Rachel Tassa
Israeli Paralympic sportswoman
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Rachel Tassa (Hebrew: רחל טסה; born 1952) is a former Israeli wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won 11 Paralympic medals: two individual medals in wheelchair fencing, two medals in swimming and seven medals as a member of Israel's women's team in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair fencing.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | רחל טסה |
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Israel |
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Swimming |
Medal record | |
Tassa contracted polio when she was 18 months old. At the age of 11, in 1964 she began her practice at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.[1]
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won four medals: a gold medal in Women's Novices Foil and a bronze medal as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team,[2] an individual bronze medal in women's foil[3] and a second bronze medal for swimming, reaching third place at the 100m freestyle tournament.[4] Tassa competed in other fencing and swimming events, setting high scores but failing to achieve further medals.[5]
At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team[6] and two individual medals: a silver medal in women's foil[7] and a bronze medal competing at the women's 50m butterfly swimming event[8]
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won two silver medals as a member of the women's foil team in wheelchair fencing[9] and the women's wheelchair basketball team.[10]
At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal as a member of Israel's women's wheelchair basketball team.
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won her final bronze medal with the women's wheelchair fencing foil team.[11]