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Ayala Malchan-Katz
Personal information
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Jerusalem, Israel
Sport
Country Israel
SportParalympic athletics
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing
DisabilityPolio
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Wheelchair fencing
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Foil team[1]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Foil novice team[2]
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Foil individual 2-3[3]
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem Foil team[4]
Silver medal – second place 1984 Stoke Mandeville Foil Team[5]
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Tel Aviv Novices foil[6]
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Toronto Foil individual 2-3[7]
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Foil team[8]
Paralympic Games
Women's wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv wheelchair basketball[9]
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Heidelberg wheelchair basketball

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Wheelchair Fencing - Womens Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  2. ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-novice-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ "Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Womens Foil Individual 2 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  4. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  5. ^ "Stoke Mandeville 1984 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-novices-foil". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  7. ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-individual-2-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  8. ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-fencing - womens-foil-team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  9. ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Womens Tournament". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  10. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-shot-put-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  11. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-discus-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  12. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-javelin-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  13. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-novices-60-m-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  14. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-slalom-b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  15. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - athletics - womens-club-throw-c". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  16. ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-class-3-incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  17. ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-60-m-wheelchair-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  18. ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-slalom-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  19. ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - swimming - womens-50-m-backstroke-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  20. ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - womens-tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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