=Mark Malyar |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> As of 2024, he had won four world championships and set four world records. At the [[2020 Tokyo Paralympics]], he won two gold medals while setting two world records. He is competingcompeted for [[Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics]], and has won a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S8|Men's 100 metre backstroke S8]].
==Early life==
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Malyar began swimming at age 5 with his brother as part of [[hydrotherapy]] treatment.<ref name=jp/> Later, he joined the ILAN Haifa swimming team. <ref name=jp>[https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-swimmer-mark-malyar-wins-2nd-gold-medal-breaks-world-record-in-paralympic-games/2021/08/29/ "Israeli Swimmer Mark Malyar Wins 2nd Gold Medal, Breaks World Record in Paralympic Games,"] ''Jewish Press''.</ref> He trains at the ILAN pool in [[Kiryat Haim]], and is coached by Yaakov Benenson.<ref name=jp/> He was named the 2017 Athlete of the Year by the Israeli Paralympic Committee.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hyxmluiby "Israeli Paralympic swimmer wins gold, sets world record in Tokyo Games,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
At the 2017 World Championships in Mexico, at 17 years of age, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.<ref name=bro/> At the 2018 European Championships in [[Dublin]] he won the silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and bronze medals in both the 100-meter breaststroke and the 100-meter backstroke.<ref name=bro/>. At the 2019 World Championships in London, he won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle (setting a new world record of 4:33.64), and the silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley.<ref name=bro>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryjbmtxnr "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
Malyar represented [[Israel at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics]] at 21 years of age, and won gold medals in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7|200 metre individual medley SM7]] (in 2:29.01) and the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S7|400 m freestyle S7]] (in 4:31.06), setting new world records in both, and the bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7|100 m backstroke S7]].<ref name="2020para"/> He said: "I’m happy that I succeeded..., I’m very tired. I didn’t feel that I was even going that fast, but it worked and my body is just about done."<ref name=sha>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/shattering-another-world-record-mark-malyar-wins-his-second-gold-medal-in-tokyo/ "Shattering another world record, swimmer Mark Malyar wins his second Tokyo gold,"] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref>
===2024-present2024–present; Paris Paralympics===
As of August 2024, he held world records in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley, and had won four world championship medals.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryjbmtxnr "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
He is competingcompeted for [[Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics]]. Malyar won a bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100-meter metre backstroke inS8|Men's the100 S8metre disabilitybackstroke S8]].<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israels-mark-malyar-wins-bronze-medal-in-swimming-at-paralympic-games/ "Israel’s Mark Malyar wins bronze medal in swimming at Paralympic games,"] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref> He dedicated his medal to the [[Israel Defense Forces]] soldiers fighting to protect Israel, and said: "I want to thank the soldiers and everyone who protects us, thanks to them we can train and we can get to this point, we’re able to live thanks to them."<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-swimmer-clinches-bronze-at-paris-paralympics-nations-third-medal-so-far/ "Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far,"] The Times of Israel.</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners]]
*[[List of IPC world records in swimming – Men's long course]]
*[[List of Paralympic records in swimming]]
==References==
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