Margalit Peretz

Margalit Peretz
Sport
Country Israel
SportWheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing
Medal record
Representing  Israel
Paralympic Games
Wheelchair fencing
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Foil Novice team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem Foil team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Arnhem Individual
Silver medal – second place 1984 Stoke Mandeville Foil team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Foil team
Wheelchair basketball
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Heidelberg Women's tournament
Gold medal – first place 1976 Toronto Women's tournament
Silver medal – second place 1980 Arnhem Women's tournament

Margalit Peretz is a former Israeli wheelchair fencer and wheelchair basketball player. She won nine Paralympic medals, one individual medal in wheelchair fencing, three medals as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team and five medals as a member of the women's wheelchair fencing team.

Peretz was active in the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled.

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Women's Novices Foil,[1] and reached sixth place at the individual women's wheelchair foil fencing tournament.

At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the women's foil novice team[2] and a second gold medal as member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.[3]

At the 1978 national wheelchair fencing championship in Israel, Peretz won the gold medal.[4]

At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in individual wheelchair fencing[5] and two silver medals as a member of the women's foil team in wheelchair fencing[6] and the women's wheelchair basketball team.[7]

At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in women's wheelchair fencing foil team.[8]

At the 1986 World Championship for Disabled Sports held in Belgium, Peretz won the silver medal in wheelchair fencing.[9]

At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won her final bronze medal with the women's wheelchair fencing foil team.[10]

Among her achievements at the IWAS World Games, Peretz won two gold medals at the 1971 Stoke Mandeville Games in both individual and team tournaments[11] and an individual silver medal at the 1975 Stoke Mandeville Games.[12]

  1. ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. ^ "Toronto 1976 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Novice Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. ^ "Toronto 1976 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. ^ ברמי ומונטגי מעכו אלופי הנוער ברומח, מעריב, 21.5.1978 (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Individual 4-5". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  7. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - Wheelchair Basketball - Women's Tournament". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  8. ^ "Stoke Mandeville 1984 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  9. ^ הישג מכובד לסייפות ישראל באליפות העולם לנכים, מעריב, 23.11.1986 (in Hebrew)
  10. ^ "Seoul 1988 - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  11. ^ הנכים חזרו מסטוקמנדוויל עם מטען של 37 מדליות, מעריב, 8.8.1971 (in Hebrew)
  12. ^ נצחונות לנברת הכדורסל של הנכים בסטוקמנדוויל, מעריב, 22.7.1975 (in Hebrew)