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Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Summer Paralympic Games
Athletics
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's shot put D
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's club throw D
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's javelin D
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's pentathlon special class
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's shot put D
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Women's javelin 5
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Women's javelin 5
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Women's pentathlon 5
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Women's shot put 5
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Women's javelin 5
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York Women's discus D
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York Women's javelin 5
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Women's javelin 5
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Women's discus D
Silver medal – second place 1972 Heidelberg Women's shot put 5
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto Women's discus 5
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York Women's shot put 5
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York Women's pentathlon 5
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Women's discus D
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Women's javelin D
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Arnhem Women's shot put 5
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Women's shot put 5
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Women's pentathlon 5-6
Wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem Wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York Wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Heidelberg Wheelchair basketball
Swimming
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Women's 50 m freestyle prone cauda equina
Table Tennis
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Women's doubles C

Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum (born 1946) is an Israeli athlete who has won 30 Paralympic medals.[1][2] She has represented Israel at the Summer Paralympic Games seven times and has competed in athletics, swimming and table tennis at the Games.

Paralympics

Her first appearance came at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, the second ever Paralympics, held in Tokyo, Japan. Zipora competed in five events and won a medal in each; three athletics field events; the women's doubles table tennis, alongside playing partner Mishani; and 50 metre freestyle swimming.[1] She took gold in the women's shot put D, setting a new world record of 5.16 metres.[3] She also won bronze medals in the javelin, discus and table tennis and a silver in her swimming event behind compatriot Mishani.[1][4]

At the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv Rubin-Rosenbaum won a further four gold medals and a silver medal, all in athletics. In the 1972 Games, hosted in Heidelberg, West Germany, she won a gold medal in javelin with a new world record of 18.5 metres, and also won a silver medal in the shot put.[5][1] In the Toronto Games Rubin-Rosenbaum defended her title in javelin, and also won gold medals in pentathlon and discus, as well as a silver in shot put. She won her fourth Paralympic javelin gold medal in 1980, also taking the bronze medal in shot put.[1]

In the 1984 Summer Paralympics she again won 2 gold and 2 silver medals in athletic fields. In 1988 in Seoul and won three more medals, a gold in javelin and bronzes in both pentathlon and shot put. Her final Paralympics came in 1992 in Barcelona where she finished eighth in the javelin THS2 event and thirteenth in the THS2 shot put.[1]

She was a member of the national women wheelchair basketball team and competed in wheelchair basketball at the Paralympic Games from 1968 to 1988, winning 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum at the International Paralympic Committee Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Darom-Simri, Ronnie. "Sport: Yishuv to the Present". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Results Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Athletics Women's Shot Put D". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Results Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle Prone cauda equina". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Heidelberg 1972". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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