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Shoshana Sharabi

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Shoshana Sharabi (1951 - 2018) was an Israeli paralympic fencer, and wheelchair basketball player. She won two gold medals in foil.

Biography

Shoshana Sharabi is left disabled by polio, which she contracted as a child.

At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Women's Novices Foil,[1] and Women's Wheelchair Basketball .[2] She won a bronze medal in Women's Club Throw D,[3] and silver medal in Women's 4 x 40 meters Open.[4]

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in Women's Foil Individual.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-novices-foil". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  2. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-d". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-4x40-m-open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  5. ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.