Shaaban Sakhafi

Shaaban Sakhafi (Hebrew: שעבן סקחפי, Arabic: شعبان سكحفي; 1961 - 11 July 1985) was an Israeli Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and a sportsman in disabled sports.

[2] At the 1979 national championship for para table tennis, he ranked first place for disability class 2.

[3] Sakhafi was a member of Israel men's national wheelchair basketball team and took part in the basketball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Paralympics and the 1984 Summer Paralympics.

On 11 July 1985 Sakhafi was electrocuted in his work place and died at the age of 24.

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