Jacob Ben-Arie

{{short description|Israeli Paralympic swimmer}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Summer Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalSport | Swimming }}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Tokyo | 25m breaststroke{{Cite web |title=Swimming - Men's 25 m Breaststroke Junior class|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/swimming/mens-25-m-breaststroke-junior-class|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}

{{MedalSilver | 1968 Tel Aviv | 50m breaststroke{{Cite web |title=Swimming - Men's 50 m Breaststroke Class 4 incomplete|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/swimming/mens-50-m-breaststroke-class-4-incomplete|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}

{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | medley relay{{Cite web |title=Swimming - Mixed Medley Relay Open|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/swimming/mixed-medley-relay-open|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}

{{MedalSport | Wheelchair basketball }}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Tel Aviv | wheelchair basketball{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball/mens-tournament|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}

{{MedalSilver | 1972 Heidelberg | wheelchair basketball{{Cite web |title=שמואל טל, 43 ספורטאים נכים ייצאו מחרתיים לאולימפיאדה, דבר, 30 ביולי 1972|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1972/07/30/01/article/93/?srpos=2&e=--1972---1972--he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%d7%9b%d7%93%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%a1%d7%9c+%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%9d-------------1|access-date=2023-09-07|website=NLI|language=he}}}}

{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | wheelchair basketball{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Wheelchair Basketball|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Stoke Mandeville Games }}

{{MedalSport | Swimming }}

{{MedalGold | 1966 | 50m breaststroke }}

{{MedalGold | 1966 | 3X50 medley relay }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 | 100m breaststroke }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 | 50m breaststroke }}

{{MedalBronze | 1966 | 100m breaststroke }}

{{MedalSport | Wheelchair basketball }}

{{MedalGold | 1966 | wheelchair basketball }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 | wheelchair basketball }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1978 France | wheelchair basketball }}

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Jacob Ben-Arie ({{langx|he|יעקב בן-אריה}}; born 1950) is a former Israeli paralympic champion.

Ben-Arie was affected by polio at a young age and began to practice sports at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled after it began to operate in the 1960s.

Between 1968 and 1976, Ben-Arie completed a degree in Biology at Tel Aviv University and studied for MA in Psychology and Biomechanics at New York University. Alongside his studies he continued to practice in swimming, wheelchair basketball and athletics. Throughout the years he took part in several Stoke Mandeville Games and Paralympic Games.

At the 1964 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 25m breaststroke swimming tournament classified as junior class and a bronze medal alongside Baruch Hagai and Avraham Keftelovitch in the mixed medley relay open. He was also a member of the Israeli wheelchair basketball team, winning a bronze medal.

At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke swimming tournament for class 4 incomplete and a gold medal as a member of the Israeli national wheelchair basketball team. He was also a competitor in the 50m freestyle swimming tournament for class 4 incomplete and competed in athletics,{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Jacob Ben-Arie|url=https://www.paralympic.org/jacob-ben-arie|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} racing (with Arieh Bizem, Daniel Shachar and Amnon Weiss) at the 4X40m wheelchair relay race.

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, he was a member of Israel's wheelchair basketball team. The men's team won the silver medal.{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Wheelchair Basketball - Mens Tournament|url=https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball/mens-tournament|access-date=2023-09-07|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}

He remained active with the national wheelchair basketball team, also taking part in 1978 Wheelchair Eurobasket held in France.{{Cite web |title= נבחרת הנכים בכדורסל - לחו"ל, מעריב, 18 במאי 1978|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1978/05/18/01/article/109?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1|access-date=2023-09-07|website=NLI|language=he}}

Beginning in 1978, Ben-Arie worked at "Telrad" telecommunications company, retiring in 1998 as the company's deputy CEO.

From 2002 to 2011 he was the executive director of the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.{{Cite web |title=בבכורה כישראלי: מדליית כסף לסטניסלב מזניצין בהרמת משקולות|url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/3/ART2/217/471.html|access-date=2023-09-07|website=NRG|language=he}} He later began serving as it chairman.{{Cite web |title=בועז קרמר מונה למנכ"ל מרכז הספורט אילן בר"ג|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3548611|access-date=2023-09-07|website=Walla|date=28 December 2022 |language=he}}

As of 2020, he was also a member of the board of the Israel Sports Association for the Disabled, as a representative of ILAN.{{Cite web |title=הנהלת ההתאחדות הישראלית לספורט נכים|url=https://isad.org.il/about-us/%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99-%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99-2020/|access-date=2023-09-07|website=ISAD|language=he}}