Shoshana Sharabi
Israeli Paralympic competitor
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| Intro | Israeli Paralympic competitor | |
| Places | Israel | |
| was | Basketball player Paralympic athlete Athlete | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 10 December 1950 | |
| Death | 1 October 2018 (aged 67 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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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.
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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.
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.