Barak
Mizrachi

Barak Mizrachi was born with cerebral palsy affecting the right side of his body, and was first introduced to table tennis by his dad, who only beat him that once.

He first began competing in 2001 and made his Australian debut two years later at the Maccabi Pan American Games, a multi-sport tournament for Jewish competitors from around the world.

In 2013 Barak made history as the first Australian athlete with a disability to be selected to compete in table tennis at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, and in 2015 he beat the odds-on favourite to win gold in his event and the award of best and fairest player at the Oceania Regional Para Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo.

Making his Paralympic Games debut at Rio 2016, Barak lost both his preliminary matches 3-0.

Outside of table tennis, he enjoys going to the movies and watching sport. The first of his siblings to be born in Australia, he can speak English and Hebrew, and is employed as a chemical engineer.