Shlomo Pinto () was an Israeli paralympic champion. Pinto was a soldier with the IDF's Golani Brigade during the Yom Kippur War. Injured during the battle at Mount Hermon, his legs were paralyzed and Pinto began practicing sports with the IDF Disabled Veterans' Organization. Pinto practiced badminton, wheelchair basketball and swimming, representing Israel in the latter field in all Paralympic Games between 1976 and 1992 and winning 14 medals. Pinto died 18 June 2011 at the age of 57, several weeks after suffering a brain seizure. References External links 2011 deaths Israeli male swimmers Paralympic swimmers of Israel Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Israel Paralympic silver medalists for Israel Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Year of birth missing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming