Ayala Malchan-Katz
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing |
| Disability | Polio |
Medal record | |
Ayala Malchan-Katz (born 1949) is an Israeli Paralympic athlete. Between the years 1968-1988 she participated in six Paralympic competitions and won 13 medals, of which 5 were gold.
Life
[edit]Katz fell ill at the age of three months with polio which affected her lower limbs. For nine years she was treated in a hospital in Jerusalem and at the age of nine she returned to her parents' home in Rosh HaAyin .
As part of her medical rehabilitation, she began competing in disabled sports and participated in swimming, fencing and wheelchair basketball competitions.
Katz lives in Petah Tikva and is the head of the municipal framework of the national program "Accessible Community" which works to implement a law of equal rights for people with disabilities.
Career
[edit]At the 1968 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in women's wheelchair basketball and a bronze medal in Women's Novices Foil. She competed in Women's Shot Put C,[10] Women's Discus Throw C,[11] Women's Javelin C,[12] Women's Novices 60 meters B,[13] Women's Slalom B,[14] Women's Club Throw C,[15] and Women's 50 m Backstroke Class 3 incomplete.[16]
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she competed in Women's 60 meters Wheelchair 3,[17] Women's Slalom 3,[18] and Women's 50 m Backstroke 3.[19] She won a gold medal as a member of the women's fencing team and a bronze medal with the Israeli wheelchair basketball team.
At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Women's Foil Novice Team, and bronze medal in Women's Foil Individual 2-3.
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in women's individual foil and a silver medal in Women's Foil Team.
At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in women's wheelchair fencing foil team.
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's Foil Team. She competed in Women's Wheelchair Basketball.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Wheelchair Fencing - Womens Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-novice-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Womens Foil Individual 2 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Stoke Mandeville 1984 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-novices-foil". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual-2-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Womens Tournament". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-shot-put-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-javelin-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-novices-60-m-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-slalom-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-class-3-incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-60-m-wheelchair-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-slalom-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jerusalem
- Paralympic athletes for Israel
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Israel
- Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Israel
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Israeli women's wheelchair basketball players
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Polio survivors