Michal Escapa

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Michal Escapa
Personal information
National teamIsrael
Born1937 (age 84–85)
Sport
Country Israel
Sport
DisabilityPoliomyelitis
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 2 1 4
Representing  Israel
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 25 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo 25 m freestyle
Table tennis
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Singles 1C
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Singles B
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Singles B
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Heidelberg Singles 3
Stoke Mandeville Games
Gold medal – first place 1969 Singles
Wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Team

Michal Escapa (Hebrew: מיכל אסקפה) is a former Israeli Paralympic champion.[1][2]

The wrong reports[]

Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete was indicated with the Italian nationality and without prename (and so she is mentioned in the International Paralympic Committee[3] of the Italian Paralympic Committee[4] web sites) for the reports of the Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics where she won two bronze medals, simply reported as Escapa and not as Michal Escapa.[2] However, as can be seen from a 1968 Israeli newspaper reporting an interview with the athlete, she was the same athlete who had won medals in swimming and table tennis in Tokyo 1964.[5]

Biography[]

Escapa was born in France, immigrating to Israel as an orphan after the Second World War. At the age of 15 she was affected by polio and paralyzed in both legs and one of her arms. She studied in Jerusalem and was certified as an accountant, moving in 1962 to live in Holon and practice sports at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.[6]

The national champion in wheelchair table tennis, Escapa competed in the Stoke Mandeville Games and in all four Summer Paralympics from 1964 to 1976. An accomplished table tennis player, she won a medal in each games: Gold in 1976, silver in 1968 and bronze in 1964 and 1972. During the 1972 Summer Paralympics she also competed in archery, finishing before last.[7]

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Rank Event Notes
Swimming
1964 Summer Paralympics Japan Tokyo 3rd 25 m freestyle prone incomplete class 2 [5]
3rd 25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2 [5]
Table tennis
1964 Summer Paralympics Japan Tokyo 3rd Singles B [5]
1968 Summer Paralympics Israel Tel Aviv 2nd Singles B
1972 Summer Paralympics West Germany Heidelberg 3rd Singles 3
1976 Summer Paralympics Canada Toronto 1st Singles 1C
Wheelchair basketball
1968 Summer Paralympics Israel Tel Aviv 1st Team

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Michael Escapa - Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Escapa - Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Swimming - Women's 25 m Breaststroke Incomplete class 2". paralympic.org. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Media Guide Tokyo 2020" (PDF). comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Michal Escapa - Hi whose mistake?". nli.org.il (in Hebrew). 27 September 1968. Retrieved 14 September 2021. ... but at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, she came to the place of success precisely. And she brought an additional Israeli team trophy as well as two sports for me
  6. ^ עדה כהן, הישגיה של מיכל, מעריב, 1968 (Hebrew)
  7. ^ "Michal Escapa". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

External links[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Second profile of the athlete at IPC in which she is erroneously attributed the Italian nationality.
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