Shoshana Sharabi

Shoshana Sharabi (1950 - 2018) was an Israeli Paralympic athlete, wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won two gold medals in foil, and wheelchair basketball.[1]

Shoshana Sharabi
Sport
Country Israel
SportParalympic athletics
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing
DisabilityPolio
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Paralympic athletics
Silver medal – second place1968 Tel Aviv4x40m relay open
Bronze medal – third place1968 Tel AvivClub throw D
Wheelchair fencing
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel AvivNovices foil
Silver medal – second place1972 HeidelbergIndividual foil
Wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place1968 Tel AvivWomen's tournament

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,[2] and Women's Wheelchair Basketball .[3][4] She won a bronze medal in Women's Club Throw D,[5] and silver medal in Women's 4 x 40 meters Open.[6] She competed in Women's Slalom C.[7]

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in Women's Foil Individual.[8]

References
  1. "Shoshana Sharabi - IPC Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 28 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-novices-foil". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. "Wheelchair Basketball at the Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". db.ipc-services.org/.
  5. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-d". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  6. "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-4x40-m-open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  7. "Athletics at the Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games - Women's Slalom C". db.ipc-services.org.
  8. "Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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