Chemda Levy
Sport
Country Israel
SportWheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Wheelchair fencing
Gold medal – first place1976 TorontoFoil Novice team
Silver medal – second place1980 ArnhemFoil team
Bronze medal – third place1980 ArnhemFoil individual
Silver medal – second place1984 Stoke MandevilleTeam
Bronze medal – third place1988 SeoulFoil team
Wheelchair basketball
Gold medal – first place1976 TorontoWomen's tournament
Silver medal – second place1980 ArnhemWomen's tournament
Silver medal – second place1984 Stoke MandevilleWomen's tournament

Chemda Levy née Shevah is a former Israeli wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won eight Paralympic medals: one individual medal in wheelchair fencing, four medals as a member of the women's wheelchair fencing team and three medals, as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.

Career

Sport

Levy was active at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.

At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the women's foil novice team[1] and a second gold medal as member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.[2]

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in individual wheelchair fencing[3] and two silver medals as a member the women's teams in wheelchair fencing[4] and in wheelchair basketball.[5]

At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in women's wheelchair fencing team[6] and an additional silver medal as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.

At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won her final bronze medal with the women's wheelchair fencing foil team.[7]

Psychology

Levy is a psychologist who worked at Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital and appointed in 2014 to head its center for vocational rehabilitation and training.[8]

Personal life

She married paralympic athlete Moshe Levy.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 1976 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Novice Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. ↑ "Toronto 1976 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Individual 2-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ↑ הישראלים הוסיפו אתמול למאזנם 7 מדליות באולימפיאדת הנכים, מעריב, 27.7.1984 (in Hebrew)
  7. ↑ "Seoul 1988 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  8. ↑ חמדה לוי מונתה למנכ"לית המרכז להכשרה ושיקום מקצועי לוינשטיין (in Hebrew)
  9. ↑ ציפי, משה ורון - שווים זהב, מעריב, 13.7.1980 (in Hebrew)
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