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Gold medalist Iyad Shalabi of Team Israel reacts during the men\u2019s 50m Backstroke – S1 medal ceremony on day 9 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Sep. 02 in Tokyo. (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Emily Burack<\/p>\n

Israeli swimmers Iyad Shalabi and Ami Dadaon each won gold medals at the Paralympics on Thursday, adding to Israel\u2019s historic medal showing.<\/p>\n

So far, Israel has won nine medals \u2014 all but one in swimming events. Six of the medals are gold.<\/p>\n

On the first day of competition,\u00a0Shalabi had already made history<\/a>\u00a0by becoming the first Arab-Israeli to medal in the Olympics or\u00a0<\/em>Paralympics. His second gold medal came on day 9 in the men\u2019s 50-meter backstroke S1 category. Shalabi was born deaf to a Muslim family in Shfar\u2019am, in northern Israel, and this is his fourth Paralympics.<\/p>\n

Dadaon won his third medal on day 9 \u2014 a gold in the men\u2019s 50-meter freestyle S4 category while setting a Paralympic record. He had already won gold in the men\u2019s 200-meter freestyle S4 category and silver in the men\u2019s 150-meter individual medley SM4 category.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s two other swimming golds<\/a>\u00a0were won\u00a0by Mark Malyar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before this year, Israel\u00a0had not won<\/a>\u00a0a gold medal in Paralympic swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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