Shoshana Sharabi | |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing |
Disability: | Polio |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1950 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.