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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]].
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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>
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