MAHAMID RUZIN Elham

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: UMM EL FAHM

Birth Country:

Israel

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women ISR Israel	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #06 ISR Israel 11 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #14 CAN Canada 6 ISR Israel 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #26 RPC RPC 3 ISR Israel 8	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #32 ISR Israel 1 CHN China 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinal #48 ISR Israel 1 JPN Japan 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
8	Women	2014	Espoo, FIN
11	Women	2018	Malmo, SWE
European Championships
3	Women	2017	Lahti, FIN

Education, Theatre Studies - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Husband Michael Rozin, son Amir

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, Hebrew, Russian

Raz Shoham [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Michael Rozin has served as captain of the Israeli men's goalball team. (olympics.com, 06 May 2021)

She heard about goalball for athletes with a vision impairment at age 15. "I looked up one of the coaches and asked if I could participate. I was told there were no girls. Israel didn't have a women's team [at that time]. But there were teams around the world. So, we started looking for women and set up a team. I was the first to get things going." (paralympic.org, 13 Apr 2021)

"I love this game and it is most suitable for me." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 06 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Goalball is the game that gave me - without seeing anything because our eyes are closed - the ability to see I could do anything." (paralympic.org, 13 Apr 2021)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (ibsasport.org, 22 Dec 2019)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with achromatopsia at age four months. She is unable to distinguish colour from a distance of greater than two metres. (Maya Margit YouTube channel, 31 Aug 2016)

General
GOALBALL COUPLE
Her husband Michael Rozin has served as captain of the Israeli men's goalball team. The two met at a sports camp when they were both at university in Jerusalem in 2008. "We fell in love at first sight. Even though we didn't speak the same language, we tried to communicate. It gave me the urge to learn Hebrew. Michael was the only one who came over to me to talk [at the camp]. He tried to put a smile on my face, and I knew this was true love. My story shows our two cultures can live together. I showed people all over the world when they judged me because I am an Arab Muslim or because I have a disability and they told me I cannot do things, I showed them that I can." (paralympic.org, 13 Apr 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. (Maya Margit YouTube channel, 31 Aug 2016)

Milestones

She scored the first Paralympic goal for the Israeli women's team when she netted at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 13 Apr 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/elhammahamidrozin

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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