Noam Gershony won gold in the tennis singles, beating top seed David Wagner of the USA 6-3 6-1. Previously, Gershony and Shraga Weinberg won a bronze medal in the tennis doubles. Weinberg defeated defending singles champion Peter Norfolk of Britain in the quarter finals, where he was defeated by his partner Gershony.

Noam Gershony, a former helicopter pilot, learned to play tennis in a wheelchair after a crash during the Second Lebanon War left him severely wounded.
PM Netanyahu: "You symbolize the victory of the human spirit over the difficulties created by the reality in which we live. This is gold for you and the country."