Koby Lion

Yaakov "Koby" Lion (Hebrew: יעקב "קובי" ליאון) is an Israeli paracyclist.

Career

After becoming permanently injured in Lebanon while serving in the Israel Defence Forces, Lion focused on his hand cycling abilities.[1] He competed for Team Israel at the 2010 European Handcycling Federation road race, where he won a bronze medal.[2] The following year, Lion placed second at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lion completed the men's individual H1 time trial in 18:45.21 minutes, and his second race in 17:41.65 minutes, finishing with a silver medal.[4] Later, he won a silver medal at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup with a time of 26:31.65.[5] In 2016, Lion competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but finished in sixth place with a time of 36:50.45 minutes.[6]

References

1. Lidman, Melanie (28 July 2016). "Tel Aviv rolls toward accessibility with new adaptive cycling center". Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
2. "Sports Shorts". Haaretz. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2019. At the European Handcycling Federation road race in Rosenau, handcyclists Nati Gruberg and Koby Lion each won bronze in their respective 44km divisions.
3. "Rohan adds another gold for Ireland". rte.ie. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
4. Aharoni, Oren (5 September 2012). "Israel claims 3 more medals at Paralympics". ynetnews.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. "CANADIAN PARA-CYCLING TEAM OPENS UP ROAD WORLD CUP SEASON WITH FIVE MEDALS". cyclingcanada.ca. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
6. Sinai, Allon (15 September 2016). "Paralympics: Israelis aiming for more medals in Rio". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

External links

• Koby Lion at Paralympic.org