Ruth Keidar
Paralympic shooter
Intro | Paralympic shooter | |
Places | Israel | |
is | Sports shooter Paralympic athlete | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Death | 18 June 1998 |
Ruth Keidar (Hebrew: רות קידר; died 18 June 1998) was an Israeli Paralympic shooter.
Keidar served in the Teleprocessing Corps of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six Day War she was paralyzed in both her legs and restricted to a wheelchair.
Keidar won the silver medal in the 1987 Stoke Mandeville Games.
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics she competed in shooting and took part in three tournaments: Keidar won the silver medal in women's Air Rifle Kneeling for disability classifications 2–6, finished tenth in women's Air Rifle Prone 2-6 and ranked 14th in women's Air Rifle 3 Positions 2–6.
Keidar lived in Ramat Hasharon and was a mother of three.