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Line 1: {{Short description|Israeli paralympic rower}} '''Shahar Milfelder''' (born 17 September 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/shahar-milfelder_1888103|website=[[Olympics.com]]|title=Milfelder Shahar}}</ref> is an Israeli [[Rowing|rower]]. She competed at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] in the [[Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – PR2Mix2x|PR2 mixed double sculls]] and won the bronze medal with [[Saleh Shahin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-rowing-duo-takes-bronze-for-israel-at-paris-paralympics/|newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]]|title=Israeli rowing duo takes bronze for Israel at Paris Paralympics|date=1 September 2024|author=Spiro, Amy}}</ref>▼ {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Shahar Milfelder<br>שחר מילפלדר | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer|Beit Yitzchak]], Israel | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = {{ISR}} | sport = [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] | disability = | disability_class = PR2 | event = [[Double sculls]] | coach = Dmitry Margolin and Sergey Bokarib | club = Beit Halochem | partner = [[Saleh Shahin]] | worlds = 2023 World Rowing Championships, first in the [[2023 World Rowing Championships – PR2 Mixed double sculls|PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B]] | event_type = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country| {{ISR}} }} {{Medal|Sport| [[Pararowing]] }} {{Medal|Competition| [[Rowing at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]] }} {{Medal|B| [[Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]] | [[Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – PR2Mix2x|PR2 mixed double sculls]] }} | medaltemplates-title = }} ▲'''Shahar Milfelder''' (שחר מילפלדר; born 17 September 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/shahar-milfelder_1888103| ==Early life== Milfelder grew up in [[Moshav]] [[Beit Yitzhak-Sha'ar Hefer|Beit Yitzchak]] in Israel.<ref name=dot/> At the age of 15, she was diagnosed with a rare and violent [[bone cancer]], and at the time was the only patient in Israel who suffered from it.<ref name=dot/> She went to a hospital in New Jersey in the United States for [[radiation therapy]], but the tumor returned after her treatments.<ref name=dot/> She then underwent a 16-hour operation in a Manhattan hospital, in which half of her [[pelvis]] was removed.<ref name=dot/> Initially, she had a special brace so she could walk with a walker, but in time she switched to crutches, and she now can move around with one crutch.<ref name=dot/> She moved to Tel Aviv to be close to her training facility.<ref name=dot/> She later volunteered for the [[Israel Defense Forces]], and served for five years as a simulator instructor and officer in the [[Israeli Air Force]].<ref name=dot/> ==Rowing career== Milfelder's club is Beit HaLohm [[Tel Aviv]], and she trains at the Daniel Rowing Center with Dima Margolin and Sergi Bokarib.<ref name=dot/> Her rowing partner is [[Druze]]-Israeli [[Saleh Shahin]], who is 15 years older than she is, and was injured while fighting terrorists on the Gaza border.<ref name=dot>Dotan Malach (August 28, 2024). [https://www-makorrishon-co-il.translate.goog/culture/779870/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfeder dream of bringing a medal together,"] ''Makor Rishon''.</ref> At the 2019 World Rowing Cup III, they won a gold medal in the PR3 Mixed Double Sculls (FA). At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, they came in first in the [[2023 World Rowing Championships – PR2 Mixed double sculls|PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B]]. At the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Switzerland, they won a silver medal in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls and qualified for the 2024 Paralympics.<ref name=may>Oren Aharoni (May 26, 2024). [https://www-israelhayom-co-il.translate.goog/sport/other-sports/article/15794683?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true "Without the injury I might not have been at the Paralympic Games in Paris - that's my destiny,"] ''Israel HaYom''.</ref><ref>[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/saleh-shahin?id=52754 "Saleh SHAHIN,"] World Rowing.</ref><ref>Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). [https://www.thejc.com/news/world/meet-the-jewish-and-israeli-athletes-competing-in-the-2024-paralympics-nmujr7vd "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics,"] ''The Jewish Chronicle''.</ref><ref>[https://www-inz-org-il.translate.goog/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96-2024/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%97-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A8-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfelder,"] INZ-org.</ref> ===2024 Paris Paralympics; bronze medal=== They competed at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris Paralympics]] in the [[Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – PR2Mix2x|PR2 mixed double sculls]], and won the bronze medal, with a time of 8:31.85, 13 seconds behind gold medalist Great Britain.<ref>Oren Aharoni (September 1, 2024). [https://www-israelhayom-co-il.translate.goog/sport/other-sports/article/16362900?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true "Gold medal in rowing for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahin and Millfelder,"] ''Israel HaYom''.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-rowing-duo-takes-bronze-for-israel-at-paris-paralympics/|newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]]|title=Israeli rowing duo takes bronze for Israel at Paris Paralympics|date=1 September 2024|author=Spiro, Amy}}</ref><ref name=mako>[https://www-mako-co-il.translate.goog/Sports-olympics_games/q3_2024/Article-78b0342a70da191026.htm?sCh=2c705010f7f40910&pId=25483675&_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc "I will go to Millfelder and Shaheen in Paris; The pair of Israeli rowers, in their first appearance at the games, reached the podium in rowing,"] ''Mako'', September 1, 2024.</ref> Milfelder, speaking of the families of the six newly confirmed dead hostages, said: "We had in mind to give pride to the country. I cried in the morning from the hard news, and now I cry from the good news, and send the biggest hug I can to the families of the abducted and to all the citizens of the State of Israel."<ref>Jacob Gurvis (September 3, 2024). [https://www.jta.org/2024/09/03/sports/as-israel-endured-a-difficult-weekend-at-home-its-athletes-won-several-paralympic-medals-bringing-paris-total-to-7 "As Israel endured a difficult weekend at home, its athletes won several Paralympic medals, bringing Paris total to 7,"]</ref> ==See also== *[[List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Sports links}} * {{The-Sports}} * {{Instagram}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Milfelder, Shahar}} [[Category:1997 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Israeli Air Force personnel]] [[Category:Israeli female rowers]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] [[Category:Moshavniks]] [[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel]] [[Category:Paralympic medalists in rowing]] [[Category:Paralympic rowers for Israel]] [[Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Tel Aviv]] | |||