But a cable fell today (Friday) on Olympic and Paralympic sports, with kayaker Barak Lufen, who was within touching distance of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, being the third person killed in a terrorist attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv.
Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper paid tribute: "Great sadness upon learning of the death of Barak Lufen who was killed in a terrorist attack last night. Barak, was an Olympic athlete in the past and an outstanding Paralympic coach today. .
Olympic Committee Director General Gili Lustig said: “Huge grief.
The way we heard the news when he was injured and in a critical condition, all this difficult morning, we had hopes.
It's a great sadness that young guys who went out to hang out don't come home. "
"But great for Olympic and Paralympic sports, he was a kayaker at a very high level and was also marked as the coach of the future and it is heartbreaking. I knew him well for many years. We all strengthen his family."
Barak Lufen,
Roi Lev, coach of the Israeli kayak team, said: "He was an athlete who broke the road after many years without achievements, almost 7 years that athletes failed to reach the finals. He was very introverted and kind, and lightning fast and did not just get where he came with his data. He stepped out of the Olympics and has extraordinary talent. "
"There is no doubt that his personality and composure and sharpness, with 'I believe very strongly', when he went to a coaching course and made all sorts of moves to be a dominant coach. There are not many such figures, I am only two years above him, but feel like a father for him. .
The Paralympic Committee in Israel stated: "The Paralympic sports family is in pain and shocked and shares in the Lupan family's grief over the death of Barak Lopan the 14th in a terrorist attack that took place yesterday in Tel Aviv.
Barak, who was an outstanding Olympic rower, also contributed his talent in the field of training, he was Israel's national coach in Paralympic kayaks from 2016-2019, and as an outstanding coach he was chosen to be one of the coaches who passed the national excellence podium program, which he successfully completed.
As a coach, Barak was constantly looking for new ways to promote his trainees and invested heavily in finding new athletes for the industry, may his memory be blessed. "
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