Michal Escapa
{{short description|Istraeli Paralympic multi-sport athlete}}
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| native_name = מיכל אסקפה
| national_team = Israel
| sport = * Para swimming
| disability = Poliomyelitis
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1937}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Sport|Table tennis}}
{{Medal|Gold|1976 Toronto|Singles 1C{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Table Tennis - Womens Singles 1C|url=https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/table-tennis/womens-singles-1c|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Silver|1968 Tel Aviv|Singles B{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Table Tennis - Womens Singles B|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/table-tennis/womens-singles-b|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1964 Tokyo|Singles B{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Table Tennis - Womens Singles B|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/table-tennis/womens-singles-b|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1972 Heidelberg|Singles 3{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Heidelberg 1972 - Table Tennis - Womens Singles 3|url=https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/table-tennis/womens-singles-3|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Swimming}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1964 Tokyo|25m breaststroke{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Swimming - Womens 25 M Breaststroke Incomplete Class 2|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/swimming/womens-25-m-breaststroke-incomplete-class-2|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1964 Tokyo|25m freestyle{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tokyo 1964 - Swimming - Womens 25 M Freestyle Prone Incomplete Class 2|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/swimming/womens-25-m-freestyle-prone-incomplete-class-2|access-date=2023-10-06|website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Wheelchair basketball}}
{{MedalGold | 1968 Tel Aviv | Wheelchair basketball{{Cite web |title=Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Womens Tournament|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball/womens-tournament|access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Stoke Mandeville Games}}
{{Medal|Sport|Table tennis}}
{{Medal|Gold|1969|Singles}}
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Michal Escapa ({{langx|he|מיכל אסקפה}}) is a former Israeli Paralympic champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/michal-escapa|title=Michael Escapa - Profile|website=paralympic.org|access-date=14 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/escapa|title=Escapa - Profile|website=paralympic.org|access-date=14 September 2021}}
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.[http://jpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin_TAU.asp?From=Search&Key=MAR/1968/09/27/56/Ar05605.xml&CollName=MAR_1968_1977&DOCID=86011&PageLabelPrint=56&Skin=%54%41%55%48%65&enter=%74%72%75%65&Publication=%44%41%56&AppName=%32&Hs=%61%64%76%61%6e%63%65%64&AW=%31%33%30%39%38%37%39%37%34%35%30%33%39&sPublication=%4d%41%52&tauLanguage=&sScopeID=%41%6c%6c&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%u05d0%u05e1%u05e7%u05e4%u05d4&rEntityType=&sSearchInAll=%66%61%6c%73%65&ViewMode=HTML עדה כהן, הישגיה של מיכל, מעריב, 1968] (Hebrew)
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/michal-escapa |title=Michal Escapa |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date= }}
=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{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/swimming/womens-25-m-breaststroke-incomplete-class-2|title=Swimming - Women's 25 m Breaststroke Incomplete class 2|website=paralympic.org|access-date=14 September 2021}} of the Italian Paralympic Committee{{cite web|url=http://www.comitatoparalimpico.it/images/MediaGuideTokyo2020_web_compressed_17.08.pdf|title=Media Guide Tokyo 2020|website=comitatoparalimpico.it|language=it|access-date=14 September 2021}} 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. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/?a=p&d=mar19680927-01.1.56&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI-%2525u05d0%2525u05e1%2525u05e7%2525u05e4%2525u05d4-------------1&p=recaptcha&l=he|title=Michal Escapa - Hi whose mistake?|website=nli.org.il|quote=... 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|language=he|date=27 September 1968|access-date=14 September 2021}}
Achievements
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Notes |
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| colspan=6 bgcolor=palegreen|Swimming | |||||
| rowspan=2|1964
|rowspan=2 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | |||||
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | |||||
| colspan=6 bgcolor=moccasin|Table tennis | |||||
| rowspan=1|1964
|rowspan=1 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | |||||
| rowspan=1|1968
|rowspan=1 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} Tel Aviv |bgcolor=silver|2nd | | |||||
| rowspan=1|1972
|rowspan=1 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Heidelberg |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | | |||||
| rowspan=1|1976
|rowspan=1 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto |bgcolor=gold|1st | | |||||
| colspan=6 bgcolor=plum|Wheelchair basketball | |||||
| rowspan=1|1968
|rowspan=1 align=left|Summer Paralympics |rowspan=1 align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} Tel Aviv |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team | |
See also
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Category:Israeli female archers
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Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming
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