Ayala Malchan-Katz
Ayala Malchan-Katz (born in 1949 ) is an Israeli Paralympic athlete . Between the years 1968-1988 she participated in six Paralympic competitions and won 12 medals, of which 4 were gold.[1]
Life
Katz fell ill at the age of three months with polio which affected her lower limbs. For nine years she was treated in a hospital in Jerusalem and at the age of nine she returned to her parents' home in Rosh HaAyin .
As part of her medical rehabilitation, she began competing in disabled sports and participated in swimming, fencing and wheelchair basketball competitions.
Katz lives in Petah Tikva and is the head of the municipal framework of the national program "Accessible Community" which works to implement a law of equal rights for people with disabilities.
Career
At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Women's Wheelchair Basketball.[2] and a bronze medal in Women's Novices Foil.[3] She competed in Women's Shot Put C,[4] Women's Discus Throw C,[5] Women's Javelin C,[6] Women's Novices 60 meters B,[7] Women's Slalom B,[8] Women's Club Throw C,[9] and Women's 50 m Backstroke Class 3 incomplete.[10]
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she competed in Women's 60 meters Wheelchair 3,[11] Women's Slalom 3,[12] and Women's 50 m Backstroke 3.[13]
At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Women's Foil Novice Team,[14] and bronze medal in Women's Foil Individual 2-3.[15]
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, shewon a silver medal in Women's Foil Team.[16]
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's Foil Team.[17] She competed in Women's Wheelchair Basketball.[18]
References
- ^ "Ayala Malchan-Katz - Athletics, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Fencing | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-novices-foil". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-shot-put-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-javelin-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-novices-60-m-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-slalom-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-class-3-incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-60-m-wheelchair-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-slalom-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-novice-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual-2-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.