Elham Mahamid Ruzin

Elham Mahamid Ruzin (Hebrew: אלהאם מחמיד רוזין, Arabic: إلهام محاميد روزين; born 1990) is an Israeli Paralympic goalball player and former captain of the Israel women's national goalball team.

Biography
Elham Mahamid was born in Umm al-Fahm. She was diagnosed as a child with genetic achromatopsia.

She was founded Israel women's national goalball team and was team captain from 2010 to 2018.

In 2015 the team won the gold medal at the IBSA World Games and ensured their spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. They later competed also at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, and qualfied to the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics.

Mahamid did her Sherut Leumi service at a legal aid station. She is a graduate of education and theatre studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds a masters in psychodrama from the Kibbutzim College.

In 2018 Mahamid married Michael Ruzin, captain of Israel men's national goalball team.

In 2021 Mahmid was awarded the 2021 PARA-ATHLETE PEACE PRIZE – (Global Wonner) by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation.
summary:
Elham Mahamid Ruzin is a true ambassador for how Paralympic sports can be a tool to create a better society with equal rights and opportunity for all religions, beliefs, and genders.

Elham is the Israeli Women’s Paralympic Goalball Team Captain and is one of the pioneers for women in the sport in her country. Elham, a Muslim, Michael Rozin, also with a visual impairment, the Jewish captain of the men’s goalball team. The two met at a sports camp when they were both in university in Jerusalem in 2008. “We fell in love at first sight,” she says. “Even though we didn’t speak the same language, we tried to communicate. It gave me the urge to learn Hebrew.”

Both knew the problems that such a relationship could create in Israel. They got married four years ago. Today they are the parents of 2 years boy, Amir, that became the “baby” of the two teams. Elham, who understood the power of sports and how it changes lives, decided to dedicate her life to finding visually impaired girls in the Arabic cities and villages, and pushing them to engage in sports. In the future, she hopes to establish more goalball teams in the Arab sector. Elham, Michael and Amir who live in Hadera today, are loved by both families and their many friends from both teams, proving that love bridges all gaps.

• Medal record - Women's goalball - Representing Israel
• IBSA World Games

Gold medal – first place 2015 Seoul Women's goalball

• Goalball World Championships

Bronze medal – third place 2022 Matosinhos Women's goalball

• Goalball European Championships

Bronze medal – third place 2017 Finland Women's goalball
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Turkey Women's goalball
Silver medal – second place 2023 Montenegro Women's goalball

• Women & Men Intercup

Silver medal – second place 2023 Malmo Women's goalball