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Israeli lawn bowls player
Itzhak Baranes
Personal information
National teamIsrael
Sport
Country Israel
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 0 1
IBD/IBBA World Championships 0 5 6
Lawn bowls
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Men's singles LB6
IBBA World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Canada Mixed Pairs B1
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Girvan Mixed Pairs B1
Silver medal – second place 2005 Johannesburg Mixed Pairs B1
Silver medal – second place 2005 Johannesburg Men's singles B1
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Melbourne Mixed Pairs B1
IPC/IBD World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Aylesbury Men's singles B1
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Men's singles B1
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Adelaide Men's singles B1
Silver medal – second place 2002 Adelaide Mixed Pairs B1
Silver medal – second place 2011 Pretoria Mixed Pairs B1
Bronze medal – third place 2011 South Africa Men's singles B1

Itzhak Baranes (Hebrew: יצחק בראנס) is an Israeli lawn bowls player.

Career

Baranes was blinded in 1976 and began playing lawn bowls in 1989.

Baranes was the national champion in lawn bowls in classification B1 in the years 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Baranes took part in the International Blind Bowls Association World Championships of 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009, winning three silver medals and two bronze. He also competed in the world championships of the International Paralympic Committee in the years 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015, winning medals in both singles' tournaments and in the mixed pairs events.

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Baranes won bronze in the lawn bowls men's singles LB6 event.

In the years 2000, 2006 and 2008 he was named "Athlete of the Year" by the Ministry of Culture and Sport.

References

  1. "Results Archive - Atlanta 1996 - Lawn Bowls - Mens Singles Lb6". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. ^ "International Bowls for the Disabled Players Database". International Blind Bowls Association. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. "יצחק בראנס - סיפורו של שחקן". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  4. "אלופי הארץ בתחרויות יחידים". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  5. "אלופי הארץ יחידים מ-2010". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  6. "אליפות העולם לעיוורים". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  7. "תחרויות הארגון הבינלאומי לכדורת דשא לנכים". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  8. "אליפות בינלאומית לעיוורים ונכים (IBD) בדרום אפריקה - מאי 2011". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  9. "ספורטאים מצטיינים". The Israel Lawn Bowls Association for the Blind. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.


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