Career
He is of Sephardic Jewish ancestry. During his national service, Matalon served as a paratrooper. He was injured during the Yom Kippur War, and has used a wheelchair since, while practicing disabled sports and competing in javelin and shot put at the 1976 Summer Paralympics.
As a Likud member, Matalon was elected to Herzliya city council in 1994, serving until 2000.
Between 2000 and 2008 he was chairman of the Israel Defense Forces Disabled Veterans" Organization, and also served as chairman of the Israel Defense Forces"s Disabled Fund. In these positions, he headed the Israeli delegations to the Paralympics in 2004 and 2008.
