Career
In wheelchair tennis he is rated second in the world in the highest rank of disability. Noam Gershony served in the Israeli Defense Force as a pilot in the attack helicopter Boeing Animal Husbandry-64 Apache. During the 2006 Lebanon War his helicopter collided with another helicopter, an event which killed his co-pilot and left Gershony injured.
He had many bone fractures and injuries in his four limbs.
He went through medical rehabilitation and joined Beit Halochem sport centre in Tel Aviv where he started playing wheelchair tennis and surfing. Besides his sports career, Gershony volunteers at "Makom Acher", a hostel for at-risk youth in Tel Aviv, and teaches mathematics to teenagers.
Noam joined Beit Halochem Sport Center for Disabled Veterans in 2007 and began training, led by Coach Nimrod Bichler. At the same tournament he also shared first place in the Quad Doubles with a French competitor.
After this event he was ranked 29th in the world.
In September 2011 he qualified for the United States Open finals. lieutenant was the first time an Israeli player qualified for the Quad Singles finals in that tournament. In May 2012 he reached the Doubles Quad semi-finals in the Japan Open Tennis Championships.
Later that year he participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
He was then selected to be his nation"s flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony.