{{Short description|Israeli Paralympic swimmer (born 2000)}} {{redirect-distinguish|Mark Milar|Mark Millar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = מארק מליאר.jpg | name = Mark Malyar<br>מארק מליאר | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = Israeli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|03|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Haifa, Israel | hometown = Kiryat Motzkin, Israel <!-- Sport --> | country = Israel | sport = Para swimming | position = | disability = Cerebral Palsy<ref name="2020para">{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1282655-malyar-mark.htm |title=Mark Malyar |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827140111/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1282655-malyar-mark.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | disability_class = S7, SB6, SM7<ref name="2020para"/> | event = | event_type = | club = Ilan Sport Center<ref name="2020para"/> | team = | coach = Jacob Beninson<ref name="2020para"/> <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount | total = yes | Paralympic Games | 2|0|2 | World Championships | 1|1|4 | European Championships | 1|3|3 }} {{Medal|Country| {{ISR}} }} {{Medal|Sport | Men's para swimming }} {{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Tokyo | 200m medley SM7<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 200 M Individual Medley Sm7 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/swimming/men-s-200-m-individual-medley-sm7 |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Tokyo | 400m freestyle S7<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 400 M Freestyle S7 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/swimming/men-s-400-m-freestyle-s7 |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> }} {{Medal|B| 2020 Tokyo | 100m backstroke S7<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Swimming - Men S 100 M Backstroke S7 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/swimming/men-s-100-m-backstroke-s7 |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> }} {{Medal|B| 2024 Paris | 100 m backstroke S8 }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2019 London | 400m freestyle S7 }} {{Medal|S| 2019 London | 200m medley S7 }} {{Medal|B| 2017 Mexico City | 100m backstroke S8 }} {{Medal|B| 2017 Mexico City | 100m breaststroke SB7 }} {{Medal|B| 2022 Madeira | 100m breaststroke SB7 }} {{Medal|B| 2023 Manchester | 200m medley SM8 }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2020 Funchal | 100m backstroke S7 }} {{Medal|S| 2018 Dublin | 400m freestyle S7 }} {{Medal|S| 2020 Funchal | 200m medley SM7 }} {{Medal|S| 2020 Funchal | 100m breaststroke SB6 }} {{Medal|B| 2018 Dublin | 100m backstroke S7 }} {{Medal|B| 2018 Dublin | 100m breaststroke SB6 }} {{Medal|B| 2020 Funchal | 400m freestyle S7 }} }}
'''Mark Malyar''' ({{langx|he|מארק מליאר}}; born 5 March 2000) is an Israeli Paralympic champion and world champion para swimmer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/mark-malyar |title=Mark Malyar |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> As of 2024, he had won four world championships and set four world records. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won two gold medals while setting two world records. He competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, and won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre backstroke S8.
==Early life==
Malyar was born with cerebral palsy at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, Israel.<ref name=jp/> His parents are Alex and Diana, and he has an identical twin brother, Ariel Malyar, who is also a Paralympic swimmer and also competed in the Tokyo Paralympics and is competing in the Paris Paralympics.<ref name=jp/> He grew up in Kiryat Motzkin, Israel.<ref name=sha/><ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1pcz6g2a "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
==Swimming career==
Malyar began swimming at age 5 with his brother as part of hydrotherapy treatment.<ref name=jp/> Later, he joined the ILAN Haifa swimming team. <ref name=jp>[https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-swimmer-mark-malyar-wins-2nd-gold-medal-breaks-world-record-in-paralympic-games/2021/08/29/ "Israeli Swimmer Mark Malyar Wins 2nd Gold Medal, Breaks World Record in Paralympic Games,"] ''Jewish Press''.</ref> He trains at the ILAN pool in Kiryat Haim, and is coached by Yaakov Benenson.<ref name=jp/> He was named the 2017 Athlete of the Year by the Israeli Paralympic Committee.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hyxmluiby "Israeli Paralympic swimmer wins gold, sets world record in Tokyo Games,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
At the 2017 World Championships in Mexico, at 17 years of age, he won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.<ref name=bro/> At the 2018 European Championships in Dublin he won the silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle, and bronze medals in both the 100-meter breaststroke and the 100-meter backstroke.<ref name=bro/> At the 2019 World Championships in London, he won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle (setting a new world record of 4:33.64), and the silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley.<ref name=bro>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryjbmtxnr "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
Malyar represented Israel at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics at 21 years of age, and won gold medals in the 200 metre individual medley SM7 (in 2:29.01) and the 400 m freestyle S7 (in 4:31.06), setting new world records in both, and the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke S7.<ref name="2020para"/> He said: "I’m happy that I succeeded..., I’m very tired. I didn’t feel that I was even going that fast, but it worked and my body is just about done."<ref name=sha>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/shattering-another-world-record-mark-malyar-wins-his-second-gold-medal-in-tokyo/ "Shattering another world record, swimmer Mark Malyar wins his second Tokyo gold,"] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref>
===2024–present; Paris Paralympics===
As of August 2024, he held world records in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley, and had won four world championship medals.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryjbmtxnr "Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins bronze in Paris,"] ''Ynet''.</ref>
He competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Malyar won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 metre backstroke S8.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israels-mark-malyar-wins-bronze-medal-in-swimming-at-paralympic-games/ "Israel’s Mark Malyar wins bronze medal in swimming at Paralympic games,"] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref> He dedicated his medal to the Israel Defense Forces soldiers fighting to protect Israel, and said: "I want to thank the soldiers and everyone who protects us, thanks to them we can train and we can get to this point, we’re able to live thanks to them."<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-swimmer-clinches-bronze-at-paris-paralympics-nations-third-medal-so-far/ "Israeli swimmer clinches bronze at Paris Paralympics, nation’s third medal so far,"] The Times of Israel.</ref>
==See also== *List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners *List of IPC world records in swimming – Men's long course *List of Paralympic records in swimming
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