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.
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]
Levy is a psychologist who worked at Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital and appointed in 2014 to head its center for vocational rehabilitation and training. [8]
She married paralympic athlete Moshe Levy. [9]
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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.
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]
Levy is a psychologist who worked at Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital and appointed in 2014 to head its center for vocational rehabilitation and training. [8]
She married paralympic athlete Moshe Levy. [9]