Adam Berdichevsky (Hebrew: אדם ברדיצ'בסקי; born 19 October 1983) is an Israeli mechanical engineer and competitive wheelchair tennis player.

[6][7] Berdichevsky was born in, grew up in, and has raised his family in kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, near the borders with the Gaza Strip.

[12] Berdichevsky, his wife Hila, and their three young children were living in the kibbutz of Nir Yitzhak, two miles from Gaza, when it was attacked by Hamas forces on 7 October 2023.

[5] According to Berdichevsky, he armed himself with two knives from his kitchen, and told his children to hide under beds if militants broke in.

[6][13] The family heard heavy Kalashnikov rifle fire and the sounds of militants attacking and killing their neighbors.

[2] Berdichevsky started practicing wheelchair tennis in 2013, and has won six Israeli national titles (in both singles and doubles in 2018, 2020, and 2021), and represented Israel at six World Championships.

[19][18] Berdichevsky served as one of Israel's flagbearers, alongside Lihi Ben-David, in the opening ceremony 2024 Paris Paralympics Parade of Nations.

[6] He represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in singles, and in doubles with Israeli Sergei Lysov, at 40 years of age.

[20] A group of 30 survivors from his kibbutz, including twins whose father was still a hostage in Gaza, were there to cheer him on, holding up Israeli flags and messages in Hebrew, along with his wife and their children ages 6, 9, and 10.

[14][15] He beat Italian player Luca Arca in straight sets in men's singles in the first round, and said "I'm very happy that I could give some good times in these bad days.