Rachel Tassa (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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 |
| 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]
References
edit- ^ רחל טסה סעיד (in Hebrew)
- ^ הצלחה לנכי ישראל בתחרויות הספורט בהיידלברג, מעריב, 6.8.1972 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Individual". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - Swimming - Women's 100 m Freestyle 5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Rachel Tassa-Said". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ יובל לספורט הנכים, הוצאת מרכז הספורט לנכים של איל"ן, 1998 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Individual 4-5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - Swimming - Women's 50 m Butterfly 5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ זהב לנכי ישראל בכדורסל וכדורעף, מעריב, 6.7.1980 (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.