Joseph Wengier

Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Swimming
Disability	Polio
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 10 4 5 Representing  Israel Paralympic Games Swimming 1972 Heidelberg 3X50 medley relay[1] 1976 Toronto 25m backstroke[2] 1976 Toronto 25m breaststroke[3] 1976 Toronto 25m freestyle[4] 1976 Toronto 3X25 individual medley[5] 1976 Toronto 3X50 medley relay[6] 1976 Toronto 4x50 freestyle relay[7] 1980 Arnhem 4X50 freestyle relay[8] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 4X50 freestyle relay[9] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 3X50 medley relay[10] 1980 Arnhem 3X50 relay[11] 1980 Arnhem 50m breaststroke[12] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 50m breaststroke[13] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 4X25 individual medley[14] 1976 Toronto 25m butterfly[15] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 50m backstroke[16] 1984 Stoke Mandeville 50m freestyle[17] 1988 Seoul 50m breaststroke[18] 1988 Seoul 4X100 medley relay[19]

Joseph Wengier (Hebrew: יוסף ונגר; born 1954) is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.^[20]

Life

Wengier was born in 1954 and contracted polio when he was one year old. At the age of six he joined the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.

Throughout his sports career he won 23 medals at the Paralympic Games and set 16 world records.^[21]

Wengier works as a translator since 1972 and opened his own company Officeservice in 1988. He has a B.Sc. in biology from Tel Aviv University.^[22]

Wengier is a founding member of Etgarim organization for promotion of disabled sports.^[23] He was also chairman of the swimming committee within the Israel Sports Association for the Disabled.

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