After becoming permanently injured in Lebanon while serving in the Israel Defence Forces, Lion focused on his hand cycling abilities.^[1] He competed for Team Israel at the 2010 European Handcycling Federation road race, where he won a bronze medal.^[2] The following year, Lion placed second at the UCI Paracycling Road World Championships.^[3]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lion completed the men's individual H1 time trial in 18:45.21 minutes, and his second race in 17:41.65 minutes, finishing with a silver medal.^[4] Later, he won a silver medal at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup with a time of 26:31.65.^[5] In 2016, Lion competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but finished in sixth place with a time of 36:50.45 minutes.^[6]

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