Personal information | |
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Born | 10 December 1950 |
Died | 1 October 2018 | (aged 67)
Sport | |
Country | Israel |
Sport | Paralympic athletics Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing |
Disability | Polio |
Medal record |
Shoshana Sharabi (1950 - 2018) was an Israeli Paralympic athlete, wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won three gold medals, in foil and in wheelchair basketball.[7]
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, and Women's Wheelchair Basketball. She won a bronze medal in Women's Club Throw D, and silver medal in Women's 4 x 40 meters Open. She also competed in Women's Slalom C.[8]
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal with the women's foil team and a silver medal in Women's Foil Individual.