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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics Wheelchair basketball |
Batia Shviki (born 1954) is an Israeli Paralympic athlete . She won two gold medals and one bronze medal.[1] She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
In her youth she started training at a sports center for disabled people. She graduated from Hasharon High School and Tel Aviv University.
At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, in Tel Aviv, she won a gold medal in the Women's Slalom B,[3][4] a bronze medal in the 60 meter race competition,[5] and a gold medal in Wheelchair Basketball.[6] She competed in Women's 50 meter Breaststroke Class 3 incomplete,[7] Women's 50 m Backstroke Class 3 incomplete,[8] Women's Discus Throw C,[9] Women's Javelin C,[10] and Women's Club Throw C.[11]
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, she competed in the Women's 60 meter Wheelchair 3,[12] and Women's 4 x 40 meter Open.[13] In both competitions she was finished fifth. She finished fourteenth, in the slalom competition.[14]
She participated in the women's wheelchair basketball team and was a partner in winning a gold medal in the Toronto Paralympics (1976) and silver medals in the Arnhem Paralympics (1980) and the New York and Stoke Mandeville Paralympics (1984) .
She also participated in the wheelchair basketball team in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, in Seoul .[15]
