Israeli swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon, who won a silver medal in the men's 150-meter individual medley on Sunday, took home the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle event.
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Dadaon clinched the win with a time of 2:44.84. Takayuki Suzuki of Japan won the silver, while Russian Paralympic Roman Sergeyevich Zhdanov took home the bronze.
"It's so exciting to see Ami realize his dream with an inspiring performance in the Paralympic Games. We are so proud of you," Culture and Sports Minister Hili Tropper tweeted.
Dadaon, 20, born with cerebral palsy, took the gold at the 2018 European Championships in Ireland in the 100-meter freestyle and 150-meter medley and also won the silver medal in the 50M breaststroke and 200M freestyle.
Moments before, two-time gold medal winner swimmer Mark Malyar won his third Paralympics medal on Monday, taking the bronze in the men's 100m backstroke event, making a time of 1:10.28.
Ukraine's Trusov Andrii won the gold while the silver medal was claimed by Argentina's Carlomagno Pipo.
This puts Israel's medal tally at the Tokyo Games at seven.
Sunday saw Malyar claim the top spot at the 400-meter freestyle event. On Saturday, he took home his first Olympic medal, winning the gold at the men's 200-meter individual medley.
Both wins also saw the 21-year-old shatter world records, the latter being one he himself had set.
"Mark is breaking every record, winning another medal in the Paralympic Games. This is a stellar example of shattering all limits," Tropper tweeted.
The 2020 Games are Malyar's first Paralympics. He is competing in Tokyo alongside his twin brother Ariel. Both were born with cerebral palsy and started swimming as young boys as part of their physical therapy regiment.
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships – moved from Malaysia to Britain after the former refused to allow Israeli athletes onto its soil – Malyar also won the gold and the silver medals and set a world record.
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